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<p id="storydate">May 6, 2008</p><font size="4" face="verdana">It's academic: NCAA reveals APR sanctions</font> <noscript> <h1>It's academic: NCAA reveals APR sanctions</h1></noscript> <p class="byline">Steve Megargee
Rivals.com College Football Staff Writer</p>Seventeen Division I-A football programs face penalties for failing to graduate enough players, the NCAA announced Tuesday with the release of its Academic Progress Rates.
</p> <div style="width: 250px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;"> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(10, 78, 163); font-size: 8.5pt; color: white; font-weight: 900;"> TSK, TSK </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(228, 231, 235); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Here's a list of the 17 Division I-A football programs that were hit with scholarship sanctions. The typical limit is 85. </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 248); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Akron: Limit of 80 next year
Buffalo: 83
Central Michigan: 83
FAU: 82
FIU: 82
Hawaii: 84
Idaho: 77
Kansas: 83
New Mexico State: 82
North Texas: 80
San Diego State: 79
San Jose State: 67
Temple: 81
Toledo: 79
UAB: 76
UNLV: 84
Washington State: 77 </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(228, 231, 235); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Here's a list of the 53 Division I basketball programs that were hit with sanctions. The typical scholarship limit is 13. </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 248); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Arkansas State: Public notice
Cal State Northridge: Public notice
Cal State Sacramento: Limit of 12 next year
Centenary: 12
Central Connecticut State: 12
Chicago State: Public notice
Cleveland State: Public notice
College of Charleston: 12
Colorado: Public notice
Colorado State: 11
East Carolina: 11
Florida International: 12
Fresno State: 10
Georgia State: Public notice
Hampton: 12
Hawaii: 11
Idaho: 12
Illinois-Chicago: 12
Jacksonville State: 11
Kansas State: 12
Lamar: 11
Liberty: 11
Louisiana-Lafayette: Public notice
Louisiana Tech: 12
Manhattan: 12
Mercer: 12
Morehead State: Public notice
New Hampshire: 12
New Mexico: 12
New Mexico State: 12
Norfolk State: Public notice
North Texas: 12
Portland State: Public notice
Purdue: 12
Quinnipiac: 11
San Francisco: 12
San Jose State: 11
Seton Hall: 12
South Alabama: 12
South Carolina: 12
Southeastern Louisiana: Public notice
Southern Utah: 12
St. Bonaventure: Public notice
St. Peter's: 12
Tennessee: 12
Texas State: Public notice
UAB: 11
UC Santa Barbara: Public notice
UNC-Greensboro: 12
USC: 11
UTEP: 12
Western Illinois: Public notice
Wyoming: 12
The NCAA notified schools of their individual APR scores and potential penalties last fall. Some applied their scholarship penalty for the 2007 season.</p> </div> </div> Orange Bowl champion Kansas and Washington State were the only programs from "Big Six" conferences to face penalties. Other schools facing penalties for football were Akron, UAB, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Hawaii, Idaho, UNLV, New Mexico State, North Texas, San Diego State, San Jose State, Temple and Toledo.
