MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Newly-named Alabama State President Gwendolyn Boyd was one of only two university heads to vote against the change in the Southwestern Athletic Conference's bylaws which allowed four ineligible teams to participate in the the league's hoop tourney later this month.
The move, approved by the NCAA Friday, was preceded by an 8-2 vote among the league's university presidents and chancellors. It permits defending league champion Southern, Grambling (La.), Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State, all banned from postseason competition due to having low Academic Progress Rates, to play in the tournament set for March 11-15th in Houston, Texas.
In a statement given exclusively to AL.com, Boyd explained her rationale for going against the grain.
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