Per Wainstein's report
In an effort to answer this question, we identified the following six possible motives for their actions:
- They were compassionate people who wanted to lend a helping hand to struggling students and student-athletes who needed academic support.
- They were sports fans and wanted to boost the fortunes of Chapel Hill’s teams by helping to keep the players eligible.
- They were pressured to offer these paper classes by the Athletics Department and/or the ASPSA counselors.
- They believed that the University and the administration wanted them to help student-athletes in this way.
- They used these paper classes as a way of attracting more students and thereby enhancing both AFAM’s enrollment numbers and the Department’s stature within the University.
- They used these classes as a means of boosting their compensation from the University
Bob, Wainstein investigated the damn thing. He saw documentation that will never surface, and even he didn't rule out that they were created for student-athletes. I'm not sure how you or your girlfriend Bethel can totally discount that they were created for student-athletes when he couldn't. Matter of fact, when you look at the stat I posted above, it would heavily indicate that they were primarily used for student-athletes. I get that you're a blind homer, but don't compound the problem by being a moron.
Student-athletes made up 47.4% of the bogus classes, yet they only comprise 4% of the university student body.