It’s time for Mr. Davis to take his talents (back) to South Beach. FAU is about to have an opening with the pending Schnellenberger retirement.

He can take Baddour with him! Perhaps DB can apply for the AD of Boca High School.

@Gator:
I don’t really see this being an issue with Butch. Whether a player is stupid enough to take money from an agent is beyond the coaching staff’s control. They educate the players on the risks, but it still rests in the hands of the players. Likewise, our Honor Code at UNC rests squarely on the shoulders of the students that are privileged enough to attend the best public university in the state, and one of the best in the nation. The academic tutors have NCAA rules and regulations crammed down their throat by everybody in above them. This comes down to the tutor in question and whichever players decided to compromise their academic and personal integrity. I hope that if these allegations are true, the players in question are reprimanded as severely as any other student would be for the same Honor Code violations. And if you’re a Gator fan, you should remember how Butch Davis came down to Miami and took that thuggish program they were running, cleaned house, and brought home a National Title.

Absolutely, CLM. I am reading blogs and reports that are talking about how Butch Davis could possibly be let go. None of the issues that are at the helm are at all his fault. The only fishy aspect is that the tutor in question worked for him. What not everyone is choosing to acknowledge is that she was one of five people hired to help tutor his son to assist in the adjustments of moving schools. Other than that, it’s out of his hands. He can’t control what the tutors do, or what his players try to get their tutors to do. Until someone catches him saying to his players to get people to do their work for them, he’s fine. I agree with DB, he still has my support. This is no way his fault.

And Florida fans commenting: do not even try to believe that this doesn’t go on at your school. This goes on at every single school – it’s still not right and it’s not an excuse to Carolina – but your players have not been caught. And with a program as highly touted as Florida, I would be willing to guarantee that the agent issues are worse there than here at UNC.

if you ever wanted to walk on to the football team, this year is the year

People need to understand the amount of time and extent of which how they drill these messages into the student athletes. The messages of staying away from agents and getting into those things, and especially about violating the UNC Honor Code. They go over that monthly with the players. I have known tutors and there is so much red tape around what they can do; even just looking at a paper, not making edits or talking about it, the tutors have to sign it. The fact that someone helped them write a paper or multiple papers, is a downfall(weakness) of those players and that employee. They should be expelled for violation of the honor code and the employee fired. Butch Davis has little control over watching this. It is a shame and it definitely tarnishes UNC’s prestigious name, I for one am completely ashamed that anyone wearing the uniform and/or calling themselves a Tar Heel would act in such a manner. One so below the expectation of the University.

Oh for the days of John Bunting . . .

NCSU Grad loving this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought when you went on a limb to hire this guy it would pay off and it did. This will be the gift that keeps on giving for years to come.

“Academic achievement and fairness are at the heart of the University of North Carolina and our department of athletics.”

This won’t be true until every UNC student has the same tutoring opportunities as are given to athletes.

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