NCAA reopens investigation at UNC over academic misconduct
Source: Raleigh News & Observer
CHAPEL HILL — Amid years of questions surrounding the relationship between athletics and academic fraud at UNC-Chapel Hill, the NCAA is reopening its investigation at UNC, the university announced on Monday.
UNC athletics director Bubba Cunningham said in a statement that the university had received a verbal notice of inquiry from the NCAA, and that the NCAA would investigate “academic irregularities.” A notice of inquiry is the first step in the NCAA’s investigative process.
The NCAA’s decision to reopen the UNC case comes amid longstanding questions surrounding the relationship between the university’s athletic department and no-show classes within the African and Afro-American Studies Department. The enrollments featured a high percentage of athletes, and questions have persisted about how and why they came to take those courses and whether athletic department personnel steered them there.
The NCAA decided to reopen the case, it said in a statement, after “determining that additional people with information and others who were previously uncooperative might be willing to speak with the enforcement staff.”
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