cheerKT
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- Dec 13, 2009
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I'm not at all surprised that schools bend the rules for athletes. Like I said, I went to a large SEC school (who was winning during my time there. Now, ehhh) and saw some of it myself. But nothing along these lines.I'm not surprised.... Actually I wouldn't be surprised at all if the really big schools do the same thing for their athletes, such as Fsu, Michigan, Kentucky, Alabama.... Heck the list goes on. Are people really this shocked
The thing that is so alarming about this issue is how widespread it was. OVER 3,000 (half of them athletes) were enrolled in these paper classes and cruised on through keeping it under wraps. For 18 years! Now it's finally coming to light and you have UNC athletes coming out of the woodwork backing up the claim and saying they would in no way have been academically eligible without this program. Then obviously you have the professors, athletic support staff and academic advisers who were in on it as well. It goes so far beyond a teacher bumping an athlete up a couple points or giving them some extra time on a paper.