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Well, that didn't take long.
After the NCAA circumvented its own crime-and-punishment process and blew up Penn State last month, we all wondered how long it would take for a follow-up test case to measure the willingness of the "new NCAA" to flex its precedent-setting muscles again. Was the Penn State case a sign of a new era in policing of athletic programs gone bad, or an isolated blip brought on by a school's unique abdication of morals and responsibilities?
Lo and behold, we have the festering scandal at North Carolina to give us a quick answer.
As the Raleigh News & Observer and North Carolina State message-board vigilantes continue to go where UNC's timorous administration wouldn't in plumbing the depths of the Tar Heels' academic mess...
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