Former UNC official: Pressure led to improper graduate admission of athletes

[YogiNC]

Here’s one that was missed this last week. The pile keeps getting bigger.

Thomas told her superiors that Waddell should not be admitted and that officials at the Exercise and Sports Science Department knew he was not there to legitimately pursue a course of study.

“They know he has not applied and would not meet the minimum requirements for admission, yet the EXSS is willing to accept him as a non-degree seeking, one semester only, graduate student so his football eligibility will continue, if the (graduate school) will allow it,” Thomas wrote.

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/unc-scandal/article11845640.html#storylink=cpy

Smarter than the average bear

[WolftownVA81]

Hard to believe that all these people could have been fooled like that. Seems they would have interviewed Waddell if they thought he was a questionable candidate. The fact that he was a partial qualifier should have been the only red flag they needed. Sometimes people don’t want to see the obvious.

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