DeCock: NCAA critics speak up at UNC discussion

Posted Feb 29, 2012
In the middle of a panel discussion at UNC on Tuesday about the state of college athletics, civil-rights historian Taylor Branch offered a little insight into just how out of whack things have gotten. "I've been told within the last 48 hours that athletes who want to come talk to me about the equities of college sports in Chapel Hill cannot come see me even privately, because their coaches won't let them." (Raleigh News & Observer)

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