"Every Division I sports team calculates its APR each academic year, based on the eligibility and retention of each scholarship student-athlete. Teams scoring below certain thresholds can face sanctions, such as scholarship losses and restrictions on practice. Rates are based on the past four years’ performance."
UCR's men's basketball team is facing a Level One penalty described as:
"Level One penalties focus on practice restrictions so teams can focus on academics. Teams facing this penalty lose four hours of practice time one day per week. That time must be replaced with academic activities. There are 26 teams this year with this level of penalty."Which brings me to this: really? Really University of California, Riverside? For a school in a public education system that prides itself on academics, you pull this? Look, I know Wickstrom tried to explain the problem in the most straight-forward sense, but that still doesn't excuse the fact there could have been ways to fix the problem as is. But what about an attempt to appeal? I'm sorry, but that's a simple penalty, please don't try to appeal it...it's one year. Use that year to get better and bring those academics up. Ask USC football: one year postseason ban is a very light penalty. Considering that UConn is also under the same penalty, there's a very little chance that you'll get this appealed, and even then, you might look very foolish trying to do so.
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