The NCAA's twisted explanation on how UNC escaped Scot-free can never be logically justified. For 18+ years, UNC had a system in place offering bogus classes and fake grades for work that was never performed. Yet, the fraudulent "African and Afro-American Studies Program" didn't constitute "an impermissible benefit" for athletes because the NCAA couldn't determine if only UNC athletes had received fraudulent grades for doing nothing. Essentially because UNC's academic fraud was so big, so extensive and so pervasive, the NCAA decided not to punish them, but if one tutor goes off-track on behalf of an athlete, then the NCAA can dole out probation... if you are a run of the mill NCAA institution and not a storied program.
The NCAA's handling of the UNC scandal was the final nail in the coffin of what those that follow college sports already knew: college sports are slanted to protect the mega-programs, everyone else is supposed to just shut-up and be happy with the status quo.