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Cases but the ncaa bare i did anything about it until now. >> reporter: hundreds of unc athletes enrolled in bogus classes, getting credits and good grades for doing little work. >> the reason they had to take paper classes because they couldnt do the work. they needed to stay eligible. >> reporter: whistle-blower mary willingham help expose paper classes after years of being part of the system. >> a couple of the most obvious, difficult and challenging for me a student who really couldnt work a...

In the transcripts. >> reporter: now this scandal is no longer a criminal matter. the sole charge that was brought in this case has been a fraud charge against the professor. this week on thursday the prosecutor who dropped it told me it was more important to have her cooperation for the community to understand what happened at unc than it was for that one professor to be punished criminally. >> sounds like theres a lot more investigating to be done. sarah, we should mention that the university ...

>> thats not just julia but what we, the university, used to keep athletes eligible. >> reporter: the ncaa punished one athlete for cheating. mike macadoo who said he and fellow athletes were pushed into the fake classes. >> they said they didnt know. he was taking these classes but it looked like i was the only one taking these classes. i didnt want make these classes up. >> it is the mother of all academic fraud classes in athletics. >> reporter: thats university of oklahoma professor gerald g...

"associated press" before the press conference. one from a girl named julia. it seemed sophisticated for a young girl to write. it said i know you are supposed to go through congress but id like you to get something done for the united states. tough to be against a letter like that. >> eric: look, they want to sustain the momentum, as tragic as it is, off of what happened in newtown. these are kids the age of kids killed there. reading the letter is smart thing to do. >> dana: it probably helps ...

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