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Keep the Madness; End the Insanity
Too many teams
fail students
M arc H. M orial
C o lle g e s p re p a re all
y e a r fo r th e lu c ra tiv e
chance to send a team to
the basketball c h am p io n ­
s h ip to u rn a m e n t c o m ­
m only know n as “M arch
M adness.” B ut, w hen it com es to
m aking sure that student-athletes
are academ ically prep ared for the
gam e o f life, m adness quickly turns
to insanity.
In response to the low g rad u a­
tion rates in som e college basketball
by
program s, and the w idening gap
betw een degrees earned by w hite
and black players, Secretary o f E du­
cation A rne D uncan recently p ro ­
posed that N C A A team s that fail to
graduate at least 40 p ercen t o f their
players not be eligible for post-sea-
son com petition.
D u n c a n ’s m odest proposal cau ­
tiously m oves the ball forw ard, but
I am su g g estin g a bo ld er
p lay th at m oves us clo ser to
a real victory. I p ro p o se that
schools failing to graduate
at least 80 p ercen t o f their
athletes not o n ly be ineli­
gible fo r p o st-seaso n play,
bu t lose all o f th eir athletic
sch o larsh ip s.
T o o m a n y c o lle g e s a re p u ttin g
b ig m o n e y s p o rts o v e r th e e d u c a ­
tio n o f th e ir s tu d e n t-a th le te s . A
to ta l o f 12 te a m s in th is y e a r ’s
to u rn a m e n t w o u ld hav e b een ruled
in e lig ib le u n d e r D u n c a n ’s p ro ­
p o s a l an d m a n y m o re u n d e r m y
p ro p o s a l.
W hile there has been a slight
increase in g rad u atio n rates for b as­
ketball players in recent years, there
is a gro w in g gap betw een black and
w hite players. O verall, 84 percent o f
w hite basketball players g raduate,
co m p ared w ith ju s t 56 p ercen t o f
P o r t l a n d (D b s e r u r r Established 1970
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C reative D irector : P a u l N e u fe ld t
black players - a 28 p ercent gap that
has grow n by four p oints since last
year. T his is an u n accep tab le d is­
parity, revealing the urg en t need for
m ore academ ic support for black
ath letes.
E ducation has alw ay s been the
indispensable source o f em p o w er­
m ent fo r A frican A m ericans. It is
even m ore im portant today as w e
p repare to m eet the grow ing co m ­
p etitiv e ch allen g es o f the global
econom y.
T hat is w hy, as p art o f o u r c en ­
tennial y ear “ I A m E m p o w ered ”
c a m p a ig n , th e N a tio n a l U rb a n
L eague has issued a national c h al­
lenge that every child is ready for
college, w o rk and life by the y ear
2015. T hat includes scores o f co l­
lege basketball players w ho, p ro p ­
erly prepared, have a b etter chance
o f b ecom ing professional doctors,
law yers o r b u sin essm en than stars
in the N B A .
W e n e e d m o re s c h o o ls lik e
G e o rg e to w n , D u k e a n d N o tre
D a m e , w h o se h ig h g ra d u a tio n
ra te s fo r b o th b la c k an d w h ite a th ­
le te s , d e m o n s t r a t e th e y h a v e
stru c k th e rig h t b a la n c e b e tw ee n
a c a d e m ic s a n d s p o rts. A n d as
S e c r e ta r y D u n c a n , h i m s e l f a
fo rm e r H a rv ard b a sk e tb a ll p lay er,
sa id , “ W e n e ed m o re c o a c h e s like
E d d ie R o b in so n , th e le g e n d a ry
fo o tb a ll c o a c h at G ra m b lin g , w h o
u se d to w a lk th ro u g h th e d o rm
b a n g in g a c o w b e ll b e fo re d a w n to
g e t h is p la y e rs u p an d o u t to c lass.
E ig h ty
p e rc e n t
o f E d d ie
R o b in s o n ’s p la y e rs , o v e r a p e rio d
o f m a n y d e c a d e s, g ra d u a te d .”
B y req u irin g all schools to m eet
E d d ie ’s 80 p ercen t standard, w e
could go a long w ay tow ards raising
g raduation rates w h ile k eep in g the
m adness and ending the insanity in
college basketball.
Marc H. Morial is president and
chief executive officer o f the Na­
tional Urban League.
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