![Walt Unks FILE - The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors representative Lee Roberts addresses the graduates during Winston-Salem State's fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 15, 2023, at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. Roberts publicly backed athletics director Bubba Cunningham after the school’s board of trustees approved an audit of his department due to financial concerns growing amid the volatile state of college athletics. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP, file)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/21363efeb6b84c5aa1bd25d1d21dc575/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors representative Lee Roberts addresses the graduates during Winston-Salem State's fall commencement ceremony on Dec. 15, 2023, at Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. Roberts publicly backed athletics director Bubba Cunningham after the school’s board of trustees approved an audit of his department due to financial concerns growing amid the volatile state of college athletics. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP, file)
![Chris Seward FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham smiles as he talks with stadium workers before the start of of an NCAA college football game against Miami in Chapel Hill, N.C. Interim chancellor Lee Roberts publicly backed Cunningham after the school’s board of trustees approved an audit of his department due to financial concerns growing amid the volatile state of college athletics. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/844cac9b2e8d4bc0bd769430ba8df5bb/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham smiles as he talks with stadium workers before the start of of an NCAA college football game against Miami in Chapel Hill, N.C. Interim chancellor Lee Roberts publicly backed Cunningham after the school’s board of trustees approved an audit of his department due to financial concerns growing amid the volatile state of college athletics. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)