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APR finally has some teeth

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From this point forward, NCAA teams with APR scores below 930 will be banned from postseason play. Think about that for a second. Imagine Syracuse and UConn not making next year's NCAA Tournament; because that is going to happen if these rules are enacted without a fight or backtracking. Both were under 930 in the latest ratings. edit: well, it's going to be phased in, which the reports above didn't emphasize. The consequences for football could be severe too. I was a little confused on Twitter earlier, WVU's 2006 APR was 926 - meaning, if these rules would have been in place at the time, they never play Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl. Does Michigan even offer Rich Rod the job under that level of negative publicity? Never mind USF, who would have had seemingly a perpetual bowl ban under Jim Leavitt. Sure would have been nice those years for Rutgers to go to some better bowls. With WVU banned in 2006, RU would have gone to the Gator Bowl against Georgia Tech. WVU and USF banned in 2007 could have gotten Rutgers to the Papajohns.com or Sun.