The list of major programs facing penalties is longer in men's basketball. Colorado, Kansas State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Carolina, USC and Tennessee were among the 53 Division I programs cited.</p>
A total of 218 teams at 123 schools will be sanctioned for poor performance, NCAA president Myles Brand said. Another 712 teams were publicly recognized last month for APRs in the top 10 percent of each sport.</p>
Every Division I sports team calculates its APR each academic year. The APR is based on the eligibility, retention and graduation of each student-athlete on scholarship. An APR of 925 equates to an NCAA Graduation Success Rate of about 60 percent.</p>
The average APR for all Division I student-athletes is 961 - 951 for males and 969 for females. This year marked the first time the average eligibility and retention rates both showed increases.</p>
"Overall, there is much to be encouraged about with the latest data," Brand said. "When we started four years ago, baseball and football were in serious trouble. There has been great improvement in both of those sports.</p>
"We are not out of the woods, however. There are individual institutions that have seen steady decline in APR over the last four years. The situation is dire for them."</p>
Teams that score below 925 on the APR and have a student leave school academically ineligible can lose up to 10 percent of their scholarships. Teams also can be subject to penalties for poor academic performance over time.</p>
The majority of basketball programs facing penalties recently had coaching changes. Coaching changes can be problematic for a school's APR, particularly with the transfers that can result.</p>
No school faces penalties in more sports than Sacramento State, which was cited in baseball, football, men's basketball, men's golf, men's indoor track, men's outdoor track and women's tennis. The Hornets are a I-AA football program.</p>
Schools facing penalties in six sports included UAB (football, men's basketball, men's golf, men's soccer, men's tennis, women's basketball), New Mexico State (baseball, football, men's basketball, men's tennis, women's tennis, women's outdoor track) and San Jose State (baseball, football, men's basketball, men's cross country, men's soccer, women's basketball).</p>
The single-year APR has increased 12 points for baseball and 11 points for football since 2003-04, when the NCAA began collecting data on this issue. The APR for men's basketball declined each of the past two years before increasing four points this year.</p>
This is the second year for "historical penalties." Second-year sanctions include restrictions on scholarships and practice time. Starting next year, teams that receive three consecutive years of historical penalties (below 900 APR) face the potential of restrictions on postseason competition in addition to scholarship and practice restrictions.</p>
Every program posting an APR score below 925 is required to develop a specific academic improvement plan. Teams posting APR scores below 900 must submit their plans to the NCAA for review.</p>
Rivals.com College Football Staff Writer</p>Seventeen Division I-A football programs face penalties for failing to graduate enough players, the NCAA announced Tuesday with the release of its Academic Progress Rates.
</p> <div style="width: 250px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;"> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(10, 78, 163); font-size: 8.5pt; color: white; font-weight: 900;"> TSK, TSK </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(228, 231, 235); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Here's a list of the 17 Division I-A football programs that were hit with scholarship sanctions. The typical limit is 85. </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 248); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Akron: Limit of 80 next year
Buffalo: 83
Central Michigan: 83
FAU: 82
FIU: 82
Hawaii: 84
Idaho: 77
Kansas: 83
New Mexico State: 82
North Texas: 80
San Diego State: 79
San Jose State: 67
Temple: 81
Toledo: 79
UAB: 76
UNLV: 84
Washington State: 77 </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(228, 231, 235); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Here's a list of the 53 Division I basketball programs that were hit with sanctions. The typical scholarship limit is 13. </div> <div style="padding: 4px; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 248); font-size: 8.5pt;"> Arkansas State: Public notice
Cal State Northridge: Public notice
Cal State Sacramento: Limit of 12 next year
Centenary: 12
Central Connecticut State: 12
Chicago State: Public notice
Cleveland State: Public notice
College of Charleston: 12
Colorado: Public notice
Colorado State: 11
East Carolina: 11
Florida International: 12
Fresno State: 10
Georgia State: Public notice
Hampton: 12
Hawaii: 11
Idaho: 12
Illinois-Chicago: 12
Jacksonville State: 11
Kansas State: 12
Lamar: 11
Liberty: 11
Louisiana-Lafayette: Public notice
Louisiana Tech: 12
Manhattan: 12
Mercer: 12
Morehead State: Public notice
New Hampshire: 12
New Mexico: 12
New Mexico State: 12
Norfolk State: Public notice
North Texas: 12
Portland State: Public notice
Purdue: 12
Quinnipiac: 11
San Francisco: 12
San Jose State: 11
Seton Hall: 12
South Alabama: 12
South Carolina: 12
Southeastern Louisiana: Public notice
Southern Utah: 12
St. Bonaventure: Public notice
St. Peter's: 12
Tennessee: 12
Texas State: Public notice
UAB: 11
UC Santa Barbara: Public notice
UNC-Greensboro: 12
USC: 11
UTEP: 12
Western Illinois: Public notice
Wyoming: 12
The NCAA notified schools of their individual APR scores and potential penalties last fall. Some applied their scholarship penalty for the 2007 season.</p> </div> </div> Orange Bowl champion Kansas and Washington State were the only programs from "Big Six" conferences to face penalties. Other schools facing penalties for football were Akron, UAB, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Hawaii, Idaho, UNLV, New Mexico State, North Texas, San Diego State, San Jose State, Temple and Toledo.
