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With any premium Hertz rental for one month.*


*Camaro SS or Yukon only

12/17/2013 11:18:54 PM

That Duke fan is mad bro

12/17/2013 11:22:54 PM

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"That's actually the second small sign he grabbed and tossed as the dweeb with the bad hair to the left at the end of the shot also had one. Security later came and took the big sign away from the other guy."

The closure we all needed.

[Edited on December 18, 2013 at 8:02 AM. Reason : .]

12/18/2013 7:58:27 AM

12/18/2013 12:52:13 PM

Now, the question is, what is the official $ amount for the impermissible benefits that PJ got? And looks like Eric Prisbell and some PP folks have some more damning info that could further increase that number.

12/18/2013 12:56:17 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/leslie-mcdonald-expected-to-be-cleared-to-play-for-north-carolina-182609334.html

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" North Carolina reserve guard Leslie McDonald is expected to be cleared to play by the university, possibly in time to appear in Wednesday's game against Texas ... Hairston might decide to leave school and declare himself eligible for the NBA draft, the source said. "

The spin is that PJ will go to the NBA .

12/18/2013 1:48:56 PM

Soooooo if PJ is declared ineligible will UNC Bball face sanctions/vacate wins based on what was uncovered i.e. rental cars being used during last season

12/18/2013 2:08:31 PM

My assumption is that the NCAA hasn't digged much past this late spring/summer so probably wont have anything there.

12/18/2013 2:24:55 PM

A couple items as they are coming across the wire.

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"InsideCarolina @InsideCarolina 3m McDonald's improper benefits comprised use of luxury cars, payment of parking tickets, a cell phone and lodging Derek Rowles @DerekRowles 1m Interesting.. no mention of the mouth guard issue in McDonald case #UNC Joe Ovies @joeovies 5m Key line in Forde’s tweet? “No request made by UNC for Hairston reinstatement.” Marinate on that. "

-Ok so CJ Leslie had to pay $410 for a ride and crashing someplace but McDonald only has to pay back ~1,700?

- If UNC isn't even going for reinstatement why have they let him hang around so long?

12/18/2013 2:37:14 PM

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"When a school discovers an NCAA rules violation has occurred, it must declare the student-athlete ineligible and may request the student-athlete’s eligibility be reinstated. The NCAA staff reviews each student-athlete reinstatement request individually based on its own merits and set of specific facts. At this time, McDonald’s reinstatement request is the only one the NCAA has received from North Carolina."

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/2013/december/north+carolinas+mcdonald+cleared+to+play

So according to that quote, UNC has not even sent a reinstatement request for PJ? But hasn't Roy and UNC been saying that they were waiting on the NCAA? And Vitale and Bilas were going on about "the mean old NCAA punishing kids" during the Kentucky game?

12/18/2013 2:54:01 PM

So Faulcon had to pay his 1,400 immediately before playing but McD has till the end of the season and can play whenever? JUSTICE

12/18/2013 2:56:35 PM

NCAA is hilarious.

12/18/2013 2:59:59 PM

I still think they are a 15-25 with just MacDonald being added...unless he improves more than he has in the past three years. He'll give them some depth and another shooter. I'm still under the impression that their big wins and bad losses are all outliers and they're realistically somewhere in between.

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"So Faulcon had to pay his 1,400 immediately before playing"

Pretty sure they said he could work out a payment plan.

[Edited on December 18, 2013 at 3:05 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2013 3:04:50 PM

I wonder how student athletes are expected to pay back $1,400/$1,700 in a few months. Do their families have that type of money lying around?

12/18/2013 3:23:47 PM

Expect a donation to be made to the dental foundation soon

12/18/2013 3:25:16 PM

Here's a good place to donate.
http://www.dentistry.unc.edu/foundation/waystogive.cfm

beat me to it

[Edited on December 18, 2013 at 3:27 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2013 3:27:27 PM

The NCAA is fucking joke. At least McDonald is being cleared and not PJ. McDonald does not really help UNC as he's a role player. Maybe his addition actually causes some chemistry issues as some of the guys like Tokoto have been playing better by getting some of his minutes.

12/18/2013 3:48:08 PM

[Edited on December 18, 2013 at 3:52 PM. Reason : ]

12/18/2013 3:51:52 PM

$1400 to

12/18/2013 3:53:55 PM

It'll be interesting to see his impact. Tokoto does everything well except for shoot. That's pretty much all MacDonald does well. UNC needs shooting...but so far Paige has been money in that aspect and the other guys have done well in everything else.

12/18/2013 3:54:27 PM

wondering if they PP guys let him play before they drop more info or if they will do it today.

probably wait, better to forfeit wins anyways.

