McCants Alleges Bogus Classes While At UNC, Known By Roy Williams

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 3:34 pm

Rashad McCants told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that tutors wrote his term papers, he rarely went to class for about half his time at UNC, and he remained able to play largely because he took bogus classes designed to keep athletes academically eligible.

McCants told "Outside the Lines" that he could have been academically ineligible to play during the championship season had he not been provided the assistance. Further, he said Roy Williams knew about the "paper-class" system at UNC.

McCants also told "Outside the Lines" that he even made the Dean's List in Spring 2005 despite not attending any of his four classes for which he received straight-A grades.

McCants' allegations mirror and amplify many of those first made public in 2011, when the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer began to report about widespread academic fraud at UNC.

Via Steve Delsohn/ESPN

Post #2 » by **sonictecture** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 3:41 pm

In a related story Rashad McCants seeks to burn last known bridge in his basketball career.

Rated T By CBRA · Post #3 » by **Rated T By CBRA** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 5:06 pm

sonictecture wrote:In a related story Rashad McCants seeks to burn last known bridge in his basketball career.

Last resort comments - unfortunately it sounds like what he is saying is true.

Basketball eligibility ---> education, rules that should apply to all students/young professionals.

IMAN5 · Post #4 » by **IMAN5** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 5:32 pm

sonictecture wrote:In a related story Rashad McCants seeks to burn last known bridge in his basketball career.

Basically. He's a bum, looking to take anyone and everyone down with him.

BarnabyJones · Post #5 » by **BarnabyJones** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 5:41 pm

This just adds more fuel to the fire.

Winsome Gerbil · Post #6 » by **Winsome Gerbil** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 6:00 pm

this has that Jose Canseco ring of truth to it, where a desperate untrustworthy guy who would absolutely know and is shunned by the league decides to say screw it, and blow the lid off.

Post #7 » by **sonictecture** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 7:16 pm

Rated T By CBRA wrote:
sonictecture wrote:In a related story Rashad McCants seeks to burn last known bridge in his basketball career.

Last resort comments - unfortunately it sounds like what he is saying is true.

Basketball eligibility ---> education, rules that should apply to all students/young professionals.

I'll disagree. Guys like McCants majored in basketball. It's part of the reason he chose UNC. The rest is just window dressing to make the Universities appear to be higher centers of learning for all.

McCants could have chosen harder classes and actually attempted to earn a degree.

Rated T By CBRA · Post #8 » by **Rated T By CBRA** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 7:53 pm

sonictecture wrote:
Rated T By CBRA wrote:
sonictecture wrote:In a related story Rashad McCants seeks to burn last known bridge in his basketball career.

Last resort comments - unfortunately it sounds like what he is saying is true.

Basketball eligibility ---> education, rules that should apply to all students/young professionals.

I'll disagree. Guys like McCants majored in basketball. It's part of the reason he chose UNC. The rest is just window dressing to make the Universities appear to be higher centers of learning for all.

McCants could have chosen harder classes and actually attempted to earn a degree.

There is no "major in basketball" - it is an extra activity on top of his education, hence what college is for. Unless they come up with a system where athletes have a "special program" for athletes in that they just have to take these baby courses and let them ride the program until they finish. It wasn't even about taking harder classes - he took easy ones, and even in those he passed without going to a single class? That's just ridiculous...

This potentially lowers the credibility of the other 90% of student-athletes that actually have to finish a degree and find employment or further education afterwards. Not saying all are the same, but then the rules need to be changed to have a clear difference between the two...

RoyalMajesty · Post #9 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 9:01 pm

Basketball players are well known idiots. It just finally time that someone like McCants to come out and say how stupid he was outside of basketball. McCants is not the only one that did this. He's one of many student athletes that get all these passes in life and their coaches know damn well what was going on. I wouldn't be surprised at all more players come out and rat on their coaches especially washed up basketball players.

Post #10 » by **sonictecture** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 10:12 pm

Rated T By CBRA wrote:
sonictecture wrote:
Rated T By CBRA wrote:Last resort comments - unfortunately it sounds like what he is saying is true.

Basketball eligibility ---> education, rules that should apply to all students/young professionals.

I'll disagree. Guys like McCants majored in basketball. It's part of the reason he chose UNC. The rest is just window dressing to make the Universities appear to be higher centers of learning for all.

McCants could have chosen harder classes and actually attempted to earn a degree.

There is no "major in basketball" - it is an extra activity on top of his education, hence what college is for. Unless they come up with a system where athletes have a "special program" for athletes in that they just have to take these baby courses and let them ride the program until they finish. It wasn't even about taking harder classes - he took easy ones, and even in those he passed without going to a single class? That's just ridiculous...

This potentially lowers the credibility of the other 90% of student-athletes that actually have to finish a degree and find employment or further education afterwards. Not saying all are the same, but then the rules need to be changed to have a clear difference between the two...

You're writing about this like you live in the 1950's.

They've already come up with the special programs for athletes, McCants is telling us about them. It's just not publicly talked about because that would somehow ruin the integrity of these fine universities. Better that the system stay the way it is and the universities make huge amounts of money.

mtcan · Post #11 » by **mtcan** » Fri Jun 6, 2014 10:33 pm

Honestly...if 18 year olds are too young for the NBA, and if a college education is a sham for some of these kids...forgo the NCAA and go straight to the D League before being eligible for the draft. They can sign contracts, make a small salary before being drafted, if they are good enough. If the kids don't get drafted...they can stay in the D League and the D League itself stays relatively competitive and can develop as a brand of basketball of its own. Why is college basketball the logical next step for these kids? Academics is clearly not the focus for the kid or institution in many cases.

JazzMatt13 · Post #12 » by **JazzMatt13** » Sat Jun 7, 2014 7:14 am

This dude is full of crap. If it was a big deal to him, then he should have went to his dang classes. And since they covered for him, he is now a lazy douch for ratting people out just to get a story, because sports analyst will talk about anything. The story line makes it sound like he was deprived of something, or that UNC hurt him in some way. This story only tells me that he is an lazy idiot, who skipped school, nothing else, no tie ins or nothing.

Still, the university had to do something to keep this porch dweller "eligible". I am sure he was fully capable of going to class, but "chose" not to, so they had to do what they had to do. So instead of being a narc, he should be telling kids to not take easy way like he did and take a joy ride through college, and instead should work hard, both on and off court. Personally I don't think sports players should be allowed to graduate. Everyone knows all atheltes are treated special, so people like UNC is going to send off players who don't make NBA, to be Chemists or Engineers, because they got Bachelor degrees in those fields, even if they only played for the teams.

I am a firm believer that NCAA system is a croc and shouldn't be a part of the system, the D-league should be the new NCAA for sports. Right now it is like a school who sponsers a team to raise money. And since some people think people have to be students to join the team, only means other people are going to jump around the hoops.

SmashMouthRod · Post #13 » by **SmashMouthRod** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:51 am

Sooo UNC, regarded as a great academic college, was handing out fake degree's to people in exchange for revenue? And the ACC prides itself on "education"? What a joke.

LieCheatSteal · Post #14 » by **LieCheatSteal** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:15 am

Come on. Like no other university does this (ie easy classes (or even fake classes) for their athletes).

Sports is big business for the university. It's how they fund their research, recruit, pay teachers and for infrastructure.

Whatever.