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Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-26-2015, 08:38 PM:

The article speaks for itself.

After investigating the scandal for four months, Martin delivered this conclusion to UNC trustees in a hotel ballroom packed with UNC officials and reporters: “This was not an athletic scandal. It was an academic scandal, which is worse; but an isolated one.”

UNC officials quickly seized on the finding to tell the public it was time to “move forward.” Shortly after, one trustee and UNC Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham said in an email exchange that the report likely dissuaded the NCAA from digging more deeply into the scandal.

Now, in a book slated for release in October, Martin says he misspoke. He believed it was an athletic and academic scandal then, and he believes it now.

“I could have said, ‘Not only is it an extraordinary athletic scandal, but it is also an incredibly damaging academic scandal,’” Martin said in a galley of the book provided to The News & Observer by the book publisher.

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Posted by handycat (Member # 2323) on 07-27-2015, 09:39 AM:

I think several North Carolinians may have "misspoke" about this whole fiasco.

[ 07-27-2015, 09:39 AM: Message edited by: handycat ]

Posted by catmandoo (Member # 1284) on 07-27-2015, 05:53 PM:

This isn't over by a long-shot and beginning to think UNC is still in a heap of trouble and rightfully so. This article gives hope that UNC will be penalized severely for their dirty deeds.