DeCock: Does UNC understand concept of compliance?

Posted Dec 23, 2011
Dwight Jones lent his name to a promoter selling tickets to a party celebrating Jones' birthday. The party is scheduled after Jones will play his final game for UNC, which is fine with the NCAA. The posters touting his involvement with that event were not. In the big picture, Jones' transgression was minor. For the university, though, it's the latest instance of someone who either didn't know the rules or misinterpreted them. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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