UNC-Chapel Hill on Thursday released a public version of its most recent response to the NCAA, which the university submitted on May 16.
Here are some of UNC’s key arguments:
1. NCAA rules don’t apply here.
Above all, that remains UNC’s primary argument: That the bogus African Studies courses at the heart of the NCAA investigation aren’t subject to NCAA rules and that, therefore, the problems associated with those courses fall outside of the NCAA’s jurisdiction. UNC’s accrediting body found those classes to be fraudulent but the university argues, strongly, that they don’t constitute a violation of NCAA rules.