NORTH CAROLINA PLACE GM MICHAEL LOMBARDI, BELICHICK’S RIGHT-HAND MAN, ON PAID LEAVE

Football program does not provide details for move Lombardi had pledged to make UNC ‘the 33rd [NFL] team’ North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has been placed on paid administrative leave. The school announced the move with a statement Monday morning, days before the Tar Heels open preseason camp.

Sport | The Guardian reports that football program does not provide details for move Lombardi had pledged to make UNC ‘the 33rd [NFL] team’ North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has been placed on paid administrative leave.

The report adds: The school announced the move with a statement Monday morning, days before the Tar Heels open preseason camp.

The school didn’t provide details as to the reason, noting that employees and athletes aren’t permitted to address the topic “as is standard procedure with personnel matters”.

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