UNC Underfire for "Sham" Courses Taken by Athletes

The University of North Carolina has discovered in an investigation the university commissioned that over an 18 year period, athletes were steered toward so called sham courses to maintain their GPA and thus maintain their athletic eligibility.

This is from the ESPN story. "The report, released Wednesday, says academic advisers in North Carolina's athletic department colluded with a manager in the African and Afro-American Studies department for student-athletes to take classes to boost their GPAs and keep them eligible in their respective sports."

Read the full investigative story here.