May 16, 2008

NCAA Penalizes Fewer Teams Than Expected

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 of losing scholarships this year because of their athletes' poor performance in the classroom.

But last week, 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 programs

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