Hilarious response.
1. I'm certainly no fan of UNC. If you read what i've posted in this thread, you would realize that I am one of the few who actually has looked at this case with objectivity.
2. This is the very definition of a witch hunt. The assumption of guilt before the facts are laid out. The distortion of available facts to suit the predetermined verdict.
3. You said it yourself, the case is nuanced. Check back to the first few responses to this thread - no discussion, no consideration of nuance, just assumption of guilt. Witch hunt.
4. Every school has easy no show classes. I don't understand where people get the idea that these classes are unique to UNC. They exist at pretty much every single college in America.
5. Where do you draw the line for what constitutes a legitimate college course for athletes? You would have the no show classes be suitable for a normal student, but they are off-limits to athletes because there should somehow be a higher standard? How about online courses? How about the majority of 100-level courses at large colleges, where you can literally choose to never attend class, read the book, and show up on the day of the exams and never have to turn in anything? What about the large courses where there are no exams, so you never show up except to turn in your papers? I attended classes at the U within the past 10 years, and saw MANY athletes show up for the first day of class, and then never be seen again unless it was exam day. How is that any different than paper classes at UNC???? What happens when an athlete needs a certain course to graduate, but the big bad NCAA rules for athletes prevents him from enrolling in a course he/she needed in order to graduate, and this caused a delay in graduation? This is why the NCAA should not have jurisdiction over an academic accrediting body. It goes far beyond "THOSE ARE SHAM CLASSES AND THE NCAA SHOULD PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING." You actually have to think about how they could accomplish this, and it's exceedingly obvious to anybody with a brain that the NCAA is not equipped to do this. It's impossible.
The system works. It has worked for years. The teams that cheat, usually get caught. Sometimes, rarely, teams get away with things. The NCAA is too big and cumbersome already. More overreach results in unneeded restriction. The thing is, the nature of college education has greatly changed recently, to the point where the classic "show up to lecture, take notes, turn in your assignments, take your exams" is becoming less and less common. For the NCAA to try to regulate that will severely limit the academic freedoms of student athletes. That is the core argument here.
