NCAA Raises The Bar On Student Athletes Grades

[PlummMeanGreen]

http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-08-11/ncaa-unanimously-raises-academic-progress-rate-30-points

Pretty interesting numbers down at College Station.

Edited August 11, 2011 by PlummMeanGreen

[UNTflyer]

ULM's basketball team had the lowest APR in the state of Louisiana.

852.

[All About UNT]

Try UTSA athletics coming in at a whopping 885. Guess their post-season aspirations on down the crapper.

ESPN

[UNTflyer]

I love it. These are STUDENT athletes. Most of them will never play professionally, and the schools have a duty to help these kids earn a degree.

[nana21]

Try UTSA athletics coming in at a whopping 885. Guess their post-season aspirations on down the crapper.

ESPN

I think you need to reread.

"The following teams would have missed the 2011 men's basketball NCAA tournament under the new rules with these APR scores, released in May 2010."

Those are last year's numbers and only include basketball.

The whole system needs to fixed though. Too many coaches are not focused on academics at all when it comes to their team.

Edited August 12, 2011 by nana21