UNC Academic Scandal UPDATE: Rashad McCants, Former Tar Heel Basketball Player, Admits to Taking ‘Paper Classes’
McCants told OTL tutors would write papers for him and some of his Tar Heels teammates. During the 2004-2005 season, in which the Tar Heels finished 33-4 and won the National Championship, McCants was the team’s second leading scorer. That team also produced four first round picks in the 2005 NBA Draft. McCants said he would have been ruled academically ineligible for that season if he did not receive the help. Ironically enough, the “paper classes” helped him get placed on UNC – Chapel Hill’s Dean’s List for the 2005 academic year, though he admitted not going to any of his four classes.
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by Russell Westerholm, University Herald.
