WRAL recently made available this email, sent from UNC Kenan Professor of Medicine David Clemmons to Holden Thorp on September 3rd. The entire thing is a MUST READ. WRAL now has a searchable database of UNC emails up and ready for action. I would invite readers to do some researching and report back any fun stuff […]
A closer look at the Ramsay case
In this entry yesterday we talked about how UNC-CH has asked the NCAA for Devon Ramsay’s appeal to be delayed. I thought given this development maybe a closer look at his case would be fun. As alert readers will remember, Ramsay played in the first 4 games of this year before being ruled permanently ineligible for receiving “improper benefits,” which […]
BREAKING: Art Chansky out at UNC, 10/6 Chansky email to Thorp about search for Davis replacement
Late this afternoon the word came down that Art Chansky, who is a big wheel at Tar Heel Sports properties, was out, apparently unexpectedly. Also, around the same time, WTVD made available this email, which is amazing. Basically Chansky is critical of Davis in a vague way and is suggesting some guys to conduct a coaching […]
UNC hired PR firm to manage football scandals; Bowles: “You had a crisis” *3:00 update — Ramsay’s appeal postponed
 Full story from the N & O. Today we learned that UNC hired a New York public relations firm last August to help them deal with the football scandals. There are so many good quotes to get to with the above-linked article — I will just roll them out without much commentary. Hill & Knowlton is a […]
Bowles 9/30 email to Thorp: “There needs to be a sense of outrage expressed on our part,†and “Its [sic] not enough to just have not known—
Today brings more fun news from released emails! Yesterday we learned through a released email that Butch was supposedly so in-tune with his 16 suspended players that he knew they needed counseling. He thought they might do all sorts of bad things, even including violence. This is a coach who supposedly had no idea that these same players […]
Davis 9/22 email asks “Dickie†to provide “counseling†for suspended players
I am not sure what to make of all of this, but a lot of new information is currently being released. Nearly 1,000 emails were released by UNC-CH this week and some media members have apparently been combing through them. WTVD continues its excellent coverage of the scandals. This afternoon Derek Rowles posted this article. I would also […]
Rumblings from the Twitter-verse: NCAA preparing UNC’s letter of inquiry, "Scope of investigation has slowed down the process"
I am very new to the whole Twitter thing, so I am not entirely clear how you tell who is talking and who is asking questions of someone else, but there is some VERY interesting stuff on Charles Robinson’s Twitter page this afternoon. Alert readers will remember that Robinson is with Yahoo Sports and has […]
UNC-CH Board of Trustees chair critical of N & O’s “opinion” (day 134)
Today the News and Observer published this letter from Robert Winston, the chairman of UNC-CH’s Board of Trustees. The best part of the letter: As Chancellor Holden Thorp has said, we don’t feel good about being in this situation, but we do feel good about how we’ve responded to it. We pledged from the start that […]
Post-game scandals update (Day 131)
In this entry I cover a couple of scandal items and I share some random game observations that I think are cool. This update is also in a nonlinear “Bytes” format familiar to those who enjoyed “Infopacks” back in the 90s. First, check out this scoreboard picture. Those of you who have experience going to State games in Chapel Hill know […]
Thorp, Baddour, Davis appear before UNC-CH BOT — UPDATED 3:50 p.m.
Doing a great impression of three guys standing uncomfortably against the wall at an 8th-grade dance, UNC-CH’s Chancellor, Athletic Director, and Football coach appeared before UNC-CH’s Board of Trustees to talk about the massive ongoing scandals. It is widely thought that UNC-CH BOT members were responsible for hiring Butch in the first place, so we […]
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