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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The basketball team is worth more than the school. Unc , Kentucky , Penn State, Florida State, Alabama , Kansas , LSU, are probably the only schools that would abolish the academics to save the team. I even think Ohio State may let the team go if the university was threatened by it but not Unc.. Academics are in the back seat with an ejector button.[/quote]

I' from NC and this is sadly true. It's hard to overstate the importance of basketball to UNC. The whole state worships the UNC basketball team-- including many, many, many people who are not alums.  It is the most important part of the school and a huge point of pride for the state. In a fight between the needs of UNC basketball and UNC academics, UNC basketball wins every time  And make no mistake.  NC is starving it's school system, top to bottom. Alumni contributions pay the bills. And if basketball were gone, many of these contributions would be gone.  Any other school looking at accerdition loss would have fired the basketball coach and suspended the team.  I'm not a Duke fan, but even Duke would have taken stronger steps to deal with their scandal.  UNC can't. Basketball is too important to their bottom line. It's also important politically. Any governor that appointed trustees who let the school touch basketball would be run out of the state with tar and feathers.

There is no comparable college sports programs in terms of importance to the school in the DMV.  [/quote]

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