UNC AD Bubba Cunningham on the Impact of COVID-19 on UNC Sports

Posted Mar 14, 2020
"It an incredible week," UNC Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham said about the suspensions and cancellations in an interview with play-by-play announcer Jones Angell. "When you make decisions you worry about the implications, but I don't think there has been a decision that we have ever made that has more of an impact on student-athletes." (Inside Carolina)

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