The Carolina Way - Part 2

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Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

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🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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For years, UNC protected its athletic dominance wth fake classes to keep athletes eligible. In 2011, the secret exploded into public view, threatening to shatter the university’s athletic standing. Read Andy’s book: https://press.umich.edu/Books/D/Discredited2 Read Dan Kane’s reporting: https://www.newsobserver.com/profile/218713930/dan-kane For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.0	Previously on campus files.
1:08.3	UNC had become ever more invested in its sports brand.
1:13.1	And that is it.
1:14.8	Mark Carolina takes the title.
1:17.4	And the leaders of the university wanted to do everything they could to sustain and
1:22.7	promote future athletic success.
1:25.9	I'm in the academic support program and I'm working with athletes who
1:30.3	they're just so far behind.
1:32.3	How on earth are we going to keep these players eligible?
1:37.3	You know, I learned about the paper class system pretty quickly.
1:40.3	There was a Potemkin village of a curriculum here.
1:42.3	The courses had titles, they had course numbers, it seemed that they had instructors, and none of that was real.
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