alibi in this "gotcha" age of college football. That same standard should also apply to Baddour.
Not only did the alleged transgressions occur under his watch, but he and his administration’s failure to monitor the football program also was instrumental in the fiasco.
According to the North Carolina notice of allegations, the university didn’t adequately monitor the use of its facilities and access to players by a former player who provided impermissible benefits to players. The notice said said it also didn’t check players’ Twitter accounts that showed violations.
Worst of all, the university didn't investigate impermissible benefits after a player reported the possibility. That’s right, it just ignored the epidemic.
But here’s what can’t be ignored: It’s just more than a month until North Carolina plays its first game of the season, and the team has no head coach. High school teams don’t even have that problem this time of year.
By not making a coaching change until now, university officials have essentially sacrificed the Tar Heels’ chances for success this season. That’s worse than any penalties the NCAA would ever hand down.
Blame Baddour, who’s somehow survived his terrible hires of Carl Torbush and John Bunting in football as well as Bill Guthridge and Matt Doherty in basketball. If he had done his job right this time, maybe North Carolina football wouldn’t be the laughingstock of college football right now