BroadwayVik
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By Diamond Leung (ESPN)
John Canzano of The Oregonian has a look into how Portland State could be facing a postseason ban due to a low Academic Progress Rate that didn't show sufficient improvement in 2010.
The Vikings certainly deserve their share of the blame, but Canzano points to a system that seems to favor the power conference schools, which have traditionally been less likely to face punishment in the APR system. Certainly BCS schools already have an advantage when it comes to academic resources.
In the column, Canzano picks Kentucky as an example of a program with some academic issues that is not expecting to face penalties like Portland State is:
All the loopholes favor the big-time programs.
Three freshmen leave Kentucky after one year to go to the NBA, and the Wildcats likely will not be penalized under the current APR system because they are expected to get a guaranteed professional contract. But should one of the Vikings players leave PSU, seeking employment in Europe after one season, and fail to stick, PSU takes a "non-retention" hit.
Take a look at the BCS vs. non-BCS schools and you see vast disparities in budgets, resources, and expectations. But the NCAA wants to judge them with the same academic criteria? As if the student-athletes at PSU have access to elaborate student-learning centers? As if dropping out of PSU to chase a professional basketball dream should be viewed differently than an early-entry hopeful bolting college for the NBA?
John Canzano of The Oregonian has a look into how Portland State could be facing a postseason ban due to a low Academic Progress Rate that didn't show sufficient improvement in 2010.
The Vikings certainly deserve their share of the blame, but Canzano points to a system that seems to favor the power conference schools, which have traditionally been less likely to face punishment in the APR system. Certainly BCS schools already have an advantage when it comes to academic resources.
In the column, Canzano picks Kentucky as an example of a program with some academic issues that is not expecting to face penalties like Portland State is:
All the loopholes favor the big-time programs.
Three freshmen leave Kentucky after one year to go to the NBA, and the Wildcats likely will not be penalized under the current APR system because they are expected to get a guaranteed professional contract. But should one of the Vikings players leave PSU, seeking employment in Europe after one season, and fail to stick, PSU takes a "non-retention" hit.
Take a look at the BCS vs. non-BCS schools and you see vast disparities in budgets, resources, and expectations. But the NCAA wants to judge them with the same academic criteria? As if the student-athletes at PSU have access to elaborate student-learning centers? As if dropping out of PSU to chase a professional basketball dream should be viewed differently than an early-entry hopeful bolting college for the NBA?
Anything positive, they bury it on page 6. :roll: I think PSU should retaliate, give them a taste of their own. 
Make their reporter purchase a ticket in order to gain game entry? :lol: There has to be something PSU can do to protest this consistent ill treatment. 
