Commentary: NCAA drops the ball on UNC investigation

Posted Aug 29, 2010
The NCAA messed it up. By allowing Marcus Wilson, a former North Carolina football player who is now an NCAA investigator, to interview South Carolina tight end Weslye Saunders as part of the probe into potential illegal contact with agents, the NCAA forever called into question the integrity and legitimacy of its probe. (The State)

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