Interesting read, I am wondering if the NCAA will punish the univeristies where it really hurts....in the pocket..and make them give back any monies earned during a bowl appearance when caught cheating.
NCAA looks at smaller rulebook, tougher penalties Story HighlightsINDIANAPOLIS (AP)
NCAA leaders are ready to give college sports a complete overhaul.
They want to simplify the massive 439-page Division I rulebook, enforce stronger penalties for rule-breakers, increase academic standards and link academic performance to possible postseason bans. And if NCAA President Mark Emmert gets his way, all of this would be approved in the next 12 months.
It's a far cry from the stodgy, deliberative days of past NCAA administrations.
"What's different is a lot of things have reached a boiling point," Penn State president Graham Spanier said after Emmert's two-day presidential retreat wrapped up Wednesday. "The board of directors has the authority to make some decisions that it has been reluctant to do before, but I think the presidents have reached a point where they're saying too many things are not working well. So the board needs to take stronger actions from the top."
Thursday's board meeting represents the first test to see if that will happen.
A new cutline for the Academic Progress Rate, the calculation used to evaluate whether each team at a school is making sufficient progress toward graduation, was already on the docket. The current cutline is 925. Emmert wants it increased to 930 immediately and perhaps higher in future years.
Failure to meet the cutline, Emmert said, should result in postseason bans in all sports.
Read more: NCAA looks at smaller rulebook, tougher penalties - NCAA Basketball - SI.com
NCAA looks at smaller rulebook, tougher penalties Story HighlightsINDIANAPOLIS (AP)
NCAA leaders are ready to give college sports a complete overhaul.
They want to simplify the massive 439-page Division I rulebook, enforce stronger penalties for rule-breakers, increase academic standards and link academic performance to possible postseason bans. And if NCAA President Mark Emmert gets his way, all of this would be approved in the next 12 months.
It's a far cry from the stodgy, deliberative days of past NCAA administrations.
"What's different is a lot of things have reached a boiling point," Penn State president Graham Spanier said after Emmert's two-day presidential retreat wrapped up Wednesday. "The board of directors has the authority to make some decisions that it has been reluctant to do before, but I think the presidents have reached a point where they're saying too many things are not working well. So the board needs to take stronger actions from the top."
Thursday's board meeting represents the first test to see if that will happen.
A new cutline for the Academic Progress Rate, the calculation used to evaluate whether each team at a school is making sufficient progress toward graduation, was already on the docket. The current cutline is 925. Emmert wants it increased to 930 immediately and perhaps higher in future years.
Failure to meet the cutline, Emmert said, should result in postseason bans in all sports.
Read more: NCAA looks at smaller rulebook, tougher penalties - NCAA Basketball - SI.com
