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<blockquote data-quote="BoremanEer" data-source="post: 129550426" data-attributes="member: 1443088">The problem for the NCAA is that, at least in the eyes of the public, cheaters DO prosper.&nbsp; Connecticut wins the national championship recently.&nbsp; UNC maneuvers the entire situation to make sure that they can participate in the NCAA tournament this year, when, with any decency, they should have emulated Louisville and backed out.&nbsp; It appears UNC ran everything and not the NCAA.&nbsp; Syracuse comes off a big penalty to go to the FInal 4.&nbsp; There seems to be a disproportional amount of wrong doing in ACC schools, with little institutional or conference control.I appreciate all the comments topdecktiger made above, but I guess I am stating what the public perception is.&nbsp; What school would NOT cheat now?&nbsp; Go for it all and get yourself a national championship.&nbsp; Get put on probation like Penn State did in football, whine like crazy and get out of almost all of your punishment, and laugh in everybody's face.&nbsp; I am very concerned at the attitude a lot of my friends who are UNC fans have.&nbsp; (I taught school in NC for 12 years).&nbsp; It is sort of like &quot;We are UNC.&nbsp; Nothing will be done.&nbsp; They would not dare.&quot;&nbsp; You see programs who are serial cheaters like USC and Alabama in football, Kentucky in basketball.....they remain prosperous, like they are above any form of authority.What bothers me about UNC is the overall attitude of their fans.&nbsp; They brag about &quot;academics&quot; and how much better they are than anybody else.&nbsp; I would love it when they would hold their noses about WVU getting in the ACC because of &quot;academics&quot; (I would always point out Rhodes Scholars, WVU's overall rating in specific academic fields, ect.)&nbsp; Facts did not matter.&nbsp; THEY WERE UNC....that made them above everybody else......and entitled in the idea that they could not be questioned in ANYTHING, even the most embarrassing example of academic fraud for athletes in NCAA history.So again, I ask.........................if the NCAA sits on its butt and allows UNC to get off or get a slap on the wrist, why would any school not cheat?&nbsp; There simply are too many rewards to do so and too little punishment.&nbsp; Look at the schools that have gotton the &quot;death&quot; penalty in the past.&nbsp; No bluebloods on the list.&nbsp; Do you think if the academic fraud had been at a &quot;blue collar&quot; school like WVU, or for that matter, a school like Oregon State, Iowa State, or NC State, do you think, topdecktiger and everybody else, this thing would have dragged on to enable UNC to participate in the NCAA tournament and come within a miracle shot by Villanova of winning it all and smirking at everyone?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BoremanEer, post: 129550426, member: 1443088"] The problem for the NCAA is that, at least in the eyes of the public, cheaters DO prosper. Connecticut wins the national championship recently. UNC maneuvers the entire situation to make sure that they can participate in the NCAA tournament this year, when, with any decency, they should have emulated Louisville and backed out. It appears UNC ran everything and not the NCAA. Syracuse comes off a big penalty to go to the FInal 4. There seems to be a disproportional amount of wrong doing in ACC schools, with little institutional or conference control. I appreciate all the comments topdecktiger made above, but I guess I am stating what the public perception is. What school would NOT cheat now? Go for it all and get yourself a national championship. Get put on probation like Penn State did in football, whine like crazy and get out of almost all of your punishment, and laugh in everybody's face. I am very concerned at the attitude a lot of my friends who are UNC fans have. (I taught school in NC for 12 years). It is sort of like "We are UNC. Nothing will be done. They would not dare." You see programs who are serial cheaters like USC and Alabama in football, Kentucky in basketball.....they remain prosperous, like they are above any form of authority. What bothers me about UNC is the overall attitude of their fans. They brag about "academics" and how much better they are than anybody else. I would love it when they would hold their noses about WVU getting in the ACC because of "academics" (I would always point out Rhodes Scholars, WVU's overall rating in specific academic fields, ect.) Facts did not matter. THEY WERE UNC....that made them above everybody else......and entitled in the idea that they could not be questioned in ANYTHING, even the most embarrassing example of academic fraud for athletes in NCAA history. So again, I ask.........................if the NCAA sits on its butt and allows UNC to get off or get a slap on the wrist, why would any school not cheat? There simply are too many rewards to do so and too little punishment. Look at the schools that have gotton the "death" penalty in the past. No bluebloods on the list. Do you think if the academic fraud had been at a "blue collar" school like WVU, or for that matter, a school like Oregon State, Iowa State, or NC State, do you think, topdecktiger and everybody else, this thing would have dragged on to enable UNC to participate in the NCAA tournament and come within a miracle shot by Villanova of winning it all and smirking at everyone? [/QUOTE]

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