Longtime UNC Tutor Jack Halperin resigned from his post Friday over Roy William's decision to keep a legally-troubled player on his roster, ESPN reported.
Halperin, who's worked for the athletic department for the last 23 years, felt guard PJ Hairston should have been kicked off the team after the junior's vehicular issues over the summer, according to his open letter to Williams in The Daily Tarheel.
Halperin believed the decision was imprudent given the school's recent football scandal. He also expressed disgust over student-athlete double standards.
"Roy, after 23 years as an academic tutor, and after going through the devastating football scandal, I am resigning in protest of your disgraceful decision to allow P.J. Hairston to remain on the team," he wrote."If I were arrested driving with no license, illegal drugs and a gun in a felon's car, my employment at this university would end immediately.
"Hairston's [Daily Tar Heel] headline quote was, 'I will play this season.' Since when does the criminal decide his fate?"
The 6-foot-6 Hairston was arrested twice this summer. In June, he was pulled over in the car of ex-felon Haydn "Fats" Thomas with marijuana and no license. The next month, he was charged with speeding and reckless driving.
Williams suspended Hairston indefinitely, but, according to ESPN, said there was "no question" his leading scorer from last season would play.
North Carolina will start the season just outside the Top 25, according to ESPN. Harrison led the team with just over 14 points per game last year
