UNC received its long-awaited Notice of Allegations from the NCAA Friday, and all indications are that Carolina is “happy” with what that NOA says.

Sources close to the situation say that the football and men’s basketball programs escaped allegations that would lead to the vacating of victories and (in basketball’s case) a national championship looking back and has not been charged with any violations that would result in a post-season ban and loss of scholarships moving forward.

Apparently, the strongest allegations point toward the university for “lack of institutional control,” which is the NCAA’s most egregious charge. Usually, that comes along with alleged violations against certain athletic teams, coaches and/or athletes. But, in this case, the NCAA adhered to its historical precedent of not judging how a university offers and teaches its academic curricula.

Unknown at this time is whether any UNC Olympic sports program has been charged with any violations.

In football and men’s basketball, at least, no specific cheating was uncovered by any athletes, which could have led to violations. The AFAM scandal revolved around what UNC calls “irregular” classes taught and graded by retired Administrative Secretary Deborah Crowder with the approval of deposed department chairman Julius Nyang’oro and were taken by 53 percent non-athletes over 18 years.

The official NCAA website says, “It is not our job to ensure educational quality . . . the NCAA did not assume a duty to ensure the quality of the education of student-athletes . . . the NCAA does not have ‘direct, day-to-day, operational control'” over member institutions like UNC.

NCAA President Mark Emmert has said a version of that publicly this spring, perhaps setting the stage for the Notice of Allegations UNC has received.

Carolina will release a version of the Notice of Allegations once it redacts names and information that could violate federal privacy laws.