He fought adversity to get into the passenger seat before the cop got there.

7/22/2013 3:57:58 PM

Maybe if we link skew ESPN will post more articles? http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/86731/p-j-hairston-legal-issues-hardly-north-carolina-tar-heels-biggest

7/22/2013 4:00:43 PM

^^

LOL

7/22/2013 4:10:08 PM

I do get small amounts of joy every time a sports writer has to write Hayden "Fats" Thomas.


[Edited on July 22, 2013 at 6:13 PM. Reason : long fucking day]

7/22/2013 6:13:39 PM

While I would spooge all over my laptop if UNC got into serious trouble over this, I predict that they'll kick PJ off the team to appease the NCAA and that will be all she wrote.

7/22/2013 6:51:14 PM

^^They can't type or say Hayden "Fats" Thomas without throwing "convicted felon" in there somewhere. Not possible.

7/22/2013 7:27:14 PM

^^ no way, man. They're probably spooging all over themselves with the fact that he wasn't found guilty in the courts. I bet he gets a max 8 game suspension.

7/22/2013 7:31:44 PM

Why suspend him at all then?

I mean if they'll get away with it completely, why even bother suspending him for 8 games?

I think they'll use him as a sacrificial lamb. Could be wrong, but they've got to do SOMETHING about it.

7/22/2013 7:56:16 PM

Suspend him for cupcakes and the press will play along and forget the whole PJ thing. And if you don't the press will continue with this and the NCAA will have to investigate and look into the rentals etc...

I hope Brenna, Prisbell and Kane don't let go of the rental angle because that is what will ideally get PJ and UNC in deep trouble

7/22/2013 8:06:25 PM

This thread's hilarious

7/22/2013 9:07:51 PM

Wow, funny seeing people from work being connected to this in any way. The email about not emailing due to open records was to a guy that contacted us last week about some support stuff.

7/22/2013 9:34:29 PM

Quote :

"the DA made him complete TASC (Drug Class ) before the court date for his deferred prosecution""

FTR, TASC is not a drug class. It is a drug abuse assessment. It is entirely possible that he was not recommended to complete any classes. and yes, a drug test is a part of the assessment.

7/22/2013 10:03:17 PM

A class on drugs may be the only class I can see PJ attending.

7/22/2013 10:25:58 PM

Without anticipating the NCAA, UNC will suspend him for either 3 or 7 games. The schedule dictates this.

7/22/2013 10:43:10 PM

Lets be real here. Even if he got a misdemeanor weed conviction, which rarely happens if its your first offense and you cooperate, that wasn't gonna get him kicked off the team, or bring any kind of backlash to UNC. The gun however, would have forced Roy's hand to do something. But I guess if you have an illegal handgun with no serials and you wipe down the prints good before you throw it out the window, a foot from your car, and everyone keeps their mouth shut, the cops figure they don't have a case.

I'm still keeping hope that all the Fats rental car stuff will maybe catch the NCAA's eye

Also when State fans are holding up all their creative signs about PJ having guns and stuff, he'll just go like 8/10 from behind the arc against us

7/22/2013 11:04:55 PM

So Tree, you're an optimist when it comes to the Wolfpack sports, but a pessimist when it comes to the UNC scandal?

7/22/2013 11:41:30 PM

I'm only jokingly a pessimist when I mention how PJ will probably have a good game against us

I still keep hope alive that all the Fats Felon stuff will at minimum make UNC's practices awkward enough to fuck up their in-game chemistry

But I was hoping for him not to get off on all charges

7/23/2013 12:26:08 AM

don't they have cameras at dui stops? i find it hard to believe that none of this was filmed, but sounds like the stopped the car and dumped the good before they got close to the checkpoint.

oh well. hopefully more will come out of the Fats and Dentistry School connections.

7/23/2013 12:40:22 AM

With UNC and their scandals, it's always a whole lot of smoke with no fire. Amazing the way they get away with this shit. Fuck the NCAA...

7/23/2013 7:43:49 AM

^ A lot of smoke, a fair amount of fire, and Officer BarNCAA just scooting people along telling them there's nothing to see here.

