Initial Eligibility
In order for PSAs to be evaluated for athletics eligibility in college, PSAs must register an account with what online platform?
Eligibility Center
Prior to the start of a student-athlete's 9th term of enrollment, what percent of their degree must be completed?
80% degree completion must be met prior to the start of student's 9th term.
What does BGP stand for?
Bowling Green Perspective
A student-athlete transfers to a 2-year school with a GPA of 3.2 at the end of the spring semester. How does that affect the retention in the team's APR calculation?
Loss of a retention point for that spring semester.
Among other duties, this person verifies student eligibility to participate in university athletics. Investigates and reviews alleged NCAA and conference rule violations and communicates findings to appropriate parties. Serves as a liaison between the athletic program and the NCAA.
Compliance Officer
16 of these are required for an incoming freshmen to be deemed a final qualifier
Core Courses
Student A has a 1.96GPA after her 4th full-time term of enrollment. Is she eligible based on GPA? What GPA does she need to be eligible prior to her 5th full-time term of enrollment?
YES. 1.9 GPA prior to her 5th FT term.
How many BGPs must a student complete in order to meet that degree requirement?
36 credit hours. Some BGP courses will double dip with their major or minor, so be sure to double check on those when suggesting courses.
If a former player returns to school and earns their degree, the program is awarded a bonus APR point for the year in which that player finished his degree requirements. (Not the year in which they did not earn the point).
Delayed Graduation Point
This NCAA bylaw governs academic eligibility.
Bylaw 14
Identify 3 criteria a final qualifier from high school will have met prior to enrollment.
Any of the following:
- 16 core courses
- 10 of 16 core courses done prior to start of 7th semester (junior year)
- Graduate high school
- SAT/ACT Score that meets the sliding scale.
- Core course GPA that meets the sliding scale.
A football student-athlete did not pass 9 credits during Fall 2020. What should the student and coach be advised regarding eligibility?
That the student will lose eligibility in the first 4 contests of the following season. He may, however, use a 1 time exception to regain eligibility in those 4 contests so long as he passes 27 total credits prior to the start of the following fall term.
What is a prerequisite?
Prerequisites are classes that you have to take before taking a specific class. For example, Psychology 1010:General Psychology must be successfully completed before taking Psychology 3030: Psychology of Childhood Development. You need to understand the basic concepts of PSYC 1010 to be academically successful in PSYC 3030. Therefore, PSYC 1010 is a prerequisite of PSYC 3030. Not all courses have prerequisites, but some do and you must take these into account when planning your class schedule. Some may require a C or better in the prerequisite course.
What is the benchmark that would determine if a school faces an APR penalty?
930 multi-year APR
This term refers to the efforts institutions make to comply with NCAA legislation and to detect and investigate violations that do occur. NCAA member institutions are obligated to maintain appropriate levels
Institutional control
This type of student is eligible to receive an athletic scholarship and practice but will not be allowed to compete during their first year in school.
Academic Redshirt
A baseball student athletes leading into the fall semester is ineligible. During the fall semester, he earns at least 6 credits and an appropriate GPA. Is he eligible to complete in the spring?
No, unfortunately if a baseball student athlete is ineligible the year prior leading into the academic year, he is automatically ineligible to compete in the spring.
By credits:
Future eligibility points for APR are forfeited if a student does not graduate by this time.
11th semester.
This is an amount calculated by an institutional financial aid office, using federal regulations, that includes the total cost of tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation, and other expenses related to attendance at the institution.
Cost of Attendance
The NCAA uses this to match SAT/ACT scores and core-course grade-point averages to determine eligibility. It balances your test score with your GPA. If you have a low test score, you need a higher GPA to be eligible. If you have a low GPA, you need a higher test score to be eligible.
Sliding Scale
Student has chosen to elect a minor that is not required for his degree. He is enrolled in and passed 6 hours of classes towards his minor this spring. How should those hours be calculated during the certification process?
Those hours can count towards the 6/18 hour rules but they cannot count towards the % calculation.
A student has decided to change their major and curious to know how their credits they've already completed fall into their new major. How would you go about showing this student that?
1. Pull up their degree audit
2. Run a "what-if" degree program (or Select a Different Program"
3. Review audit & new major checklist
While the APR is intended as an incentive-based approach, it does come with a progression of penalties for teams that under-perform academically over time.
What is an example of a penalty that may be imposed?
limit teams to 16 hours of practice per week over five days (as opposed to 20 over six days), with the lost four hours to be replaced with academic activities.
additional practice and competition reductions, either in the traditional or non-championship season
coaching suspensions, financial aid reductions and restricted NCAA membership
inability to compete in championships
Scholarships within these sports are restricted by a set number, and they are all full scholarships. Hence, if a sport offers ten scholarships, ten new athletes on that team can receive full scholarships each year. These sports are those sports that generally bring revenues to the school.
Head count sports