NCAA Passes More Stringent Academic Progress Rule

[Stallion]

"Football players could be suspended for up to four games, starting in 2012, if they fail to earn at least nine credit hours in the fall semester -- or eight on a quarterly system.

The NCAA will force football players to take more classes in the fall session. It wants to limit the practice of football players taking fewer hours during the season and then loading up on extra classes in the spring and summer to retain their eligibility.

Players who fail to meet the minimum requirements can reduce the suspension to two games if they earn 27 hours in a school year on a semester system or 40 on a quarterly system. But players will only be able to get the reduction once during their college career"


http://proxy.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6444510

[EastStang]

I like the rule, but for football mills like UT, they just plug in another Top 25 recruit. Given that JJ already yanks scholarships and benches players for not hitting the books, it shouldn't matter much to us. If this of course causes enough players to drop out, it could impact the APR for a school so adversely that it causes them to risk sanctions to the entire program. So, it will be interesting to see what some of the big schools do with this.