North Carolina waited four months to learn whether the NCAA would be satisfied with self-imposed sanctions on the football program after an investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct.
North Carolina waited four months to learn whether the NCAA would be satisfied with self-imposed sanctions on the football program after an investigation into improper benefits and academic misconduct.
When the news came, it wasn’t what school officials had hoped.
The NCAA infractions committee hit the program with a one-year postseason ban, a reduction of 15 scholarships and three years of probation. In a ruling Monday, the committee said the school was responsible for multiple violations, including academic fraud and a failure to monitor its football program.
It also issued a three-year show-cause penalty for former assistant coach John Blake, who had received personal loans from an NFL agent.
School officials say they won’t appeal, opting instead to move on.
“Obviously this has been a painful and difficult experience,” UNC chancellor Holden Thorp said Monday. “We don’t like to have this kind of attention brought to any part of the university, especially one as visible as the athletic program.”