Post on 13-Dec-2015
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Chris Klear, James March, Ryan Lowry, James Matuszak
Has Serious Academic Reform of College Athletics Arrived?
The Problem Dr. Tublitz GSR & APR Penalties How Colleges Have an
Effect Statistics Why is it important? Will it make a difference?
The Problem
NCAA schools have trouble graduating athletes
On average, D1 schools graduate 77% #2 Memphis – 42%
Focuses around money CBS is paying $6.1 billion for
broadcast rights
Nathan Tublitz
Co-chairman of Coalition of Intercollegiate Athletics
Ensures that academics come before athletics
GSR & APR
GSR: Graduation Success Rate Six year rolling average that measures
how successful schools are at graduating athletes
APR: Academic Progress Rate 4th year A more real-time measure of academic
progress Numbers come out in May
Minimum score: 925
Penalties
Lost scholarships Banishment from post-season
tournament and bowl games Good news for Tublitz
How Colleges Have an Effect Possibility that colleges aren’t
helping Only concern is winning Treated like royalty (expensive,
state-of-the-art facilities, wine and dine)
Only set aside if they get hurt or put on the bench
Statistics
Percentage of teams affected by the penalty Basketball – 45% Football – 40% All Division I Schools – 35%
Why Is It Important?
3% of high school basketball players get a Div. I scholarship
Of that 3%, only 3% go on to the NBA Less than 0.9% of high school basketball
players go to NBA Aren’t receiving the tools they need to
succeed beyond college Hope that penalties will be effective
because teams will want to avoid the inability to compete
Will It Make a Difference? Should make some difference American culture limits effectiveness