By EDWARD G. ROBINSON III
Staff Writer

Former North Carolina football player Michael McAdoo, who was declared permanently ineligible last year for academic misconduct, has filed a lawsuit against the university and the NCAA seeking to restore his athletic eligibility to allow him to play for the Tar Heels this fall.

Filed Friday in Durham Superior Court, the lawsuit seeks unspecified damages against UNC and the NCAA, which is accused of "gross negligence" in ruling McAdoo ineligible on what the suit argues was inaccurate information. The suit identifies North Carolina chancellor Holden Thorp as a defendant in the suit.

A hearing has been set for July 15.

A defensive end who played in all 13 games of the 2009 season as a sophomore, McAdoo is one of seven Tar Heels who missed the entire 2010 season as a result of an NCAA investigation into academic misconduct and improper benefits among players.

McAdoo's lawyer, Noah H. Huffstetler III of the Raleigh office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, said he wrote a letter to the NCAA on June 3 in an effort to offer an explanation of "why the facts underlying their decision to find Mr. McAdoo permanently ineligible were incorrect."

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