North Carolina vacates 2008 and 2009 wins

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North Carolina Tar Heels vacate 2008, 2009 wins ahead of hearing - ESPN

North Carolina will vacate all 16 football victories from the 2008 and 2009 seasons, and reduce scholarships as part of self-imposed penalties following an NCAA investigation into the program.

The school also put the football program on two years of probation as a result of the probe into athletes accepting improper benefits and academic misconduct.

In Monday's response to the NCAA's notice of allegations outlining nine violations, the school said it will cut three scholarships for each of the next three academic years.

The school will also pay a $50,000 fine, though it isn't imposing a postseason ban.

The response calls the punishments "difficult but necessary steps."

The school still must appear before the NCAA infractions committee on Oct. 28 and await word whether the university will face additional penalties from the NCAA.

 

[Spartacavolus]

Unless a championship is vacated, who gives a flip about vacating wins from 3+ years ago? Just stupid.
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[Vol_Doc]

Unless a championship is vacated, who gives a flip about vacating wins from 3+ years ago? Just stupid.
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Vacating wins, even championships, is stupid. Everyone still knows who won. It's in the books. They don't give back the money won. It's symbolic, and that's it. Only real biting penalties are future penalties. Unfortunately, that usually ends up hurting a bunch of athletes that were not involved in the original transgressions.
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