UNC's NCAA Hearing set for August 16th in Nashville

North Carolina has released the NCAA's most recent response.  On August 16th in Nashville, two days of meetings with the Committee on Infractions will take place.  Roy Williams, Larry Fedora, and Sylvia Hatchell are all requested to attend.

In the response, the NCAA places emphasis on this case being their business.

Interesting paragraph in NCAA response to @UNC. "The issues at the heart of this case are clearly the NCAA's business." pic.twitter.com/U8QYaJSyZC

— Jeff Gravley (@jgravleyWRAL) July 25, 2017

In case you forgot how we got here, let's get a quick refresher from WRALSportsFan.

With the facts of the case clear. A UNC-commissioned report found that student-athletes were given preferential treatment in the classroom and were specifically steered by academic counselors toward classes in the African and Afro-American Studies Department that rarely met and required only a paper to pass. Several employees were terminated or resigned as a result of the investigation.

UNC has maintained that the fake classes enrolled and benefited student-athletes and non-athletes alike, and is therefore not an NCAA matter. UNC maintains that the Department of Athletics has never steered student-athletes to fraudulent courses with the idea of keeping them eligible and had no part in the creation of fake classes.

There aren't many ACC topics with more divisive reactions on social media than this one at the moment.  Make sure to have your popcorn ready for when the NCAA finally makes a ruling.