The University of North Carolina is digging in against the NCAA in its years-long fight over the scope of academic fraud allegations involving classes taken by athletes in the African and Afro-American studies department between 2002 and 2011 that helped many retain their eligibility.
In a response made public Thursday to the NCAA's most recent Notice of Allegations, North Carolina challenges the most serious and potentially damaging allegation, arguing that "inadequate academic oversight unrelated to the Department of Athletics" doesn't constitute an issue within the NCAA's jurisdiction.
Further, the school argues that the case should not be characterized as an "extra benefit" situation because the courses were available to all students and that athletes were not treated differently from others with regard to how the courses were administered. North Carolina also accuses the NCAA’s enforcement staff of changing its theory multiple times for how the facts of the case could be shoehorned into violations of extra benefit rules.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ndings-response-notice-allegations/102146626/
The never ending investigation, it seems.
In a response made public Thursday to the NCAA's most recent Notice of Allegations, North Carolina challenges the most serious and potentially damaging allegation, arguing that "inadequate academic oversight unrelated to the Department of Athletics" doesn't constitute an issue within the NCAA's jurisdiction.
Further, the school argues that the case should not be characterized as an "extra benefit" situation because the courses were available to all students and that athletes were not treated differently from others with regard to how the courses were administered. North Carolina also accuses the NCAA’s enforcement staff of changing its theory multiple times for how the facts of the case could be shoehorned into violations of extra benefit rules.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...ndings-response-notice-allegations/102146626/
The never ending investigation, it seems.