As we reported earlier, The Daily Tar Heel is now advocating that
Ford be fired. In addition to that, e-mail to goheels.com, in response
to a Chansky
article which we said was surprisingly candid,
suggests a significant split amongst the faithful. There are the
loyalists who support Ford without hesitation, and a Minister who writes,
movingly, of "the people who will help [Ford] and not push him aside as a useless person."
Words to ponder indeed. Another readers says "I am so, so sorry that the recent series of events have transpired. As one who has been there, I wish I could tell Phil to keep the faith, that bad things sometimes happen to good people. He has my total support and best wishes. I know he will come through as the true champion I know him to be."
For the first time, the word coverup has been mentioned, and Dean has been
explicitly taken to task: "I love The Dean but if he covered this, then he is as responsible as anyone."
Another reader says "The UNC athletics department enabled Mr. Ford's substance abuse when he was a student, a graduate and an employee by covering up his indiscretions. Two DWI's in two years, three times the legal limit for blood alcohol.
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Speaking of Chansky, he goes further and further off the reservation, but
this time he probably has no choice:
his latest column rips the ugly new unis UNC has apparently adopted.