UNC’s Chancellor Holden Thorp, Athletics Director Dick Baddour and football coach Butch Davis held a press conference at 7:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss ‘possible misconduct’ involving student-athletes and a former tutor. The tutor in question was once employed by Butch Davis’s family, according to Davis. Thursday’s press conference was the latest development in an NCAA scandal that began when reports first surfaced July 19. The conference, which WRAL streamed on its website, consisted of statements by Baddour, Davis and Thorp, followed by questioning from local reporters. Baddour described the measures UNC is taking in its internal investigation.

“We are conducting our review vigorously and aggressively,” Baddour said. “We will get to the bottom of this. Our process is very detailed and methodical. Professor Jack Evans and professor Lissa Broome, former and current faculty athletic representatives, are leading the review from the University side. John Blanchard, senior associate athletic director for student affairs and Lance Markos from our compliance staff, as well as representatives from the university’s legal council, are part of the team we have looking into this. They have conducted interviews with a number of student-athletes.”

The investigation will likely last up until and or past the UNC football team’s Sept. 4 season opener against LSU.

“I want to caution you against making assumptions if student-athletes don’t play,” Baddour said.