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Message: [QUOTE="sert, post: 1339223, member: 4426"] Good read. As the fans of any school under fire can tell you, what gets bandied about by the media - especially the slinging disgraces for journalists that call themselves sportswriters (Forde) - is often incredibly far from the truth. In defense of Carolina, I only have two points, neither of which is exonerating from an institutional or ethical standpoint, but both of which should end the NCAA's role in this saga: 1) The AD had nothing to do with the creation of these classes. Academic support staff specifically checked with higher-ups about the obvious discrepancies with these classes. They were told they were not in a position to question the pedagogy of faculty. Professors get tremendous latitude in how they manage their classes, I'm sure most of us have seen some weird in a college or grad school classroom. This professor and his assistant used that latitude poorly, and the advisers took advantage of ostensibly sanctioned slide classes. 2) The NCAA has no business telling Carolina how to teach its classes. It is not qualified to do so. It was not asked to do so. I hope it will never be asked to do so. I understand that it strains the underlying notion of the NCAA when classes seem to be so far outside of what we consider to be normal, but it is not the NCAA's place to make those determinations. Part of why I don't care is that I have taken completely useless classes in both undergrad and law school, and I just don't care if a class is too easy, or the grading was extremely soft. I don't care if one professor graded papers while drunk, or gives the same exam that can be found in the library repository every single year, or has his grad student, or TA, or secretary, or a 17 sided dice determine grades. I have no evidence that my professors actually graded any of my papers in school, and I disagreed with many of the grades I received - in both directions. College is exactly what you make of it, and we know that many athletes took these classes seriously, did real work, and got something out of it. I also know I got a lot of good grades in classes I got nothing out of, and for which I invested very little time or effort - that is true from grade school through grad school. I know you guys don't really care. You know the true facts about your scandal that exonerate you and make what happened no big deal. And you know the popular wisdom with respect to Carolina's scandal, and why it is totally the biggest deal ever. It honestly sounds like you guys got screwed by the NCAA. On the other hand, that $600k slush fund that everyone knows about might be the most egregious pay-to-play scandal in the history of college sports... [/QUOTE]

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