apples and oranges --- those classes actually met (lectures, quizzes, multiple exams, discussion groups etc); required more than a final paper; and no chance that a one paragraph final paper receives an A-
universities have always steered athletes to less rigorous classes --- UNC just took it to another level; but their excuse that these no show / no classroom courses met their academic standards is simply laughable
the future of academic fraud is going to be online courses for athletes.....much easier for others to do the classwork and difficult to prove