http://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/17892245/north-carolina-tar-heels-jurisdictional-hearing-ncaa-friday
UNC is arguing that the NCAA long has stayed out of the business of determining academic merit and therefore cannot penalize the Tar Heels for what is essentially a non-athletics issue.
I wonder if this is how the NCAA can weasel their way out of punishing UNC.