OT (Slightly) - NCAA says North Carolina will not be punished for academic scandal

[Eurocat]

Here is a link to the NY Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

 

[NUCats]

Here is a link to the NY Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/...n-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

Wow, the NCAA has become a complete sham. It is now only about money. It looks like they were able to find a loophole to hind behind as the article states:

"In a ruling that caused head-scratching everywhere except Chapel Hill, the N.C.A.A. announced on Friday that it could not punish the university or its athletics program because the “paper” classes were not available exclusively to athletes. Other students at North Carolina had access to the fraudulent classes, too."

Just because this is available to other students, doesn't the mere existence create an unfair advantage against other institutions that do not offer this. Isn't that what the NCAA is presumably trying to prevent?

 

[phatcat]

Wow, the NCAA has become a complete sham. It is now only about money. It looks like they were able to find a loophole to hind behind as the article states:

"In a ruling that caused head-scratching everywhere except Chapel Hill, the N.C.A.A. announced on Friday that it could not punish the university or its athletics program because the “paper” classes were not available exclusively to athletes. Other students at North Carolina had access to the fraudulent classes, too."

Just because this is available to other students, doesn't the mere existence create an unfair advantage against other institutions that do not offer this. Isn't that what the NCAA is presumably trying to prevent?

Seems like they could limit the class size to like 10 people, of which 8 are athletes that somehow pre-register