SB Nation | The NCAA decided UNC's fake classes aren't its jurisdiction. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? SB Nation The NCAA agrees with the University of North Carolina, former UNC athletes, and multiple third-party investigations that hundreds of UNC athletes took sham courses as part of an academic fraud incident (UNC later decided that fraud admission was a “typo”). FAQ: How and why North Carolina escaped sanctions from the NCAA Friday's Sports in Brief CRAWFORD | North Carolina, the NCAA, and the breakdown of the Honor System |