The list of major programs facing penalties is longer in men's basketball. Colorado, Kansas State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Carolina, USC and Tennessee were among the 53 Division I programs cited.</p>
A total of 218 teams at 123 schools will be sanctioned for poor performance, NCAA president Myles Brand said. Another 712 teams were publicly recognized last month for APRs in the top 10 percent of each sport.</p>
Every Division I sports team calculates its APR each academic year. The APR is based on the eligibility, retention and graduation of each student-athlete on scholarship. An APR of 925 equates to an NCAA Graduation Success Rate of about 60 percent.</p>
The average APR for all Division I student-athletes is 961 - 951 for males and 969 for females. This year marked the first time the average eligibility and retention rates both showed increases.</p>
"Overall, there is much to be encouraged about with the latest data," Brand said. "When we started four years ago, baseball and football were in serious trouble. There has been great improvement in both of those sports.</p>
"We are not out of the woods, however. There are individual institutions that have seen steady decline in APR over the last four years. The situation is dire for them."</p>
Teams that score below 925 on the APR and have a student leave school academically ineligible can lose up to 10 percent of their scholarships. Teams also can be subject to penalties for poor academic performance over time.</p>
The majority of basketball programs facing penalties recently had coaching changes. Coaching changes can be problematic for a school's APR, particularly with the transfers that can result.</p>
No school faces penalties in more sports than Sacramento State, which was cited in baseball, football, men's basketball, men's golf, men's indoor track, men's outdoor track and women's tennis. The Hornets are a I-AA football program.</p>
Schools facing penalties in six sports included UAB (football, men's basketball, men's golf, men's soccer, men's tennis, women's basketball), New Mexico State (baseball, football, men's basketball, men's tennis, women's tennis, women's outdoor track) and San Jose State (baseball, football, men's basketball, men's cross country, men's soccer, women's basketball).</p>
The single-year APR has increased 12 points for baseball and 11 points for football since 2003-04, when the NCAA began collecting data on this issue. The APR for men's basketball declined each of the past two years before increasing four points this year.</p>
This is the second year for "historical penalties." Second-year sanctions include restrictions on scholarships and practice time. Starting next year, teams that receive three consecutive years of historical penalties (below 900 APR) face the potential of restrictions on postseason competition in addition to scholarship and practice restrictions.</p>
Every program posting an APR score below 925 is required to develop a specific academic improvement plan. Teams posting APR scores below 900 must submit their plans to the NCAA for review.</p>
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the best part is this whole APR is supposed to be about academics. Yet schools get punished for running off players for doing drugs and stuff and it hurts the school. I can't remember a single player who flunked out.
Though I also think O ran some off he shouldn't have.
Though I also think O ran some off he shouldn't have.
the NCAA also does everything they can to limit how much you can get to know a player during his recruitment. Yet, if the guy turns out to be a counterfeitting alarm clock thief, you are just supposed to deal with it.
I really wish I could sit down with the NCAA and get some rationale behind some of the **** they do.
I really wish I could sit down with the NCAA and get some rationale behind some of the **** they do.
coach66 said:
Chris Strong flunked out last year. Jamal Harvey flunked out a few years back. Mico McSwain flunked out a couple years back. Rory Johnson left early without passing a single class.
It definitely happens. And we had around 20 players that were behind after the 2007 fall semester. Most of them got back on track obviously, but it does show that we obviously aren't just giving away grades. We have athlete friendly majors and tutors, but the player still has to make some effort.
Funny thing is, Powe has never been one of the ones who has had academic issues since arriving. He's in the athlete majors with the tutors, but so was Chris Strong, and so were the majority of the 20 players that fell behind in the fall of 2007.
ETA: I did get what you were saying, that neither Ole Miss nor MSU will allow players to flunk out. Basically, we're both giving away grades. Obviously that's not the case though, as we've both had players flunk out recently.