All in the family?
As a Carolina alum, I am as big a fan as any, especially during basketball season.
I even have renewed my fickle acquaintance with Carolina football, nearly cheering myself hoarse from the cheap seats in Kenan Stadium when the team beat Georgia Tech during homecoming this season.
But I dunno about one of the more recent additions to the university's administrative staff.
The mother of Tar Heel hoops All-America star Tyler Hansbrough was hired on Dec. 8 as associate director of development of the dental school.
Her primary responsibility will be fundraising -- and odds are that a woman named Hansbrough should do just fine in that capacity.
UNC-CH officials insist this deal is strictly on the up and up and the NCAA has raised no red flags. NCAA rules prohibit special arrangements for student-athletes and their relatives.
After all, Tami Hansbrough’s selection as her son leads an undefeated basketball team in scoring could be just a bizarre coincidence.
What, us favor her because of her blood ties to Tar Heel hoops? say school officials. Oh, blue heavens no.
They flatly deny that the athletics department did anything to give Tami Hansbrough an advantage.
Like Dean Smith wearing a Wolfpack-red blazer, this just doesn’t look good.
And in the wake of the Mary Easley brouhaha at State, you'd think Carolina officials would have thought more than twice about it.
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Is she qualified for the position, outside of her offspring's ability to dribble a ball? Was the position announced? Did she apply?
Posted on December 26, 2008 5:59 PM
What kind of jobs had she had previously? Where is she coming from? How much will she be paid?
Posted on December 31, 2008 10:12 AM