New NCAA Eligibility Requirements Mean Higher Academic Standards

[Harry]

As of August 1, 2016, student-athletes seeking eligibility to play for Division I schools must meet new academic standards established by the NCAA.

According to the new standards, high school student-athletes must complete 10 of 16 required NCAA-approved core courses before senior year. Students must earn a minimum of a 2.3 GPA in core courses, and they are not permitted to retake core courses in attempts to improve their GPA. Previous standards did not require that students take a certain number of classes before their senior year, and they only required a 2.0 GPA.

Students who plan to redshirt — that is, to delay competition for a year, though they may receive athletic scholarships and practice with the team as incoming freshmen — have slightly different requirements. They must complete 16 core courses, earn at least a 2.0 GPA in core courses, and earn minimum SAT combined scores or ACT sum scores as outlined on by the NCAA sliding scale.

The new standards are designed to make sure that students meet high school graduation requirements according to traditional sequences — and that they don’t jump ahead to take courses that fulfill the requirements for eligibility without actually learning key content (in order), or wait until senior year to take more rigorous classes. For example, based on the old standards, a student might be able to get away with taking geometry before algebra, or waiting until senior year to take both chemistry and physics.

read more:  https://www.noodle.com/articles/what-new-eligibility-requirements-mean-for-college-athletes148

[Ben Gooding]

None of this will matter. Corruption will see to it. I have watched some guys in post game interviews attending rather prestigious universities and they struggle to put together coherent sentences. There is a 15-20 second clip of Nick Marshal (AU's QB that led them to the 2013 championship game) in a post game interview and it's head scratching. Corruption wins out. Never fails. 

[Withers940]

None of this will matter. Corruption will see to it. I have watched some guys in post game interviews attending rather prestigious universities and they struggle to put together coherent sentences. There is a 15-20 second clip of Nick Marshal (AU's QB that led them to the 2013 championship game) in a post game interview and it's head scratching. Corruption wins out. Never fails. 

May I throw out another example?

[Ben Gooding]

May I throw out another example?

 

knock yourself out

[Withers940]

knock yourself out

[Ben Gooding]

lol I would like to see him really go to class and really be held accountable. Not just him, but all. 

[southsideguy]

if they are getting paid they better show up for work that includes the classroom.  Also they should not have classes like ohio state for fb players only.

[Ben Gooding]

if they are getting paid they better show up for work that includes the classroom.  Also they should not have classes like ohio state for fb players only.

Auburn does the same thing regarding classes for football players only. It's all a joke. I need fly in here to chime in. 

[southsideguy]

Auburn does the same thing regarding classes for football players only. It's all a joke. I need fly in here to chime in. 

Hawk made OSU look like a fool but nothing changed.