Joe Schad: North Carolina is exploring the possibility of rolling suspensions spread over multiple games

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Link to Schad’s twitter page here

Last evening, ESPN college football reporter Joe Schad was tweeting vigorously on the UNC football scandal.

North Carolina leaves for Atlanta at 9:30 a.m. on Fri. The school may know by they which players cannot play and which held for precaution.

North Carolina may be wiped out complely at RB against LSU

Star North Carolina DE Robert Quinn is being investigated for possible illegal interaction with an agent

North Carolina is exploring the possibility of rolling suspensions spread over multiple games

North Carolina is preparing to go without up to 16 players vs. LSU

Obviously, these are very interesting comments from Schad, so it is hard to figure out where to begin this entry.

-A couple of days ago, UNC fans rejoiced when defensive end Robert Quinn proclaimed his innocence as far as prong #2 of the UNC scandal – Nannygate. Well, apparently Quinn may have issues with “Agentgate” or what “Dickey” Baddour referred to as the 1st prong of the NCAA investigation.

As far as nannygate, there is actually a wikipedia entry on “nannygate”, but apparently NC State fans are slacking off as the entry has yet to be updated to include the 2nd prong of the UNC investigation which involves a former nanny/assistant/employee of Butch Davis and academic fraud involving UNC football players. Can someone get this entry updated?

-Rolling suspensions?!!?!?! What could this mean? Well, basically that sounds like spreading out the suspensions over the course of the season to minimize the impact of these suspensions in any single game. Maybe “rolling suspensions” would be expected at South Carolina or maybe at Florida State. However, “rolling suspensions” would directly contradict Butch Davis’ statement yesterday at his press conference:

“I’d like this to be perfectly clear,” Davis said. “There is no one single category that is more important to winning than the character and the integrity of this University’s football program.

“I think that’s an overwhelming conviction that I have, and I think it’s the same with this entire football program and the administration.”

Comments at last week’s press conference from Chancellor Thorp:

“Academic achievement and fairness are at the heart of the University of North Carolina and our Department of Athletics. We’re treating this with the seriousness that you would expect from this University. We will straighten this out,” he added. “We are still gathering information, but our hope is that the scope of this is limited.”

And of course these comments about integriy from “Dickie” himself:

Chancellor Thorp is right—academic integrity is at the heart of what the University of North Carolina and the Department of Athletics are all about.

There is no greater matter at stake, and we resolve to find any misconduct and to deal with it seriously, and through whatever measures are appropriate both by the University and the NCAA.

Let’s see…why would “rolling suspensions” even be an option for three leaders of that university when their public comments are about integrity of the program and university, academic integrity of the university, and fairness?

UNC’s schedule:
-LSU
-Georgia Tech
-Rutgers
-East Carolina
-Clemson
-Virginia
-William & Mary
-Florida State
-VT
-NC State
-Duke

So “rolling suspensions” likely means, delay some of the suspensions to later in the season maybe against teams like Rutgers, East Carolina, Virginia, and/or William & Mary to minimize the impact of suspensions in any single game. Also, delay some of these suspensions to out-of-conference games in the 3rd and 4th game of the season to keep hope alive for an ACC title. Remember the quote from Butch Davis?

“I’d like this to be perfectly clear,” Davis said. “There is no one single category that is more important to winning than the character and the integrity of this University’s football program.

“I think that’s an overwhelming conviction that I have, and I think it’s the same with this entire football program and the administration.”

The spin coming out of Chapel Hill continues and if in fact “rolling suspensions” are implemented, then this comment from Butch Davis yesterday and those comments from Chancellor Thorp and “Dickey” Baddour at last week’s press conference are just more examples of reasons to not accept any of the spin coming out of Chapel Hill about this scandal.

