Even by NCAA standards, the ruling of sorts handed down on Friday in the UNC case was hysterically feckless. I have no idea why any of these people have jobs. This shit is hilarious. Not terribly surprising, mind you, but still hilarious.
UNC spent like a zillion dollars in legal fees and basically stared down the sham that is the NCAA in some paperwork-based game of chicken, and the NCAA being what it is, of course flinched first. It had to. The NCAA is not interested in a court case of any sort. It is not invested in any serious legal matters, nor will it ever be, if it can help it.