DURHAM, NC UNC's academic embarrassment

DURHAM, NC (WTVD) --

The totality of UNC's academic embarrassment was laid bare Wednesday afternoon as Kenneth Wainstein unveiled the details of his meticulous reportAs Wainstein made abundantly clear, Crowder and her cadre of willful academic support staffers were the main operators here. I have a hard time thinking of her as a villain per se. This wasn't an evil scheme, just a woefully misguided vision of helping ill prepared students. In the end - I'm supposed to say that she shortchanged the very people she was trying to help - and she absolutely did (not to mention aiding at least 2 generations of frat boys). I just don't know that they'd all say that. Even if you understandably choose to dismiss most of what Rashad McCants is claiming, his notion that many players are just passing through en route to the pros rings true.
As for the culpability of Roy Williams, I'll take Wainstein at his word about taking Roy at his. The evidence suggests that Roy was suspicious of the mass AFAM groupings of his players, and he took action to change that. The numbers of enrollments in the following years tell that story. Could you argue that Roy waited to win a title before becoming REAL concerned? Perhaps - but for me, Roy's greatest shortcoming on that front was his total trust in Wayne Walden. We know that Walden knew the classes were bogus. We don't know that Roy did. 
 The biggest reason for trepidation if I'm a UNC fan is the possibility that Mark Emmert sees this as an opportunity to retake the moral high ground that has crumbled under the NCAA in recent years. He tried with Penn State. That obviously became a mess. There are none of the complicating issues in Chapel Hill. Just 2 decades of thoroughly documented chicanery involving countless athletes and teams. Of course, the other option would be that Power 5 autonomy has rendered the NCAA toothless and no real punishment is forthcoming. Basically, what I'm saying is that I have no idea. And that seems a good place to stop.