After it appeared that a major confrontation was imminent last week between athletic director Bubba Cunningham and the UNC Board of Trustees regarding the athletic budget, it seems that cooler heads have prevailed and the situation has been neutralized. For now.
Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts defended Bubba Cunningham in a brief presser, noting his seniority, experience, and peer-respect among the athletic administration community. Cunningham’s tenure as AD has arguably been an admirably solid one following the previous Dick Baddour administration.
It was reported that the trustees were questioning not only Cunningham’s management of funding but whether or not UNC should push to leave the ACC in this age of ridiculous realignment.