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Players declared ineligible

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Staff

UNC football student-athletes Greg Little and Robert Quinn were declared permanently ineligible, according to a decision this week by the NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff. The university declared both student-athletes ineligible due to violations of NCAA agent-benefits, preferential-treatment and ethical-conduct rules. According to the facts submitted by the university, the total value of the benefits is approximately $4,952 for Little and $5,642 for Quinn.

Little accepted diamond earrings and travel accommodations for the Bahamas, Washington, D.C. and two trips to Miami, among other benefits. Quinn accepted two black-diamond watches, a pair of matching earrings and travel accommodations for a trip to Miami, among other benefits.

The school also dismissed Marvin Austin from the football program for violations of NCAA agent-benefits, preferential-treatment and ethical-conduct rules.

At a press conference Monday, coach Butch Davis offered an apology for the violations.

“As head football coach, it is clearly my responsibility to be in charge of the football program,” Davis said. “To help educate the players and to help educate their parents…. I personally want to apologize to the chancellor, the Board of Trustees and our faculty. I want to apologize to our alums and our supporters for having to go through this.”

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