sarge87 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Colorado, Syracuse penalized Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA's big boys have figured out how to beat up the little guys in the classroom, too. Spend more money. The newest Academic Progress Rate, released Wednesday, showed seven of the 137 teams facing penalties come from BCS conferences and only two power conference schools -- Colorado and Syracuse -- were sanctioned in football, men's basketball or women's basketball. Both schools said they have already taken the scholarship losses and won't be affected next season.... Colorado was penalized one scholarship in men's basketball and four in football, while Syracuse lost two in men's basketball for falling below the NCAA's 925 cutline. Officials at both schools said they took away the scholarships last season after academically ineligible players left school.... A mathematical formula is then used to calculate a final team score with 1,000 points being perfect. Teams falling below 925 can face conditional scholarship losses. Teams consistently falling below 900 can be penalized more harshly. Colorado was one of 10 schools to be sanctioned in both sports, though the other nine all compete in the Football Championship Subdivision. And four of those 10 are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The Buffaloes scored 920 in football and 897 in men's basketball. "Naturally, the APR score for football is of great concern to both our academic and athletic leadership," Colorado chancellor Phil DiStefano said in a statement. "It represents a challenge we are working to meet through our APR improvement plan, new academic support staff in athletics, and renewed focus in recruiting and engagement with our student-athletes." Read the rest... Oh how the high and mighty have fallen. I'm sure the PAC 10 will have to review if they really want a bunch of dummies dragging their academic standards down. Maybe the Mountain West Conference is taking applications. Quote Link to comment
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