TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - Four men's athletic teams at Florida A&M University, including the basketball team, have been banned from postseason play due to NCAA compliance violations.
FAMU announces that four of athletic teams men’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s indoor and outdoor track teams. Due to not meeting NCAA Progress Rate (APR). Seasons attributing to score 13-14, 14-15, 15-16, and 16-17. @abc27
— Alison Posey (@AlisonPosey14) February 13, 2019
Wednesday morning, the FAMU athletic department made the announcement at a press conference.
Four teams, the men's basketball team, the men's golf team, and the men's indoor and outdoor track teams, cannot play in conference championships after the season ends.
FAMU officials say the ban comes after the programs failed to meet the NCAA Progress Rate (APR) requirements.
Overall, the Rattlers men's basketball team is 10-14 and 7-2 in MEAC conference play.
These violations were not committed when Head coach Robert McCullum was here coaching men’s basketball.Several enhancements have been made at FAMU to make sure doesn’t happen again. Hiring of compliance AD Greene, four academic advisors also added. @abc27
— Alison Posey (@AlisonPosey14) February 13, 2019
As of now, these four teams are the only ones effected by the APR sanctions. Teams in the fall will be evaluated in May when the new scores come out.
School officials say several enhancements have been made at FAMU to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again. So far, they've hired a new compliance athletic director and four academic advisors.
Eason said they are trying to break the mold of FAMU having APR Sanctions. He said they are having meetings every two weeks with head coaches to make sure everyone is on the same page with APR. @abc27
— Alison Posey (@AlisonPosey14) February 13, 2019
The NCAA's APR requirements stipulate that teams must earn a four-year average APR of 930 to compete in championships.
Teams receive points when student-athletes on athletic-related financial aid stays in school and remains academically eligible. The teams points are then divided by points possible and multiplied by 1,000 to determine the APR rate.
