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