2nd, historical penalties associated with academic failure over time may also include scholarship reductions; recruiting limitations; ineligibility for NCAA team postseason or preseason competition, including bowl games and NCAA championships; and, in the most extreme cases, restricted membership status for the school in the NCAA. These penalties would begin in 3 years, rather than 4 as originally proposed. An academic-progress rate, or APR, will be calculated by the NCAA and include all scholarship student-athletes entering an university. The package also will establish a graduation-success rate based on a 6 year timeframe for graduation and including all scholarship student-athletes entering the college.

The incentives/disincentives program will require that schools submit to the NCAA annual documentation showing compliance with the academic-progress rate.

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