UNC Professor Criticizes Football Players Traffic Violations

A University of North Carolina professor has publicly criticized the football program under Coach Bill Belichick for repeated traffic violations by players, including speeding, reckless driving, and improper parking on campus.

Mark Peifer, a cancer cell biology researcher at UNC since 1992, has sent multiple emails and photographs over the past five months to athletics director Bubba Cunningham documenting incidents near Kenan Memorial Stadium. These include players parking in spots reserved for people with disabilities, backing into unauthorized spaces against campus rules, and speeding through narrow parking decks. Peifer reported being cursed at by at least one player after confronting them. "Is there no one who can rein in these players, probably only a subset of the football team, who are tarnishing the reputation of our school and of all Carolina athletes?" Peifer wrote in a recent email to Cunningham. He added, "That's just not right. You shouldn't park in a handicap spot. Nobody should park in a handicap spot."

Since January, at least five transfers and key players have received speeding citations. One player has been cited four times, including two reckless driving...