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North Carolina reported secondary violations to the NCAA in the multi-player program.
In a statement Wednesday evening, UN Sports Director Bubba Cunningham said the NCAA has ruled the violations secondary and that the school has "taken appropriate disciplinary action." The statement did not specify the nature of the action or the violations.
The team spokesman, Bobby Hundley, said the violations involved several players, but would not specify a number. Asked about possible suspensions, Hundley said that "the details have not been finalized" and has not given more details.
WRAL TV in Raleigh first reported that the school had self-reported violations to the NCAA, citing unnamed sources. "We expect a lot from our students, our coaches and our staff, and we expect everyone to respect the rules of the team and the NCAA," Cunningham said in the statement. "We are disappointed when we miss and we are always trying to improve ourselves."
This statement came after coach Larry Fedora, defensive tackle Aaron Crawford and receiver Anthony Ratliff-Williams appeared at the Atlantic Coast Days in Charlotte. earlier in the afternoon. Fedora did not refer to the violations, but he made some noise when he said that he did not believe that it was proven that causes degenerative cerebral disease CTE and offered a defense pbadionate about a sport that he believes to be "attacked."
Although this case concerns secondary violations considered less serious, it occurs less than a year after the UNC finally emerged from a long series of serious NCAA problems after having spent much of Cunningham's term dealing with NCAA charges. was a survey of the football program in 2010 for undue benefits and academic misconduct. This case – which led to the arrival of Cunningham from Tulsa in November 2011 – ended when the NCAA imposed sanctions in March 2012 that included a one-year ban and fellowship cuts. 39, studies
. : years of irregular courses in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies formerly named, with significant enrollments of athletes in many sports. This prompted questions from the UNC's accreditation agency as well as an NCAA reopened investigation, which ultimately led the NCAA to task the UNC with five violations. high level that included the lack of institutional control.
the case reached a conclusion without penalty in October when a committee of the NCAA Offenses Committee could not conclude that there had been violations because the The school had argued that the courses were legitimate and accessible to non-athletes as well.
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