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Oregon Basketball May Have Delayed Expulsions to save APR Hit


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A wide-ranging report from KATU suggests that University of Oregon officials may have delayed the expulsion of three men's basketball players in order to maintain the team's academic rating, avoiding NCAA sanctions and assuring bonuses to be paid to coaches and officials.

In a three-month long investigation that culminated with a written story and a 17-minute aired segment, KATU reports that Oregon waited to expel Damyean Dotson, Dominic Artis and Brandon Austin from the men's basketball program until June 23 because doing so earlier would have crippled the team's Academic Progress Rate.
The Ducks APR, which measures a team's academic performance, had dipped to 918 out of 1,000 – the lowest in the Pac-12. Had the three players been expelled earlier – they were accused of an alleged sexual assault that took place on March 8 – the APR would have taken a hit and the team could have faced potential sanctions, KATU reports.
Contracts state that head coach Dana Altman ($20,000), his assistants ($6,000) and athletic director Rob Mullens ($40,000) are paid bonuses for maintaining an APR minimum.
The three players were accused of sexual assault of a University of Oregon freshman on March 9, hours after the Ducks ended their regular season by beating No. 3 Arizona at home. In mid-April, five weeks after the alleged incident, the Lane County District Attorney declined to file charges against any of the three, but all were dismissed from the team and later barred from campus for conduct "unbecoming of an Oregon student-athlete."

 

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