Here is a personal story. I was the #1 tennis player for my high school during my senior year. That year was the first time high schools had a “team” state championship in addition to the individual tournaments that were customary. The weekend before our 1st round match on the following Tuesday, I got caught drinking upon arriving to my high school prom and immediately got sent home. Monday morning in the principal’s office when the two day suspension was being handed down, I mentioned my playoff match the next day because I was hoping for a “rolling suspension” for the lack of a better term. Maybe push it back to later in the week? Overall, I was a good kid, who stayed out of trouble, and made good grades. My principal stopped me before I could even finish the sentence and my two day suspension began. We lost that 1st round match the next day due to my absence. Nobody would have known if my suspension was delayed. There was no concern over media scrutiny. However, still my high school principal believed fairness and integrity were significantly more important than any single game or match.

How about you, Butch?

UNC fans(and their friends/fans in the media) around the country trumpet the “Carolina Way”. Dean Smith used that term in the title of one of his books. The term is used in the name of the scholarship for former student body president Eve Carson who was tragically murdered. This website for UNC graduate schools mentions the “Carolina Way” and excellence. Certainly, Chancellor Thorp, “Dickey” Baddour, and Butch aren’t going to make a mockery of the entire university.

However, if rolling suspensions are allowed by the NCAA and approved by UNC’s administration, then the “Carolina Way” will have officially been rewritten and a single descriptive word comes immediately to mind – bull$%!#.

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41 Responses to Joe Schad: North Carolina is exploring the possibility of rolling suspensions spread over multiple games

  1. IamGumbyDammit 09/02/2010 at 12:56 PM #

    I get a little (as in very small) non-responsive box when i click edit – and this is a pretty new Windows 7 laptop running IE8 so i don’t know why. On other matters, the Charlotte Observer article you linked made reference to UNX’s procedural ability to drag things out another 3 weeks by appealing any NCAA ruling. I’d be curious if UNX would do that, given that whining about the punishment (UNX’s penchant for whining notwithstanding) would speak volumes about their stated commitment to running a clean program…

  2. cWOhLFrPAiCKs 09/02/2010 at 12:57 PM #

    Does anyone have any clarification on Schad’s report that UNC will be completely wiped out at RB for the LSU game? I haven’t heard anything on Ryan Houston, though I know Draughn’s twitter post can’t help his cause any. Do they even have any other RBs with game experience? Would love to see their run game get completely destroyed by LSU and watch T.J Yates get pummeled play after play. What’s the NCAA record for most INTs in a single game?

  3. IamGumbyDammit 09/02/2010 at 1:25 PM #

    hmm maybe postponing suspensions until towards end of season wouldn’t be so bad since we play them late in the season…

  4. highstick 09/02/2010 at 1:44 PM #

    Not sure on your edit issue cause I don’t have 7 and run Firefox. Haven’t noticed an issue. Maybe Alpha or one of the other guys will help you.

    There’s no question that they will drag this thing forever if they think it helps their image. Maybe all season and they “act shocked and claim that they’d been duped by SOMEBODY ELSE”.

  5. PackerInRussia 09/02/2010 at 2:00 PM #

    “There is no one single category that is more important to winning than the character and the integrity of this University’s football program.”

    I wonder how many times he had to practice saying that so that he could say it with a straight face in public.

  6. TENN Packfan 09/02/2010 at 2:04 PM #

    Schad just tweeted that UNX football will be discussed on Outside the Lines at 3PM EST.

    I can’t wait until the book comes out. There should also be a central casting director starting work about now. Who would play mantits???

  7. cWOhLFrPAiCKs 09/02/2010 at 2:11 PM #

    My vote to play “man-tits”:

    http://www.vassconsult.com/images/FaizonLove.jpg

    I tried to find one of him eating cupcakes, but to no avail.

    Wait…couldn’t Anchorman play himself? Looks like he’ll have plenty of free time on his hands until next April.

  8. TENN Packfan 09/02/2010 at 2:16 PM #

    My eyes!! Can’t unsee. Was that John Blake? Put a santa hat on him (at the very least) and he’s got the part.

    edit – That’s not fair. You edited the original and now only I am scarred for life.

