May 7, 2008

Fewer Teams Than Expected Face NCAA Penalties for Academic Problems

By Libby Sander

For years, officials with the National Collegiate Athletic Association have predicted that strikingly high numbers of college sports teams could be at risk this year of losing scholarships because of their athletes' poor performance in the classroom.

But on Tuesday, when the NCAA released its fourth annual report measuring how much progress athletes are making toward completing their degrees, the number of teams penalized represented just over 3 percent of the more than 6,000

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