Word: paterno
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...specific alternatives, but the need for new standards was generally accepted. "Up to now, the NCAA only asked for a 2.0 average on a 4.0 scale, without specifying what courses to take or recommending any test scores for grants in aid," says Penn State Head Football Coach Joe Paterno. "We've been legitimizing poor students. These standards will act as a carrot to make the kids work harder in high school...
...feel as a football coach that I should argue with college presidents about the 700 standard, they should know more about it than me," says Paterno, capturing widely held sentiment among some NCAA members--that educators know best how athletes should be educated...
...that many Black educators feel it is an unfair standard, meaning that a number of Black athletes will be disproportionally affected. The ACE committee that made this proposal included only three Black educators--a fact which several officials believe is a fundamental flaw. "They made one mistake," says Paterno. "They should have had some Black representatives. I think that was an oversight--one which the Black educators have a right to be offended...
SCOLDED BY EVERYONE from broadcaster Brent Musberger to college football Coach of the Year Joe Paterno of Penn State, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) vowed last week to clean up undergraduate athletics. An NCAA convention in San Diego produced two rulebook revisions designed to protect the integrity of the student-athlete. The changes drew sharp criticism, however, from certain schools that would be affected. One case directly involves Harvard and its recruiting program, and the other raises sensitive race-related issues about a university's responsibility to educate its athletes. Both new regulations will better serve school and student...
...Associated Press named Penn State, a 27-23 winner over previously, top-ranked Georgia in the Sugar Bowl Saturday night, as the top college football team in the nation in its final football poll yesterday. It is the first national championship for Natty Lion Head Coach Joe Paterno...