ESPN North Carolina allegations amended

[JohnKBA]

There is no reasonable comparison between the scope and severity of the two situations. What UNC’s sports department did (and we can talk about that if you don’t understand what transpired) has been repeatedly described by independent observers as the worst academic fraud scandal in the history of college athletics.

UL’s scandal is an extra-benefit case (a salacious one, no doubt – but still just an extra-benefit case). The UNC scandal involves massive fraud that goes to the very core and shakes the integrity of the entire college athletic system (which we can also discuss if you don’t understand why).

zipp's point isn't that the 2 situations are comparable. It's that we as fans of our schools have NO clue what might be going on behind the scenes. What would you have thought if someone had told you 6 months before that story broke that there were minor hookers in the dorms at U of L?

For years, we have had "The Carolina Way" shoved down our throats. I guarantee no UNC fans thought they were cheating for 2 decades and that it began under Smith himself.

In the game of big time college athletics, nobody is lily white. There is shit going on at every school, to varying degrees.