Even the most rabid LSU Tiger football fan is unhappy with the problems University of North Carolina and its football team are having. Around UNC you hear all around,, " We had a good chance to beat LSU," or even more aggressive, "We were going to beat LSU," followed by, "but now we've lost half of our football team." On the LSU campus you hear the plaint, "If we win everyone will say it was because UNC was missing some star players, and if we lose, we will really look bad." They are referring to the report that several UNC players will be suspended because of violations.
Actually, injuries, suspensions, transfers, and bad officiating are challenges all teams face. LSU has three injured players who will miss the game, several players transferred, and one projected starter has been suspended. No one, not even the people in a position to know, has all the details of the facts around the UNC situation, certainly who or how many Tar Heels will be suspended for the game. North Carolina began an investigation when it was learned some players and/or coaches had associated with agents. It was then discovered that a tutor, no longer with the school, had possibly written some papers for players. This transcends sports; it goes to the heart of academics and reflects on the integrity of the university.UNC will do the right thing; what punishment, if any, by the NCAA may not be known until a day or so before the game.
Every university should take this as a warning and monitor more closely its tutorial programs. Some schools want to win so badly they will hire coaches who have committed violations at other schools. They are an exception as most schools want to have a clean program, but the pressure to win is there for all schools.. They must be watchful lest something similar happens to them. The NCAA considers academic fraud the worst infraction a program can have.
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