McCants told ESPN that he and other UNC players rarely attended class and had tutors write their papers for them.
Rashad McCants told ESPN's Outside the Lines that while he was a student-athlete at the University of North Carolina, he rarely attended class and had tutors write his papers for him.
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McCants, the second leading scorer for the 2004–2005 national champion North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team, has dropped a bomb on one of the premiere programs in country — declaring in an interview with ESPN's Outside the Lines that while he was a student-athlete at the school he rarely went to class and had tutors write his papers for him.
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McCants told ESPN that he and other players took so-called "paper classes," in which students weren't required to attend class and simply had to turn in a term paper at the end of the semester.
Going into the 2004–2005 season, with his eligibility in jeopardy, McCants said advisers and tutors who worked with the basketball team steered him to take the paper classes within the African-American studies program. During the spring semester and championship run, McCants earned straight A's and made dean's list despite not attending any of his classes.
"I didn't write any papers," McCants said.
When it was time to turn in his papers, McCants said he and other players would carpool over to the tutor's house and "basically get our papers and go about our business."