7/23/2013 8:43:56 AM

Where there's smoke, there's performance enhancing weed.

7/23/2013 9:37:11 AM

3 game suspension, 30+ games of how much adversity him and his team have overcome this season and how he willed them to victory. I think I would rather he just not be suspended at all if it meant I didnt have to hear that bullshit from the media all year.

7/23/2013 10:08:46 AM

^

This is the Carolina Way baby! Youuu Enn Seee! PJ Haiiiirston! shooting them 3s. Comeback kid! Oohh unbelievabbbble!

7/23/2013 10:20:14 AM

a surprisingly unflattering headline

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/list-of-current-former-unc-players-tied-to-convicted-felon-growing/12695738/

7/23/2013 8:03:39 PM

You know what to do:

http://atlanticcoastconfidential.com/2013/07/24/wednesday-poll-north-carolina-sanctions/

7/24/2013 9:38:49 AM

^I'm voting way too harsh. Its tough being the flagship. Everybody is trying to bring you down. They are just trying to further the reputation for the entire State and university system. Jealous much.

7/24/2013 9:52:35 AM

And then there is this gem...might as well sign it

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/investigate-fraud-and-misuse-federal-funds-involving-athletics-university-north-carolina-chapel-hill/MPM85V8T

7/24/2013 10:11:13 AM

voted and putting this on my facebook.

7/24/2013 10:19:47 AM

no way that thing gets 1,000 let alone 100,000 signatures.

7/24/2013 10:48:32 AM

There was no option to boycott the NCAA so UNC fans clicked 'fair'

7/24/2013 10:52:57 AM

I'd be interested to see how many it could get if you posted the link on other major fanbases' message boards.

But I don't care enough to do it.

[Edited on July 24, 2013 at 10:55 AM. Reason : and its dumb]

7/24/2013 10:55:17 AM

I'll sign it

7/24/2013 11:16:56 AM

I signed it, woooooo.

HOPE CHANGE

7/24/2013 11:30:24 AM

Yall do know that on that poll, if you hit refresh, you can just vote again. I believe a good ole fashion pool skew is called for.

7/24/2013 12:11:00 PM

DO IT

7/24/2013 1:00:32 PM

i dropped about 50 votes on that poll, then the site stopped loading

7/24/2013 1:10:53 PM

78 signatures. LOL

7/24/2013 2:09:28 PM

Quote :

"Basically it's the same story that was told a few days ago. What really needs to happen to make a point is for all Carolina fans,students,and grads boycot Wral and the n&o. Start watching WTVD and cancel your subscription to the paper! "

These people are cartoon characters.


Also, no love for channel 14?

7/24/2013 2:28:35 PM

Duuude, WRAL's on their side!

7/24/2013 3:36:25 PM

Boycott da schoo!


... and WRAL and the N&O

7/24/2013 3:57:24 PM

I'm on board with investigating and exposing shady things happening at UNC

the white house petition is

7/24/2013 4:06:06 PM

Some national coverage from arguably college basketball's best writer.

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-07-24/unc-pj-hairston-julius-peppers-rick-pitino-pac-12-china-starting-5

7/24/2013 5:25:07 PM

Ohhh snap loller!


http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/86834/unc-gets-its-own-white-house-petition

7/24/2013 9:47:23 PM

that petition is embarassing

its so embarrassing i'm not even going to correct the spelling in the first embarrassing

7/24/2013 9:59:22 PM

More national coverage of problems at UNC?

Petition success!

7/24/2013 10:09:18 PM

So ESPN has reported on pack pride. How do we get ESPN to report on tww?

7/24/2013 10:16:18 PM

Lol. That school is a god damn joke

7/24/2013 10:18:14 PM

this whole thing has officially jumped the shark

but you know damn well i signed that mother

7/24/2013 10:30:41 PM

100,000 is probably impossible, but there's a whole lot of NCSU fans, UK fans, Duke fans, people who will sign out of morbid curiosity, people that are being reached through the ESPN exposure....

it could happen, right!?!?!?

7/24/2013 10:32:29 PM

I woulda signed if the petition had the words "basketball" or "banners" in it

7/24/2013 10:56:29 PM