North Carolina is challenging the NCAA's jurisdiction to pursue charges in the school's long-running academic fraud scandal and is holding off on self-imposed penalties. The school on Tuesday publicly released its response to five potentially top-level NCAA charges, which include lack of institutional control. Randall Roden, a Raleigh-based attorney representing Boxill, provided The Associated Press with a copy of Boxill's separate response. UNC made several procedural arguments before responding to each charge outlined in a Notice of Allegations (NOA) sent in April. UNC's response referenced that earlier case, noting the NCAA investigated whether academic counselors had provided improper assistance to athletes before issuing sanctions in March 2012.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 03, 2016 02:56 UTC