The New York Times rang in 2014 with a front page story headlined, “A’s for Athletes, but Charges of Fraud at North Carolina.” Businessweek followed on Jan. 6 with “Scandal Bowl: Why Tar Heel Fraud Might Be Just the… read more
Julius Nyang’oro, one of the focal points of an academic scandal that spun off the NCAA’s investigation into UNC’s football program, was indicted by a grand jury Monday on a felony charge of obtaining property by false pretenses —… read more
The University has sent letters of disassociation to three former football players and four people who face indictments for their involvement in trying to induce players to sign with professional sports agents. According to The Associated Press,… read more
Authorities have arrested two more people they say helped orchestrate a scheme to induce UNC football players into signing potentially lucrative sports contracts — apparently the last to be charged as part of a landmark state investigation,… read more
Authorities over the weekend arrested a Georgia real estate agent accused of trying to coax a UNC football player to sign a sports contract, widening the number of people implicated in the long-running investigation. Authorities arrested Patrick… read more
Last summer, no one knew how many people might sign up for a course under the University’s unusual offer to 46 former students who did not graduate and who took one or more courses in the department of African and Afro-American studies that were… read more
A Georgia sports agent has been indicted on 13 counts of athlete agent inducement in connection to UNC’s long-running investigations into its football program. Charges against Terry Shawn Watson, who appeared today in Orange County District… read more
Jennifer Wiley Thompson ’09, the former tutor who became linked to UNC’s long-running investigations into its football program, has been charged with violating a state law governing contact with sports agents. An indictment was handed up… read more
Nearly three years after former UNC football player Greg Little ’12 was suspended from the team as Carolina’s now-long-running investigations into its football program began, Little told investigators with N.C. Secretary of State’s office that… read more
A panel of national leaders in higher education and athletics has completed a UNC-commissioned report with 28 recommendations about the role of athletics in campus life. Many of the panel’s suggestions touch on finding a better balance between… read more