Academic scandal has permanently soiled unc Chapel hill the area beyond the east
end zone at north carolina's kenan stadium is a construction zone now. Gone is
the historic old field house with its terra cotta roof, and in its place are
random piles of dirt, construction equipment, some concrete pillars and two
towering white cranes rising into the carolina blue sky. Soon, a new"Blue
zone"Section of seats and suites will be erected so that the highest of rollers
can cheer the tar heels on in the ultimate lap of luxury. It's an upgrade that
will bring kenan up to par with some of the best stadiums in college football
and help create a healthy new stream of revenue into the athletic department's
coffers. But watching a game there will never seem the same. That's not the only
thing that has changed drastically around the place its students and alumni
refer to as blue heaven. ray ban outlet uk With thursday's
official acknowledgment of"Academic misconduct"On the part of an undisclosed
though apparently significant number of unc football players, the once pristine
image of tar heel athletics has been soiled irreparably. It no longer matters
what the ncaa finally rules at the end of its ongoing investigation into coach
butch davis' program and its dealings with sports agents, something that could
take weeks or even months to conclude. Like the atmosphere at kenan stadium, the
public perception of unc has been forever altered. You knew things were bad as
soon as it was announced that the university chancellor would be attending a
hastily called press conference thursday night to provide an"Update"On the ever
changing situation. But when holden thorp began his remarks with the ominous
sounding preface,"To everyone who loves this university, i sorry about what i
have to tell you,"Bad suddenly turned to the worst case scenario. That's not to
say that unc will be put on probation, be banned from the postseason or suffer
any other kind of institutional penalties for the violations it has self
reported to the ncaa improprieties that center around a tutor that allegedly
wrote papers for key members of the football team. It doesn't even have to come
to that. By simply admitting that the wrongdoing took place, the tar heels
became the same as every other college program they have always looked down
upon. Scandal is no longer reserved for places such as florida state, whose
initials fsu have come to stand for"Felony state university"Because of its
athletes' frequent brushes with the law.Recruits with dubious academic
credentials and moral standards are no longer the exclusive domain of certain
state schools on the other side of the tracks. They also reside at buttoned
down, holier than though unc. Suddenly, the"Carolina way"Doesn't seem like the
right cheap ray bans uk way anymore.
For years, we believed and wanted desperately to believe that the world's
greatest golfer was also one of the world's great guys.It's an image that was
carefully packaged and portrayed in everything woods did. He had an infectious
smile, a great back story and a game that made him different from everyone else
who has ever picked up a club. Then one day last winter we learned the ugly
truth.Woods had his faults, just like the rest of us.Now we'll never look at him
the same way again, no matter how many majors he eventually wins. The same goes
for the tar heels. Oh, they'll work hard to repair the damage currently being
done.The process has already begun. "We will find out what happened.We will do
everything we can to keep it from happening again, and we will not let these
mistakes define our university and what we stand for,"Thorp said. "We will use
this to be a better university, a better athletic department, and a better
football program in the years to come. " As is the case with the shiny new"Blue
zone"That will eventually rise from the rubble that was once the kenan stadium
field house, unc's athletic reputation may someday be rebuilt.Calling me names
and accusing me of bias doesn change the basic fact that this academic scandal
is worse than most because unc has gone out of its way to rub its squeaky clean
do things differently here attitude in everyone else face for a long time.As it
turns out, unc doesn do things differently.It has the same problems as everyone
else.And now you, as unc fans, have got to live with it.I know that not easy,
but you do.And whether you like it or not, people on the outside will never look
at your program the same way. As for you neil, understand that there a
difference between a news story and an opinion piece(Or column).You might not
agree with it, which is fine, but that doesn make it bad journalism.
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