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November 15, 2015 at 3:21 pm
Bill Acton says:

Joe Mavretic complained about "crip" courses in college. But "crip" courses are actual courses. In contrast, the UNC scandal is about giving athletes high grades for courses that did not exist. They were fake. The athletes did not have to study, read material, attend classes, take tests, or research and write real papers to be grades by real professors, and benefitted by receiving high grades and staying academically eligible from the fake courses. Plus they had the advantage of competing against athletes who had full actual case loads while participating on their team.

November 15, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Watson Sanders says:

Good show but I'm afraid Mr. Mavretic doesn't understand the problem at UNC-CH. It's not just a matter that there were classes that were easy A's. Yes all schools have those and professors that are popular for the way they grade rather than content. However, UNC took this to the next level. There were NO classes, NO professors, NO syllabus. Instead a secretary set up fake classes and then assigned grades to the papers that were turned in. Papers that were plagiarized and duplicated over and over. And she had help by being told what grade an athlete needed in order to stay eligible. The NCAA has said this was an impermissible benefit. So let's not lump Carolina into all the other schools for the biggest cheating scandal in the history of the NCAA.

November 16, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Jeffrey Price says:

Mr Mavretic has it wrong. This is not about "crip" courses or "easy A's". This is about courses that did not exist. They did not meet. They had no professor. They had no work assignments. Work was assigned by a secretary. Any grade assigned was what was needed to keep the athlete eligible.