UNC recruit wasn't ineligible

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Former North Carolina recruit Dwight Jones, who is enrolled and practicing at DivisionII Valdosta State, might end up being a Tar Heel after all. According to insidecarolina.com, Jones' academics might have been judged under the wrong set of rules, leaving him eligible to play DivisionI football. Jones, a receiver who played football at Burlington Cummings High, was scheduled to practice today with Valdosta State. But the school's athletics director, Herb Reinhard, told The News & Observer through a team spokesman: "We have communicated with Dwight about his academic status changing, and we have signed a release allowing UNC to talk to him."

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August 6, 2008 08:46 AM ET

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Sumbitch, ya'll mean Butch Davis and his boys screwed something up? Hell far!!!!

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Someplacein, OH

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August 6, 2008 12:21 PM ET

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You mean the NCAA screwed something up... NO WAY!!! They are perfect, I mean they caught that whole Reggie Bush money thing and took action against the school and coaches... oh wait... nope they didn't did they.

IamRightYouAreWrong

Florence , SC

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August 6, 2008 01:42 PM ET

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NCAA very careful about punishing schools that have won NCs. Everyone else beware.

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August 6, 2008 02:18 PM ET

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Either way, this kid will be lucky to ever get a diploma from UNC. The question here is about his SECOND failure to qualify. There's no question about him failing to qualify the first time.

Slick Ric is DaMoFo

Southern Pines, NC

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August 6, 2008 02:34 PM ET

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Either way, this kid will be lucky to ever get a diploma from UNC. The question here is about his SECOND failure to qualify. There's no question about him failing to qualify the first time.

DaMoFo | 08/06/08, 02:18 PM

"Good" football players never fail out.

IamRightYouAreWrong

Florence , SC

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August 6, 2008 07:10 PM ET

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did ya'all notice that UNC is preseason ranked @ 34? Seems a little high to me I hope we can win some games this year.

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August 7, 2008 07:55 AM ET

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Yeah, No 34 is too high. If Butch can get the Heels to a 7-5 record, and make a bowl game, I'd consider the season a success. That'd be progress in a huge way. Dwight Jones would be a welcome addition to the team.