Non-premium content from the Pitt Rivals site. Very detailed and does an excellent job of explaining what is changing.
I posted this in Football Recruiting, but it will affect all sports. As mentioned in the article, it could be a major issue for the basketball players who barely qualify and expect to be one and done for the NBA. Why sit out a year for an academic redshirt?
From the article:
Under the new system, the NCAA will add a second sliding scale, which has higher requirements (the core GPA is .45 points higher than on the first scale). The first sliding scale is the same as the current scale, but a PSA who meets the requirements on that scale is only eligible for financial aid and practice in his or her first year. In order to participate in competition, the PSA must meet the requirements of the second sliding scale.
For example, a PSA with a core GPA of 2.30 and an SAT score of 900 would be eligible to receive financial aid and practice in his or her first year but not participate in competition; in order to participate in competition, that PSA with a 2.30 GPA would need an SAT score of at least 1080. (Note: SAT scores are math and critical reading only).
The NCAA has also set 2.30 as the minimum core GPA for a PSA to be eligible for competition. On the current scale, a core GPA of 2.00 is the baseline for eligibility, but on the new scale, a PSA with that core GPA would not be eligible to compete in his or first year. Instead, he or she would have to take an academic redshirt (provided the SAT or ACT score meets the requirements) and then meet college academic eligibility standards as a freshman.
http://pittsburgh.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1357460
Also, if you read the full article, there's a great PDF download that lays out the new sliding scale.
It's going to be interesting to see what the impact of this is going to be.
I posted this in Football Recruiting, but it will affect all sports. As mentioned in the article, it could be a major issue for the basketball players who barely qualify and expect to be one and done for the NBA. Why sit out a year for an academic redshirt?
From the article:
Under the new system, the NCAA will add a second sliding scale, which has higher requirements (the core GPA is .45 points higher than on the first scale). The first sliding scale is the same as the current scale, but a PSA who meets the requirements on that scale is only eligible for financial aid and practice in his or her first year. In order to participate in competition, the PSA must meet the requirements of the second sliding scale.
For example, a PSA with a core GPA of 2.30 and an SAT score of 900 would be eligible to receive financial aid and practice in his or her first year but not participate in competition; in order to participate in competition, that PSA with a 2.30 GPA would need an SAT score of at least 1080. (Note: SAT scores are math and critical reading only).
The NCAA has also set 2.30 as the minimum core GPA for a PSA to be eligible for competition. On the current scale, a core GPA of 2.00 is the baseline for eligibility, but on the new scale, a PSA with that core GPA would not be eligible to compete in his or first year. Instead, he or she would have to take an academic redshirt (provided the SAT or ACT score meets the requirements) and then meet college academic eligibility standards as a freshman.
http://pittsburgh.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1357460
Also, if you read the full article, there's a great PDF download that lays out the new sliding scale.
It's going to be interesting to see what the impact of this is going to be.