OK. St. losing one day of practice per week due to low APR

Submitted by San Diego Mick on

After reading that our APR hit an all time high and seeing Okie St. get hit like this, makes it all the more important that we're doing well in that factor, keep it up Coach Hoke. Apparently the NCAA is not messing around when it comes to this.

samdrussBLUE

May 14th, 2014 at 5:35 PM ^

I read this is OK. (one sentence) St. (As in State/MSU and start of next sentence). Got excited only to be let down by the OP

Sac Fly

May 14th, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^

Their APR was 929.4, the required APR is 930.

The silver lining is that they missed a postseason ban because the 2-year benchmark is 940 and they're at 943.5.

LSAClassOf2000

May 14th, 2014 at 5:51 PM ^

As a minor note to the OP, please do provide a link such as this one - HERE - which provides a little background to the discussion. Not a big deal, but a nice thing to have all the same.

As for the story itself, we just discussed calculating APR in a thread below, and a 929 score would mean 157 out of 170 possible points, so some significant eligibility issues are afoot. Indeed, they are confirmed in part in the article:

"One factor impacting OSU over this four-year reporting period was players who remained on scholarship, yet focused on NFL Draft preparation in their final semester, while not completing their classwork. Dealing with those situations could become a focal point moving forward."

Everyone Murders

May 14th, 2014 at 7:26 PM ^

The NCAA is generally bad at enforcing its rules, so I tend to look at anything it does with a jaundiced eye.  This, however, is an example of them doing something relatively well. 

The APR rules are designed to force schools to pay heed to the "student" part of "student-athlete".  The scholarship athletes are there to play school in addition to playing football.

Is APR an imperfect measure of a program's dedication to academics?  Sure.  But I'm still OK with this.  Once your APR slips that low, it's a safe bet you're doing something wrong (and it's nice that Warren Buffet can't buy OK State out of this problem).

It seems the NCAA is best at enforcing rules that are of the "black and white" variety, and do not require investigation.  I'll be curious how much impact missing a day of practice a week makes, but I'm going to guess it's significant.

 

Voltron is Handsome

May 14th, 2014 at 8:41 PM ^

This is certainly a big deal considering how little time teams get to practice in the first place.

denardogasm

May 14th, 2014 at 9:22 PM ^

Yet Florida St was exposed in the news for massive amounts of cheating, corruption, and thuggery surrounding their education of athletes and the NCAA doesnt even investigate as far a i know. OK St is just unlucky to be not quite big enough to garner protection.

Roc Blue in the Lou

May 15th, 2014 at 12:12 AM ^

Like i keep telling clients, your credit score matters!!  Make the sacrifices, improve your score and you will get a lower APR...and, now, an extra day off.  Damn it feels good to be a lawyer!