LOSING SCHOLARSHIPS

[redpony]

According to Rivals.com the following schools are losing football scholarships because of poor graduation rates. Among them are some of our favorite friends (NOT).
Here's a list of the 17 Division I-A football programs that were hit with scholarship sanctions. The typical limit is 85.
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


GO PONIES!!!!

[White Helmet]

Note Hawaii is on that list, should we worry about this now with June Jones. Because if we go to the Sugar Bowl but have to lose scholarships to do so, I am pulling all my support from this program.








Now, where is that sarcastic emoticon.

[The PonyGrad]

Note that Hawaii only lost 1 scholarship

[StallionsModelT]

What the hell are they doing at San Diego State?!

[diamond_tom]

What the hell are they doing at San Diego State?!

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/16180218/detail.html

[EastStang]

Look at UAB. Not only were they not very good on the field, they weren't very good off the field either. 9 scholarships will hurt their program and if they don't get on the stick next year they lose bowl eligibility (as if that would matter).

[StallionsModelT]

And they say we're a school full of rich kids who just want to party and do coke.

[Cadillac]

What the hell are they doing at San Diego State?!

Have you ever been to SDSU? If you had, you probably wouldn't have asked the question lol.

-CoS

[MustangLaxer]

What the hell are they doing at San Diego State?!

Have you ever been to SDSU? If you had, you probably wouldn't have asked the question lol.

-CoS

check out their admission standards. rival that of a community college...

[PonyPride]

San Jose State makes San Diego State look like an Ivy League school.

[Garret]

Note that Hawaii only lost 1 scholarship

Hawaii's APR scores:

2004-2005 869 (transfers killed the APR, JJ made big changes in certain policies)
2006-2007 980!!!

Hawaii's cumulative APR score now is 921, just below the 925 that would have avoided any scholarships lost. That 980 should really help Hawaii avoid future scholarship losses due to the APR.

Two big changes were made that helped raise the APR:

1. Not recruiting too many QBs. If you have 8 or so QBs, the ones who lose out on the QB battle will transfer out. That doesn't work with the APR hammer, so UH limited its QBs on scholarship. Last year Colt was a senior, Tyler Grauke was a Junior, Inoke Funaki was a Sophomore, and UH had a redshirt Freshman (Kepo'o). Hawaii also had I think 2 walk-on QBs (Santos, Austin).

2. Requiring a certain minimum GPA for walk-ons to be awarded a scholarship. Not only did that emphasize academics in a way that focused players on raising their GPA, but it prevented a walk-on with a poor GPA from getting a scholarship. The walk-ons who earned significant playing time had been getting scholarships awarded to them without a GPA check...but giving a scholarship to a player with borderline grades was too harmful to the APR.

Other things were done also to help the APR, both by the coaches and by the Athletic Department. I would like to point out that Hawaii posted one of the higher APR scores in the country in JJ's last full academic year in Hawaii.

[quote]About their huge improvement in their APR, Mack said:
“It’s got to be the biggest turnaround in scholastic history. We got one of the top scores in the country. We’re really proud of that.â€

[Stallion]

as long as a player transfers in good academic standing I thought APR is not negatively affecting. That's why most of the time a player intending to transfer is encouraged to finish the semester-and if he doesn't sometimes it affects the decision as to whether to grant a release.

[PonyCat]

If a kid transfers in good standing, you lose one point. Any kid can get up to 4 points in a year (2/semester). You get 1 pt. for being eligible and 1 pt. for remaining at that school. So a kid that transfers at the end of the year in good standing gets 3/4.

[MustangLaxer]

thanks...i consider myself sports informed but i had no idea what APR was...

[DiamondM75]

thanks...i consider myself sports informed but i had no idea what APR was...

It's the Annual Percentage Rate.