Bubba Cunningham: No Change in NCAA Timeline Posted Dec 2, 2015 University of North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham remains hopeful that the ongoing NCAA investigation into academic irregularities in the formerly named African and Afro-American (AFAM) Studies department will conclude next spring. “I’m still confident that we’ll wrap this up by spring of 2016," Cunningham told InsideCarolina.com in a recent interview. (Inside Carolina)