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NCAA Penalizes Teams for Classroom Performance

Posted May 6, 08 5:02 PM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – The NCAA has handed out sanctions to more than 200 college teams for poor academic performance, USA Today reports. More than a third of the 329 Division I schools had teams with subpar Academic Progress Rates, which means their players' graduation rate was lower than 60%. Twenty-six teams deemed chronic underperformers still face reductions in practice time and scholarship awards.

More on today's actions:

  • 418 teams posted perfect APRs of 1000, or near-perfect graduation rates.
  • 53 teams in Division I men's basketball—about one in six—were sanctioned. Of those, 39 received penalties.
  • 17 major college football teams were sanctioned, including '07 bowl participants Florida Atlantic and Central Michigan.

Source USA Today

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Chadron State running back Danny Woodhead smiles on the sidelines after breaking the all-time NCAA rushing record in this Oct. 6, 2007 file photo, at Ben Altimirano Memorial Stadium in Silver City, N.M.   (AP Photo/David G Pierre, File)
In this Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, LSU's Garrett Temple (14) knocks the ball away from Mississippi State's Ben Hansbrough, right, and Temple eventually ends up with the ball during the first half of a college...   (AP Photo/Bill Feig, File)
Memphis' Derrick Rose, right, shoots over UCLA's Josh Shipp (3) during the first half of a semifinal at the NCAA basketball tournament Final Four, in this April 5, 2008, file photo in San Antonio.   (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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