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NCAA Veridict on North Carolina Is In

The NCAA Committee on Infractions standard time line for delivering its final report after a school’s COI hearing is 8-to-12 weeks. The COI hearing for The University of North Carolina occurred in Indianapolis on Oct. 28.

The NCAA and the administration at UNC have been in close contact the last few weeks. While the public response has been "it could be any day now", the results of this report [albeit not the actual paper] are now know by those in the South Building in Chapel Hill.

The penalties self imposed by UNC included probation, loss of victories from 2 seasons, scholarship reductions, and a monetary fine. 

The final report will be delivered either Friday or early next week, but UNC has been informed that the self-imposed penalties have been accepted. Reasons for this acceptance were also given:

* Not a repeat offender
* Complete openness to the investigators during the process
* Rapid response to allegations by suspending players immediately
* Separating from John Blake when questionable activities were discovered
* Active and apparent improvement of compliance procedures


The source of this information also offered this quote from newly hired coach Larry Fedora to Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham: "Bubba, I never doubted you for a second."

You want to be the man? Take it like one.

PED's at NC State

Over the past year, North Carolina State's football team had a few issues with the law.

One player was arrested for assaulting a 65-year-old bus driver. A charge that was later dropped.

A second group of football players were arrested for drugs and drug paraphernalia

What was not initially reported was the discovery of performance enhancing drugs. Sources are now saying that the PED issue is quite widespread in the Wolfpack program and is getting some interest from the NCAA. More to come ...

Which one does it REALLY look like?

North Carolina Player Expected to Miss Game with LSU

The NCAA investigation into dealings between agents and players at North Carolina has wound down. As of today, one player will not be eligible for the game on Saturday in Atlanta against LSU. Marvin Austin will not be playing in that game, but the full extent of his punishment has not yet been finalized. It was reported on this blog that sources close to the program expected the penalty to be a single game, but that is now in question.

As was expressed by the university last Thursday, there are suspicions that some members of the football team have been given inappropriate assistance with their class work. The school has been working diligently to, at minimum, clear the players that are completely without blame so that they can play this weekend.

Similar sources have passed along that the only players whom have not been cleared at this time are Charles Brown and Kendric Burney. The status of each will likely be determined very near to game time on Saturday.