NCAA Standards

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There doesn't seem to a be a specific place to post this, so I arbitrarily chose the football topic. It links to an audio of an NPR interview with Miles Brand, President of the NCAA, discussing changes to be made in how the NCAA measures academic performance of student athletes and what the consequences may be for those schools who fail to meet them Very much worthwhile to listen to on RealAudio.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4521418

[CoteauRinkRat]

There doesn't seem to a be a specific place to post this, so I arbitrarily chose the football topic. It links to an audio of an NPR interview with Miles Brand, President of the NCAA, discussing changes to be made in how the NCAA measures academic performance of student athletes and what the consequences may be for those schools who fail to meet them  Very much worthwhile to listen to on RealAudio.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4521418

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Thanks for the post, really interesting to listen to.

[The Sicatoka]

The numbers on hockey:

Men: http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/02/28_010122.php

Women: http://www.uscho.com/news/2005/03/01_010126.php

The UND women are "N/A" because the program hasn't been around long enough to have a graduating class.

Football, baseball and men's basketball are the only sports whose average APR falls below 925. The 284 Division I baseball teams posted an average APR of 922, while the 234 football and 326 men's basketball squads compiled an average APR of 923.

The overall Division I APR for 2003-04 (all teams) is 948. By subdivision, Division I-A's APR is 944, Division I-AA's is 946 and Division I-AAA's is 954.

In men's basketball, Division I-A institutions posted an average APR of 906. For Divisions I-AA and I-AAA, the average APR in men's basketball is 933 and 934, respectively. In baseball, the breakdown is 912 for I-A, 931 for I-AA and 927 for I-AAA. In football, it is 921 for I-A and 925 for I-AA.

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The effect of this rule on recruiting may be substantial throughout DI sports, as it will force power schools to limit the number of recruited athletes that have professional aspirations and would leave prior to their senior year. For hockey, UND’s numbers do not yet reflect the early departures (and non-grad status) of Parise and Bochenski. Recruiting someone as talented as Toews will cause program penalties later if he departs early as expected.

For DI basketball and football, the effects may be even more profound. In basketball, for example, because there will to be too much risk in recruiting exclusively Top 100 or Top 200 High School talent (many of whom may struggle academically), schools in power conferences will be forced to take more academically-oriented talent, leaving some upper level performers for lower conferences. With the talent more dispersed, the playing field for Division I basketball will likely become more level. The argument for Division I basketball at a school like UND might carry more weight, as it might now annually have a shot a one or two mid-level DI athletes who might struggle academically. That talent woudl have to be balanced, of course, with athletes who have a high probability of graduating.