Posted on CNN today, the linked story describes how the NCAA is trying to side step a lawsuit filed by former University of North Carolina athletes. Basically the NCAA now says it has no legal responsibility to make sure education is actually delivered.
On its website, the NCAA prominently states, "It's our commitment -- and our responsibility -- to give young people opportunities to learn, play and succeed." And later, it says that "in the collegiate model of sports, the young men and women competing on the field or court are students first, athletes second."
But the NCAA is taking a very different position in response to a lawsuit filed by former University of North Carolina athletes. The lawsuit claimed the students didn't get an education because they were caught up in the largest known academic fraud scandal in NCAA history.
In its response, the NCAA says it has no legal responsibility "to ensure the academic integrity of the courses offered to student-athletes at its member institutions."
This could have implications if the NCAA keeps back talking.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/01/sport/ncaa-response-to-lawsuit/index.html