North Carolina cheated and prospered, now it's time for reckoning

Posted Aug 15, 2012
The free ride is over for North Carolina. It was good while it lasted -- but why it lasted so long, I can't say. It's astounding, how this academic scandal could go on for so many years and help so many UNC athletes without being stopped. Where was UNC's leadership in all of this? Where was the UNC president, the athletics director, the coaches for football and -- yes -- basketball? Where were they? (CBS Sports)

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