NCAA to increase APR cutline

[RGV Pony]

Stallion will find this interesting. The 925 level described below was previously mentioned elsewhere on the board

One day after university presidents talked about making changes, the governing body's board of directors approved a measure Thursday to raise the historical Academic Progress Rate cutline from 900 to 930. The APR is a calculation for each team at each school and determines whether student-athletes are making enough progress toward graduation.

Teams that previously fell below the 925 mark would receive a warning letter that they could face stronger penalties if they continued to fall below the mark.

whole story: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... pr-cutline

[Stallion]

I read an article today that said more changes to sliding scale, GPA, required core courses and higher test scores will likely be approved too. Can't remember where I saw it though. This is good for College Football and a school like SMU should be for every change they propose. The problem is the NCAA always leaves a back window open and Coaches take advantage of loopholes to get players in that don't belong. BTW they are talking about the Historical APR average (I think a 4 year average) not the yearly average SMU did so poorly in this year