Coming soon: UNC’s response to NCAA charges

On Monday, UNC-Chapel Hill will produce a written response to the five major allegations the NCAA’s enforcement division filed in its investigation of the long-running academic-athletic scandal. It’s not expected to be made public for several more days.

Like all NCAA investigations, it is a case that is being conducted behind closed doors. But UNC’s response to charges surrounding the system of classes advertised as lectures that never met and provided good grades should shed more light on how the NCAA views the case and how UNC is defending itself.

Here are six things to look for in UNC’s response:

UNC has described the classes in various reports as “anomalous,” “aberrant” or “irregular,” but…