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UNC, NCAA file to dismiss appeal by McAdoo

Published: 2012-07-09 16:10:19
Updated: 2012-07-09 16:10:19

Posted at 4:10 p.m.

Chapel Hill, N.C. ? The University of North Carolina, Chancellor Holden Thorp and the NCAA filed a response Monday to dismiss an appeal by former football player Michael McAdoo that seeks damages after he was ruled ineligible to play his senior season at the school.

UNC, Thorp and the NCAA, all listed as defendants in the lawsuit, argue that the North Carolina Court of Appeals should drop McAdoo?s complaint based on the facts that McAdoo has already signed an NFL contract and that the NCAA was within their right to rule the former defensive end ineligible after finding major violations during the course of an NCAA investigation. Archive: UNC football investigations

?McAdoo has mooted his claims by securing an NFL career, the ultimate focus of his claims in this case,? the document filed Monday reads.

In July 2011, McAdoo sued the university and the NCAA to regain his right to play football after being ruled ineligible for the remainder of his college career in Nov. 2010. McAdoo sought an injunction to allow him to play for the 2011 season while his case went to court but had his request for an injunction denied July 14.

McAdoo was placed on injured reserve shortly after signing as an undrafted free agent with the Baltimore Ravens on Aug. 23. Archive: UNC football investigations

On Nov. 14, Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson ruled that, because he was now playing professionally, McAdoo had reached his ultimate goal, and the case was no longer relevant.

McAdoo?s lawyer, Noah Huffstetler, argued that, if McAdoo had been allowed to play in his senior season, he would have improved his draft status which would have led to him being drafted and signing a more lucrative contract.

The filing by the defendants states that financial damages are ?speculative by law? and thus cannot be recovered.

As it pertains to McAdoo?s NCAA eligibility, Monday?s filing also states that the NCAA was within its right under their bylaws to rule McAdoo ineligible after he ?received improper benefits from a prospective agent.? McAdoo was later found to have received impermissible academic help that the university approached the NCAA with in a hypothetical manner.

UNC asked for a reinstatement and a reduced penalty on McAdoo?s behalf after a second violation that amounted to ?academic fraud? because of his being unaware of the violation.

The reinstatement was denied by the NCAA on Nov. 12, 2010.

Dr. Emmett Gill, a professor at North Carolina Central University who is heavily involved with student-athlete's rights, recently filed an Amicus Brief on McAdoo's behalf.

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RE: UNC, NCAA file to dismiss appeal by McAdoo

Ha ha Ha this is good!Carolina, THE FLAG SHIP! Leave out one letter and i will agree.

RE: UNC, NCAA file to dismiss appeal by McAdoo

I would sue also. This is the FLAG SHIP. Now he has no so called degree, no type of certification, and no hope of a college education. Four years wasted! THE CAROLINA WAY!

RE: UNC, NCAA file to dismiss appeal by McAdoo

Dean is the author of all this. He has always believed he was above the NCAA. This started with Kevin Madden's 480 on the SAT.

Dean ridiculed NCSU for taking Washburn, but he could not withstand the test of accepting Madden.

RE: UNC, NCAA file to dismiss appeal by McAdoo

I hope this is The Final Answer! I am ready to move on. The NCAA visited UNC and made their decisions, so let us just move forward.
I know it is a slow time in the summer. Boy, do I look forward to college football in two months. Maybe we will have something real to debate then.?
- Posted by wolfbitesyourheels

Not me. unc CHeat is exposed for what they are-less qualified. If you cheat, be prepared to face the consequences. unc CHeat can end this when they want. Just tell the truth, eat the big **** sandwich and move on. Lots of bad stuff going on over there. Until they face it, it is going to keep going on. Too many people mad as **** with that institution. It's my full-time hobby exposing them at this point.