NCAA: It's not our job to ensure educational quality

[miami_fan]

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/sport/...se-to-lawsuit/

[albionmoonlight]

I know that this is all legal posturing. But, taking the common-sense view of the language--I agree with the NCAA.

It is up to the student and the school to ensure educational quality. These students either have a case against UNC or no case at all.

(I have not followed the details of this since I am a UNC fan, and it just seemed easier to wait for the sanctions hammer to come down than to wallow in their malfeasance.)

[molson]

I don't think anybody should want the NCAA to supervise educational departments of universities.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by molson

I don't think anybody should want the NCAA to supervise educational departments of universities.

Agreed. But I also don't think the NCAA should be worrying about whether the players are graduating from those educational departments either.

[corbes]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

I know that this is all legal posturing. But, taking the common-sense view of the language--I agree with the NCAA.

It is up to the student and the school to ensure educational quality. These students either have a case against UNC or no case at all.

(I have not followed the details of this since I am a UNC fan, and it just seemed easier to wait for the sanctions hammer to come down than to wallow in their malfeasance.)

+1. Only thing to add is that when I went to UNC, it was known that these courses existed and that you could register for them if you wanted, regardless of whether or not you were an athlete.

I'm upset that my school administration didn't exercise more oversight over these courses, but I feel like the responsible party is my school administrators and not the NCAA. NCAA really didn't have anything to do with it.

[RainRaven]

I don't really think the NCAA should either but then again aren't they the ones that set a minimum G.P.A and minimum SAT scores? They can't continue to have it both ways. They want to continue to stress the "student" part but they want to shy away from issues such as these. I don't have a great solution just tired of the NCAA and their constant poor decisions and doublespeak.

[Dutch]

Originally Posted by corbes

+1. Only thing to add is that when I went to UNC, it was known that these courses existed and that you could register for them if you wanted, regardless of whether or not you were an athlete.

I'm upset that my school administration didn't exercise more oversight over these courses, but I feel like the responsible party is my school administrators and not the NCAA. NCAA really didn't have anything to do with it.

Yikes. It's one thing for a rogue professor to hand out good grades when they weren't deserved, it's an entirely different thing when the school administration sets it up.