I’m a Wolfpack fan. I like going to games and yelling, “go to hell, Carolina!” I liked watching Dave Doeren’s teams beat Mack Brown’s four times in a row.

I don’t fault Carolina for hiring Bill Belichick.

UNC just recognized reality: college sports have gone pro.

Some Carolina fans are bewildered by their university spending millions of dollars to hire a big-name 72-year-old NFL retiree.

It’s all about money – big money.

Coaches today don’t just divide up playing time; they divvy up Name-Image-Likeness money.

Players switch schools every year – for money.

Gamblers bet billions on games; colleges and governments lap up their cut.

UNC Trustees and Big Rams spent as much time and effort ramming through Belichick as they did ramming through the right-wing School of Civic Life and Leadership and running off DEI programs.

As a boy, I went to a couple of Dixie Classic games before a point-shaving scandal at North Carolina State prompted UNC System President Bill Friday to shut down the tournament.

Friday for years sounded the alarm against big-time, big-money sports.

UNC doesn’t hark that sound anymore.

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