OT: Oregon waited to expel MBB players to improve APR

[tcf15]

Andy Katz ‏@ESPNAndyKatz
Report:Oregon waited to expel basketball players accused of sexual assault to bolster academic numbers http://s.oregonlive.com/M60z0XY via @oregonian

A wide-ranging report from KATU suggests that University of Oregon officials may have delayed the expulsion of three men's basketball players in order to maintain the team's academic rating, avoiding NCAA sanctions and assuring bonuses to be paid to coaches and officials.

In a three-month long investigation that culminated with a written story and a 17-minute aired segment, KATU reports that Oregon waited to expel Damyean Dotson, Dominic Artis and Brandon Austin from the men's basketball program until June 23 because doing so earlier would have crippled the team's Academic Progress Rate.

The Ducks APR, which measures a team's academic performance, had dipped to 918 out of 1,000 – the lowest in the Pac-12. Had the three players been expelled earlier – they were accused of an alleged sexual assault that took place on March 8 – the APR would have taken a hit and the team could have faced potential sanctions, KATU reports.

 

[Zionn]

Kasango'ed - oh wait.....

 

[WhereistheDove?]

The NCAA has created a monster and fostered this environment with the APR.

 

[SL Husky]

Dear NCAA: What Shabazz said.

 

[upstater]

This was predicted on this board. The APR screws with any university's core mission.

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Like UNC, I'm sure the NCAA will consider this a university matter, which the university is already denying.

The level in which we got screwed gets more comical by the day.

 

[ScottBonz]

Queue the Uconn secondary violation.

 

[SubbaBub]

I believe, as the kids today say it, ldo, why wouldn't they.

APR is about enrollment status, has nothing to do with grades.

 

[champs99and04]

As upstater said, one of the (many) major flaws of the APR is that it provides disincentive to discipline students.

Jay Bilas has been shouting this stuff from the rooftops and nobody else in sports media has bothered listening. The NCAA is a monster, but as the APR is concerned, everybody is just as guilty.

 

[amory]

Literally the only way they'll receive any punishment for this is if they change their name from the University of Oregon to the University of Connecticut and the NCAA somehow gets confused and brings the hammer down by mistake.

 

[Pudge]

Predictable.

Like Pavlov's Dog. You can condition this & then you can see this happen.