Editorial: With no action plan, conference alliances are meaningless
By Editorial Board | Aug. 30"The alliance is an elementary attempt by the three conference to shift the narrative from the SEC and their 'mega conference.'"
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"The alliance is an elementary attempt by the three conference to shift the narrative from the SEC and their 'mega conference.'"
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Your guide to the 2021 football season, which is kicking off in Chapel Hill on Sept. 11.
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The Faculty Athletics Committee exists to support athletes at UNC in their academic endeavors and wellbeing.
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As indecision continues, debates on the compensation of student-athletes continue to intensify.
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For more than a decade, UNC's Sports Nutrition department has worked to help its athletes avoid the all-too-common issue of eating disorder development.
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Emails and financial agreements received by the DTH through multiple public records requests reveal details of the lead-up to and implementation at UNC of SpotterEDU. The technology, developed and operated by a Chicago-based consulting firm, tracks the class attendance of student-athletes through beacon devices with an automatic Bluetooth connection to their smartphones. Early last month, the DTH reported the existence of the new program at UNC. While the University declined at the time to state which sports it is using the new technology for, new documents suggest that SpotterEDU has been applied only to select players from the football and men's basketball teams.
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As an attempt to make sure the athletics attendance policy is being upheld by student-athletes, new beacon technology has been installed in classrooms throughout the University. The purpose of the beacons are to communicate with mobile devices to ensure that the athletes are attending class and in class for the duration of the period. Though the technology is promised by its distributing organization to be non-invasive and that the software lacks tracking capabilities outside of the classroom; some UNC professors are concerned that the technology poses a privacy threat and surveils student-athletes, with the potential to spread into further supervision of student whereabouts.
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"While it remains to be seen, there is a good chance that the return of the Mack could yield good results for Carolina football, and return to dominance in the ACC."
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During the Board of Governors meeting a report aiming to make UNC system athletics more transparent was revealed. Here are the findings of this report.
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Katie Hoeg's lacrosse career took off and her work ethic and family would drive her to the success she's had, from being ranked the No. 6 recruit in the country to earning first-team All-American honors and breaking UNCs single-season points record as only a sophomore.
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The 2019-20 Tar Heels will inevitably have to lean more on their younger talent, which they hope will include Anthony and Achiuwa.
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A bill introduced in Congress may allow student-athletes to financially benefit from their name, image or likeness.
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The bonds aim to fund old and new athletic construction projects at UNC and are expected to be issued in the first quarter of 2019.
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Read about Busch's journey from the Midwest to ACC baseball stardom.
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