Upon Further Review

Bradley Bethel, on July 16th, 2016 in a presentation to the Upon Further Review panel in Pittsburgh, PA:

"I can say, confidently, that my film actually did have an influence on the NCAA. I sent the film to the NCAA -- several people in the NCAA -- and the nice thing is we sent them links and we can actually see who watches. So we know that they watched, even multiple times.

"And when the NCAA issued a new Notice of Allegations, they dropped the charges against the academic counselors. And so, that as a historical record -- the Notice of Allegations -- it sort of exonerates the counselors.

There's still the Wainstein Report out there, but...I feel like, I'm starting to get the film out, get it seen by people, it's starting to make a difference, and so I feel good, quite simply. "

In light of the most recent developments in UNC's case now before the NCAA Committee on Infractions, I thought back to this statement by Bethel. The NCAA enforcement staff's winnowing of the Notice of Allegations (NOA) to exclude the "impermissible benefits" allegations that had implicated academic counselors involvement in the academic "irregularities" in UNC's African and African American (AFAM) Studies Department


Bradley Bethel's  campaign to counter what he says is a media-fueled "narrative" about the academic scandal at UNC has found a sympathetic ear among those critical the how the Sandusky scandal and the subsequent media storm impacted Penn State football.

So when Penn State alumnus Franco Harris hosted a one of the town hall-style panels titled "Upon Further Review" in Pittsburgh last summer, Bethel was invited to talk about his UNC experience and his documentary film "Unverified."

Below is the entire video. Bethel makes the remarks in the transcript above starting at the 1hr 34m 3s mark here: