Clarifying the APR/Scholarship Penalties

[MACReport]

Just posted our analysis of the APR numbers/penalties at MAC Report Online: NCAA's APR Takes Toll on MAC Schools..One area that I want to clarify is the general misunderstanding regarding application of the "squad size adjustment." This is an adjustment that is applied by the NCAA to schools based on their formula for such an application (see the article) and was not applied by request of schools, i.e. schools could not request this as an "exemption" to avoid penalties.The MAC's GPA rules also played a large role in the MAC receiving more penalties than most. The MAC's own higher standards, in other words, hurt its own cause when dealing with the APR formula.