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[QUOTE="RandomGuy, post: 3130114, member: 6422"]
Hear you on the SEC.  In 1986  the NCAA instituted some stricter standards.  The 1.6 GPA pre 1970, had been scrapped for  "did you graduate?"  Essentially, being a college eligible student was only a bonus before then. Athlete before student.

The newer standard left many ineligible.  Particularly hard hit, were those from poor minority communities. (Per ncaa document) In just a few years, those students figured it out, and those eligible dramatically increased.  Bravo for the NCAA on that one.

There is a gpa/sat chart available, that I "think" all schools must abide by, but its safe to suffice that some of those students would not be admitted to that school if it werent for athletics. Because they bring monetary value.

Overall, the NCAA has improved the academic requirements, but kids are often pushed out of classes,  into others, etc. For the good of the team.

Teams making 10,20,30,40 times the 1984 revenue is the leading cause of any amateurism debate.  Compounded with judge rulings of antitrust violations and the NCAA being completely incapable of defining the term Amateur? (Alston v. NCAA)
This debate is not going away.
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