Owls are flagged by NCAA
Philadelphia Inquirer, The, May, 2008 by Kevin Tatum Inquirer Staff Writer
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Despite showing marked improvement in the classroom under third-year coach Al Golden, the Temple football team was one of 218 Division I programs to be penalized under the NCAA's report on Academic Progress Rates that was released yesterday. Temple's APR of 868 - its average score for the 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07 academic years - cost the Owls four scholarships and four hours a week of practice/workout time during the coming season.
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Next year, teams that don't meet their APR requirements could be banned from postseason play. Temple needed to be at 900 or above to avoid sanctions. The Academic Progress Rate, now in its fourth year, measures the eligibility, retention and numbers of graduates among student-athletes, and also is used as a predictor of graduation success. The most damaging occurrence for a program is when an athlete leaves school while ineligible - he becomes an 0 for 2. ...