  9. islandbreeze 09/02/2010 at 3:05 PM #

    Is 25 players suspended lack of institutional control? 😮

  10. Rochester 09/02/2010 at 3:26 PM #

    Is Peter Golenbock going to write a book about this? He could call it “Personal Fumbles.” He won’t even have to make stuff up this time.

  11. Pack05 09/02/2010 at 3:46 PM #

    The NCAA will not look favorably on “rolling suspensions” come judgement day. They are just digging their on grave faster and deeper

  12. MrPlywood 09/02/2010 at 4:29 PM #

    I saw the ESPN article about the rolling suspensions, and I just rolled my eyes. LMAO.

  13. tuckerdorm1983 09/02/2010 at 6:10 PM #

    the more you stir it the worse it smells

  14. TAEdisonHokie 09/02/2010 at 6:57 PM #

    From the UNC Honor Code:
    ———————–

    B. Academic Dishonesty.

    It shall be the responsibility of every student enrolled at the University of North Carolina to support the principles of academic integrity and to refrain from all forms of academic dishonesty including, but not limited to, the following:

    1. Plagiarism in the form of deliberate or reckless representation of another’s words, thoughts, or ideas as one’s own without attribution in connection with submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise.

    2. Falsification, fabrication, or misrepresentation of data, other information, or citations in connection with an academic assignment, whether graded or otherwise.

    3. Unauthorized assistance or unauthorized collaboration in connection with academic work, whether graded or otherwise.

    4. Cheating on examinations or other academic assignments, whether graded or otherwise, including but not limited to the following:

    a. Using unauthorized materials and methods (notes, books, electronic information, telephonic or other forms of electronic communication, or other sources or methods), or

    b. Representing another’s work as one’s own.

    5. Violating procedures pertaining to the academic process, including but not limited to the following:

    a. Violating or subverting requirements governing administration of examinations or other academic assignments;

    b. Compromising the security of examinations or academic assignments; or

    c. Engaging in other actions that compromise the integrity of the grading or evaluation process.

    6. Deliberately furnishing false information to members of the University community in connection with their efforts to prevent, investigate, or enforce University requirements regarding academic dishonesty.

    7. Forging, falsifying, or misusing University documents, records, identification cards, computers, or other resources so as to violate requirements regarding academic dishonesty.

    8. Violating other University policies that are designed to assure that academic work conforms to requirements relating to academic integrity.

    9. Assisting or aiding another to engage in acts of academic dishonesty prohibited by Section II.B.

    ========================================================================

    The specific NCAA rules about what may not be provided when tutoring are as follows:

    “16.3.1.1.1 Specific Limitations. An institution may provide the following support services subject to the specified limitations. (Revised: 5/9/06)

    (a) Use of institutionally owned computers and typewriters on a check-out and retrieval basis; however, typing/word processing/editing services or costs may not be provided, even if typed reports and other papers are a requirement of a course in which a student-athlete is enrolled; (Revised: 4/25/02 effective 8/1/02)”

    ===============================================

    Based on the above, there’s not a lot of gray area as far as UNC or the NCAA is concerned. Additionally, if UNC tries to skirt or somehow circumvent the NCAA rules when they propose penalties for the various players involved, the NCAA will come down hard.

  15. wolfonthehill 09/02/2010 at 9:12 PM #

    ^ Unfortunately, I don’t think the NCAA will come down hard. I think unc-ch has a good feeling about where they stand, and I think they know that rolling suspensions are going to be enough to appease them. Even THEY aren’t arrogant or stupid enough to do something that equates to beating on the NCAA hornets’ nest at this point, daring them to drop the hammer.

  16. MrPlywood 09/02/2010 at 9:35 PM #

    Screw rolling suspensions. Too bad if it hurts the team. Practically the whole team was involved. Sit ’em down. Suspend Butch while you’re at it. Let the scrubs play.

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