So I'm really just killing time until the big game starts, but this was pretty amusing:
The North Carolina academic fraud scandal has now reached federal court. A former Tar Heels football player is suing the university and alleging North Carolina broke its promise to legitimately educate football players in exchange for their participation in athletics.
Lawyers for Michael McAdoo, who played football at North Carolina from 2008 to 2010, filed the class-action suit on Thursday in North Carolina federal court. They're attempting to represent all North Carolina scholarship football players between 1993 and 2011.
The players are upset that they did not receive the excellent education they were promised as a reward for their play on the field. McAdoo in particular is upset because:
Almost immediately after arriving at college, McAdoo expressed interest in a criminal justice major but was told football players "were urged" to consider only Exercise Sport Science, Communication or African-American Studies, the suit says. African-American Studies is the department where the fraudulent classes occurred with little to no work required while grading was handled by a non-faculty member.
"When Mr. McAdoo asked why he should not pursue other majors, he was told these three were the only majors that would accommodate his football practice and playing schedule, and that the football program had 'relationships' with professors in those departments," the complaint says.
What do you folks think?
