The penalties FAMU was forced to accept say far more about the NCAA than they do about Florida A&M University
TALLAHASSEE, Florida -- Florida A&M University's two prime-time sports programs suffered a low blow a couple of weeks back when the NCAA ruled that the Rattlers' football and men's basketball teams will be banned from post-season competition during 2014-2015.
Student-athletes on those teams did not satisfy the APR (Academic Progress Rate) standards the NCAA instituted 10 years ago.
Shame on the NCAA for being tone deaf in a surround-sound world.
The well-staffed NCAA should know better than to take a one-size-fits-all approach to evaluating the hundreds of universities it governs.
Simply put, FAMU does not have the resources required to play the APR game. Not to diminish the value of what happens in the classroom, but APR numbers are not an accurate reflection of a school's student-athletes' academic performance.
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