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SPORTS BRIEFS NCAA begins new legislation on academics PHOENIX — NCAA officials be lieve the historic legislation they ap proved Thursday will compel student athletes to hit the books as vigorously as they hit the weights. The plan will penalize schools whose teams fail to meet academic standards that have yet to be deter mined. Schools that fall short of guidelines would draw a warning in 2006-2007. Continued shortcomings would re sult in a loss of scholarships in 2007 OS and the loss of postseason eligibil ity in 2008-09. No postseason means no postsea son revenue. And that could be enough to strike fear in many schools. 'This is a critically important set of legislative measures, the strongest ever passed by the NCAA," NCAA Presi dent Myles Brand said Thursday. "It's different because it holds teams as well as institutions accountable." 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