12/18/2013 4:18:03 PM

If he can afford the mouthguard he should have no trouble paying the $1400 back

12/18/2013 4:35:08 PM

From WRAL:

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"BREAKING NEWS: The University of North Carolina announced on Friday that it will not seek reinstatement from the NCAA for guard P.J. Hairston. He has been suspended throughout the regular season for "mistakes that placed his eligibility at risk," the school said in a news release."

I guess PJ ain't gonna be back for Kentucky, or anybody else.

12/20/2013 1:00:57 PM

Later fuckface.

12/20/2013 1:03:13 PM

PJ is now finally free

12/20/2013 1:04:17 PM

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/unc-won-t-seek-reinstatement-for-hairston/13236689/

12/20/2013 1:07:29 PM

is it "just a mistake" when you repeatedly, knowingly, did something you weren't supposed to do both in the eyes of the law and of the NCAA? laughable how they try to spin it. i'm a little shocked "adversity" wasn't injected in there somewhere.

[Edited on December 20, 2013 at 1:47 PM. Reason : ]

12/20/2013 1:41:11 PM

Someone was finally held accountable for their actions over there... sort of at least.. Well I'll be... good thing they weren't selling a few sneakers then their program may be in some serious trouble.

12/20/2013 2:18:56 PM

#pjbefree

12/20/2013 3:02:23 PM

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"Michael Lananna ?@mlananna 8m Despite the news, P.J. Hairston is on the Smith Center court practicing with the rest of the team."

12/20/2013 3:36:37 PM

Is that against the rules?

12/20/2013 4:09:35 PM

Does it really matter?

12/20/2013 4:11:48 PM

Why would we care if he stays on the practice squad?

12/20/2013 4:13:29 PM

Because him staying with the team creates an us vs the world mentality which could help their performance. Also helps makes practices better

12/20/2013 4:22:22 PM

It's on the same level as their fake division rings in football last year. I know they can weasel out of any real trouble with the NCAA if they need to -- I'd almost expect a WRAL article next week from Caulton Tudor praising Roy for looking out for his poor player in the face of so much adversity.

Any bets on how long it takes PJ to get arrested with weed and a gun at a local property from Roy's Rentals™?

12/20/2013 4:35:42 PM

any chance the school decides to cut bait and kick him off the team? they might be even better next year if he sticks around

12/20/2013 4:36:51 PM

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"P.J. Hairston's career over at UNC"

12/20/2013 4:39:06 PM

clicking the link would've helped

12/20/2013 4:49:11 PM

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"The university thanks him for his contributions to Carolina basketball.""

And I thank him for his contribution to the Carolina way.

12/20/2013 4:52:20 PM

Breaking News! (once again, released on a Friday afternoon )

12/20/2013 5:19:05 PM

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"I'd almost expect a WRAL article next week from Caulton Tudor praising Roy for looking out for his poor player in the face of so much adversity."

he retired. unless he came back or something. like him or not, he was a pretty prolific writer for this area.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/02/06/2660129/no-sports-columnist-caulton-tudor.html

12/21/2013 2:09:01 PM

He "retired" from the n&o. 2 months later, he joined wral:

http://www.wralsportsfan.com/wral-adds-tudor-to-sports-team/12410927/

12/21/2013 2:20:36 PM

Guess he got tired of working at a paper that didn't get on its hands and knees to fellate anybody in a light blue uniform, so he found somewhere that was more receptive to protecting the "flagship" university.

12/21/2013 4:16:21 PM

is that sarcasm? because WRAL has given UNC plenty of bad press.

sometimes you guys are so ridiculous about perceived bias that I can't tell if you are being serious or not

12/21/2013 4:43:36 PM

Hairston still in a suit on the bench for UNC. You would think with them not even seeking reinstatement they would just cut ties.

12/21/2013 4:45:09 PM

^I'm hoping he sticks around as long as possible, presumably as long as he's still on the team any screw ups he makes can be put on UNC

12/21/2013 5:53:55 PM

dtownwral

[Edited on December 21, 2013 at 5:55 PM. Reason : ]

12/21/2013 5:55:16 PM

Roy, your hometown newspaper just called you the fuck out. Enjoying your holidays asshole?

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20131227/COLUMNISTS12/312270014/Jarrett-Tarnished-Tar-Heels-play-on?nclick_check=1

12/27/2013 10:00:21 AM

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"shooting free throws like they had spent too much time at Will Graves’ smokehouse."

12/27/2013 10:05:49 AM

Just got up, got me a cup of coffee and read that article.

Its gonna be a good day.

12/27/2013 10:19:26 AM