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Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA approved a sweeping package of academic reforms Thursday that will penalize schools starting in 2006 if athletes perform too poorly in the classroom. 'This is the beginning of a sea change in college sports,' NCAA president Myles Brand said. 'Landmark legislation was passed to ensure each and every student-athlete has a genuine opportunity to receive a high quality education and graduate.' To avoid punishment, schools will have to stay above a still-undetermined 'cut line' that includes graduation rates as one of the factors showing academic progress. Brand said graduation targets for each school are being calculated. This fall, he said, each school will be notified 'how much at risk it would have been' had the new standards already been in place. The Division I Management Council originally proposed waiting an extra year before putting the reforms in place, but the NCAA Board of Directors decided to push it up to 2006 because it felt data wouldn't change much by waiting. The 'cut line' will be the same in all sports. 'There are going to be many different factors,' NCAA spokesman Jeff Howard said. 'That is to be determined. They'll take into account all the different things they choose to bring in.' Schools that fall below that line will receive warning letters beginning in 2006-07. Consistently poor performing teams could begin losing scholarships in 2007-08 and postseason eligibility and money from NCAA tournaments starting in 2008-09.
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