Defeated or Undefeated

Princeton Women's Basketball Perfect 

When dealing with women in the sports world, they tend to be overshadowed by their counterparts in that of men's sports. For the longest, women have been trying to preach their importance in what they have to offer to the sports world. As an example of this struggle, you can look at the Princeton women's basketball team.

Most people unless they followed the team intensively wouldn't know that they finished a perfect regular season, winning 30 games by large margins in each outing.Princeton in conference play, won its first half of their games by an average margin of points..but they haven't been all over Sports Center headlines like Kentucky men's basketball team.

On Tuesday, they beat UPENN 55-42 to clinch the IVY Championship. To make matters more interesting, Princeton isn't the only unbeaten women's basketball team that will take part in the NCAA Tournament. After clinching their Ivy League Championship and punching their ticket to the tourney, Princeton became the 15th unbeaten team in.

In a world already consisting of male dominance, many feel sports should be a platform that unites our society instead of adding to the division.

LS

UNC Free for All

UNC Sham Class Scandal 

Just in this past week, a source of ESPN came forward with the story that a large portion of the students at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were involved In a class scandal. Over half of the 3000 students that were in on the scandal, were of course athletes. The big issue is that they got away with this for close to 18 years. 

When the case was looked into recently and brought to the media this past week, the details of these classes were that students didn't even have to show up to a class, only turn in one paper for the whole class and the student's paper would get an A or B solely based on the review of an office assistant. 

There were two retired administrators that were the head honchos. Retired Administrator, Deborah Crowder and the former chairman of the department of Afro Studies , Julius Nyang'oro. Their department of African American Studies, supposedly escaped external reviews required every five years because it lacked a graduate program. Nyang'oro was also exempt from peer reviews for tenured faculty because he was a department chairman.

After this investigation took place, The  university has since overhauled the department and implemented new policies, but it must wait to find out whether the damaging new details lead to more problems with the agency that accredits the school. Too add to the fire, The NCAA, has reopened its investigation into academic misconduct, also could have concerns over lack of institutional control.

The NCAA is looking deeper into the case because the agency's core requirements for accrediting a degree-granting university include clear control over "all aspects of its educational program," including athletics. And the issue of institutional control could affect the NCAA probe, raise questions about what coaches knew, and ultimately lead to possible wins and championships being vacated.

One example of this that comes to mind was the case of Pro Bowl wide out Hakeem Nicks. He was investigated for academic fraud. Just four years after he graduated, he was guilty on academic fraud charges. The worst part of his case was that , his record setting season will remain in the media guide, but the school said they will place an asterisk by his records; meaning it really didn't even take place. Nicks, was also found to have received some jewelry and money during his years at Carolina.

This is just crazy, because one must imagine what other institutions are getting away with...murder. 

In my option, The other hundreds of schools represented and part of the NCAA, will now be even more under the microscopic lens. 

LS