Posted by MostWantedSpartan on 5/7/2008, 11:43 am, in reply to "BCS feeds low APR's for Mid majors"
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BCS?
What's that?
Never heard of it.
BTW, even though what you're saying IS TRUE you're not helping calm the storm, only fanning the flames. I like you SpartaRick in a non man-crush way. You make a lot of sense and good points.
~Most
--Previous Message--
: In one sense the BCS system feeds the gap
: between the higher APR schools (mostly BCS)
: and the lower APR schools (mostly
: mid-majors). The amount of money generated
: by the BCS system for those privileged to be
: part of it allows them to insure that their
: athletes have the best academic support
: system money can buy. Additionally, as the
: gap between the two tiers widens, the BCS
: schools have their pick of prospects and can
: avoid the student athletes whom they believe
: might fail academically. Its a win/lose
: system and guess who is on the lose side?
:
: --Previous Message--
: Does anybody else see this APR Report timing
: a
: bit odd in the wake of BCS officials
: rejecting the playoff proposal. It feels
: like we are being punished by the NCAA, not
: because they care about academics but
: because "some activists",
: including myself, are rocking the BCS boat
: by making the Nation aware of the fact that
: a coup exists and who the major
: leaders/financial recipients are. It appears
: the BCS is using the NCAA as a "big
: stick" to go out and punish the
: "have nots" into
: silence/submission.
:
: In all fairness, I was not in favor of the
: +1 format anyway as it does not serve the
: "have nots" goal. I am for the 16
: team playoff which, in my mind, is the only
: way to determine a true undisputed National
: Champion and the only hope that a team in a
: conference outside of the "haves"
: (Big 6) has of a shot at the TITLE!
:
: At this moment the chance for a team outside
: the BCS conferences with an AQ have no
: chance of playing for the title but do NOW
: have access to a BCS game if they go
: undefeated and get the votes. I guess this
: is the best that we can hope for.
:
: It saddens me to see the school punished by
: the NCAA for the shedding of light onto the
: ring leaders of this injustice. In my youth
: I failed to forsee the possibility of
: consequences when I started writing on the
: subject a few years ago.
:
: My apologies to all of the Mid-Majors for my
: passion and short sightedness. I'm willing
: to let the BCS "win" as this is
: not what I wanted. I am not a politician or
: connected in anyway to any program, I'm just
: a fan. I will cease writing about the
: subject any further.
:
: Best Regards,
: ~Most
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: This APR fiasco has a long history at SJSU.
: It really started with Jack Elway and,
: especially, Claude Gilbert when few of our,
: almost exclusively, JC recruits ever
: graduated. One of our high quality
: quarterbacks was 40 when he finally
: completed his degree. I do not support or
: respect Chuck Bell but we actually improved
: under him as he did put a few more
: resources, thanks largely to the Gadways, in
: to academic support. Tom Bowen has
: continued that academic support increase and
: some improvement has been made. However,
: there is a lot more talk than walk. We need
: to stop trying to blame others and look to
: how we get over this problem. Just saying
: no to athletes like Eli Holman would be a
: start. A drastic decrease in JC athletes
: would also help. Let the good high school
: athletes know that if they want a college
: career they better take care of academics or
: that door closes. We cannot afford that
: type of athlete. We will continue to pay
: for years to come.
:
: --Previous Message--
: San Jose State Responds To NCAA APR Report
: Courtesy: San Jose State Athletics
: Release: 05/06/2008
:
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:
: Courtesy: San Jose State Athletics
:
:
: To The Loyal Supporters Of Sparta –
:
:
:
: Today you will read that San Jose State has
: been assessed an APR (Academic Progress
: Rate) historical penalty by the NCAA. During
: the last few months, President Don W.
: Kassing, Director of Athletics Thomas Bowen,
: Football Coach Dick Tomey, Faculty Athletics
: Representative Bill Campsey and others have
: worked tirelessly to appeal the NCAA’s
: decision.
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: The NCAA has elected to deny the appeal.
:
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: The current assessed penalty is based on the
: NCAA’s four-year rolling average of the
: institutions APR. For San Jose State, this
: includes the 2003-04 and 2004-05 years –
: prior to the arrival of Bowen, Tomey and the
: promotion of Don Kassing to President. Many
: of the support systems that are now in
: place, such as the academics / student
: success services unit, did not exist as a
: resource for our student-athletes in the
: 03-04 and 04-05 periods. With the hiring of
: Bowen and Tomey, and with the considerable
: support and direction of President Kassing,
: the academics / student success services
: department was formed and began operation in
: March, 2005. It now features four full-time
: professionals dedicated to enhancing the
: academic achievement of our student-athletes
: in all sports.
:
:
:
: During the NCAA’s four-year rolling average,
: the football program is penalized for 58
: ‘0-for-2’ student-athletes. This means 58
: football student-athletes began their
: academic career at San Jose State, but did
: not fulfill their educational commitment and
: became academically ineligible and
: subsequently left the University, thus
: initiating the penalty. Of those 58
: student-athletes, 49 were recruited prior to
: Coach Tomey’s arrival yet he honored their
: scholarships and now, as a result, we face
: the penalty.
:
:
:
: We cannot undo what has been done, but we
: can shape the future. We remain steadfastly
: committed to marching down the path to
: academic success that has been laid since
: January, 2005.
:
:
:
: The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
: at San Jose State has complied with every
: request of the NCAA and responded to the
: recommendations of an Academic Consultant
: hired to audit our support systems. Many of
: our staff members have participated in
: voluntary APR training over the past two
: years and we have addressed the APR protocol
: with integrity.
:
:
:
: As a whole, our department APR scores
: continue to rise. For the 2003-04 and
: 2004-05 years our APR average was 903. For
: the 2005-06 and 2006-07 periods – again
: after the arrival of Bowen and Tomey – the
: APR average increases markedly to 936.
:
:
:
: Ten of our sports are well over the NCAA
: minimum of the 900 rolling average. Women’s
: volleyball and women’s golf show four-year
: averages of 985, and specific kudos is given
: to coach Wayne Wright and his Gymnastics
: team for achieving a perfect 1000 during the
: timeframe. Football is also to be commended
: for their progress. Their fall 2007 APR
: registered at 913 and projections show a
: minimum of a 900 APR for the 2007-08
: academic year – on track and ahead of NCAA
: mandates.
:
:
:
: Our student-athlete graduation rate remains
: seven points higher than that of the
: University student body. Spartan athletics’
: team GPA’s are moving in a positive
: direction as well. In the fall of 2004, the
: combined 16-sport GPA for 404
: student-athletes was 2.608. In the fall of
: 2007, the combined GPA for 416
: student-athletes was 2.873 with 44% of our
: student-athletes achieving a GPA of 3.0 or
: better.
:
:
:
: That’s what we call academic progress.
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