Michael McAdoo not isolated case

Posted Aug 2, 2011
A prominent advocate for UNC football players said Monday that student-athletes are being "used" for the greater benefit of the school. Robert Orr, former N.C. Supreme Court justice and executive director of the North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, said the academic support system failed former Tar Heels defensive lineman Michael McAdoo, who was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA because of academic fraud. (Charlotte Observer)

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