[Vision2020] Skewed Priorities or Business as Usual?

[Wayne Price]

This article that is in the Idaho Statesman  raises more questions  
than it answers.
First, why are we keeping a football coach that failed to meet the  
minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate?
The national AVERAGE is 940, passing is 925. Every UW athletic program  
had a score of 948 or higher, and
even  all of Eastern Washington's athletic programs passed!
And think about this,  there will be 79 "scholarships" JUST FOR THE  
FOOTBALL TEAM, not the 85 they could have had!
How many (total) "sports/athletic"  scholarships are there if the  
football team alone gets 79/85??????????

For anyone on the Vision 2020 list with information about U of I,  how  
many scholarships, equal to the sports scholarships, is the U of I  
awarding
for Math? Physics? Biology? etc etc..........  Any thing you can add  
Nick?

The University is in a real hurt for funding, and it is my  
understanding that the Athletics Department has not participated in  
the across the board
reductions, and we get these kinds of results?  IF the University  
Administration is content with this kind of performance, why hasn't  
the Board of Regents
stepped in?

Time to clean up and clean OUT.



Idaho football sanctioned by NCAA
  - The Associated Press
Published: 06/09/10

BOISE, Idaho — The University of Idaho football team will lose six  
scholarships for failing to meet the minimum scores on the NCAA's  
annual Academic Progress Rate reports.
The APR measures classroom performance and is based on data collected  
over four years, in this case from the 2005-06 through 2008-09 years.  
The report was released Wednesday.
Programs must receive a score of 925 or above to avoid sanctions.
Idaho's football team received a 908 score, resulting in a one-year  
loss of six scholarships. The Vandals will operate with 79  
scholarships during the 2010 season, short of the maximum 85.


Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/06/09/1224584/idaho-football-sanctioned-by-ncaa.html#ixzz0qSlnZVHv
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