OK. St. losing one day of practice per week due to low APR
BRB using imagination since no link
is Garbage!
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.
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."
Yeah, NCAA, show em who's boss, pay no mind to the massive cheating scandal exposed about them a few months ago.
they're all being taught to be men
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.
T. Boone Pickens is OK State's billionaire benefactor, not Warren Buffet. Don't want the Oracle of Omaha's reputation impinged by association with an Oklahoma school, haha.
This is certainly a big deal considering how little time teams get to practice in the first place.
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!