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Mark Emmert explains why Syracuse, UNC cases are very different
Both North Carolina and Syracuse have found themselves in some hot water with the NCAA recently. While the athletic programs at these two universities may have been cheating, that's not to say they did so in the same exact way.
Mark Emmert cleared things up a bit, according to Chris Carlson of Syracuse.com, as the NCAA President explained the differences between the two cases. Emmert said the "academic issues at Syracuse were right in the NCAA's wheelhouse," per Carlson, since athletic department officials contributed to the cheating.
North Carolina's case is a little more complicated, Emmert explained in the press conference, because it has to do with fake courses, commonly referred to as "paper classes." The argument at UNC is that these courses were not up to the university's standard, over which the NCAA has little to no control.
"To be honest with you, all we do is try to tell kids that we're at the mercy of the NCAA," North Carolina head coach Larry Fedora told ESPN's Matt Fortuna in a separate interview. "Whenever it happens, it happens. We don't have a timeline. No one has given us any information."
(h/t ESPN)
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