The University of North Carolina has received a notice of allegations from the NCAA, university chancellor Carol L. Folt and director of athletics Bubba Cunningham announced Friday.
The news was first reported by Greg Barnes of InsideCarolina.com.
Folt and Cunningham released a joint statement, saying the university has begun to assess the NCAA's claims.
We take these allegations very seriously, and we will carefully evaluate them to respond within the NCAA’s 90-day deadline. The University will publicly release the NCAA’s notice as soon as possible. The notice is lengthy and must be prepared for public dissemination to ensure we protect privacy rights as required by federal and state law. When that review for redactions is complete, the University will post the notice on the Carolina Commitment website and notify the news media. When we respond to the NCAA’s allegations, we will follow this same release process. Consistent with NCAA protocols, the University cannot comment on details of the investigation until it is completed.
North Carolina announced last June that the NCAA had reopened its 2011 investigation into academic irregularities at the school after the NCAA's enforcement arm determined that additional people with information that had previously been uncooperative might be willing to speak with investigators.
A report by former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein determined that the university had enrolled approximately 1,500 student-athletes in bogus classes over an 18-year period.
Possible penalties for the alleged violations include fines, postseason bans, scholarship reductions, and vacating victories.