Does Bell leaving affect our APR?
I tried searching the site for APR, but was unable to find anything to shine a light on Bell leaving the program. Does Bell leaving affect our APR, or are we only hurt if he transfers? Are we in danger of falling below the required APR, and if so what penalties could we receive?
I'm not an expert on the subject but if one player leaving was the difference between meeting the required APR or not, it would definitely have been covered at some point by Brian.
doesn't hurt your APR. A player leaving that is not on pace to graduate on time hurts your APR.
March 12th, 2012 at 12:02 PM ^
I believe both of them hurt your APR, but the second scenario hurts more.
Doesn't hurt our APR and doesn't really matter anyway - we're "out of the woods" on that issue.
Awesome news! Thanks. Where would I go to track our APR? How would I know we're "out of the woods" on that issue?
Thanks... although it doesn't appear we're out of the woods. I see a continuous drop with us now at 928. That doesn't matter though?
Don't you have better things to worry about?
March 12th, 2012 at 10:43 AM ^
I'm sorry did you see what happened to UCONN? I'd prefer nothing of that sort happen to us. I guess you don't care though.
March 12th, 2012 at 10:53 AM ^
You know what they always say....
"Nothing is more powerful than worried people on the Internet. It can stop natural attrition."
March 12th, 2012 at 11:08 AM ^
Yeah thanks. Generally a Michigan sports blog covers anything relevant about Michigan athletics. Guess I missed the boat there.
ignore the troll
APR is a non-issue in this case.
Thought we took a one-point hit for a kid leaving, and two-point hit if the kid leaves ineligible??
So long as he transfers into another program I think the one-point goes away. If he just leaves school altogether, we still get dinged one? Yes??
Example of APR Calculation for a Men’s Football Team (n=85 at start of year)
Semester 1 (Fall) Points Earned
75 student-athletes eligible and retained to next term (or graduate in that term)
75*(2 of 2) = 150 of 150
3 student-athletes are retained to next term but are academically ineligible
3*(1 of 2) = 3 of 6
5 student-athletes leave the university while academically eligible
5*(1 of 2) = 5 of 10
2 student-athletes leave the university while academically ineligible
2*(0 of 2) = 0 of 4
Semester Total 158 of 170 (929 APR)
This could have gone in the other thread but I'm guessing that he's not going to affect it at all because he's going to graduate from Michigan. The worst kept secret in Michigan football for the last two years has been that Bell didn't have the thing that makes people crazy enough to carve their bodies into football playing bodies -- there are plenty worse things you could say about a guy. I'd be surprised if he transfers, even though he'd have another year of eligibility left afterwards. Best guess is he picks up a different extracurricular activity that takes less of his time and is more rewarding, then graduates and goes on to all the other stuff in life. I wish him luck in that. It won't affect the APR.
Would have liked to see the kid succeed at football, but getting a free Michigan education certainly wasn't a bad outcome for him.
March 12th, 2012 at 11:32 AM ^
Working your body out regularly till you puke so you can become big and strong so other really big and strong people can run into you as hard as they can, multiple times a week, sometimes to the force of a car accident. And you have to love and CRAVE it to be really good at it. It takes a different mentality, and a lot of dedication to do that...particularly when you're not a star and the rewards are not as great, It's something that people don't normally seek out in life, and are usually unable to do. So that just makes Bell...normal, like the rest of us.
March 12th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
exactly.
March 12th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^
I'll be the first to say that when I played football for a year in high school, I wanted no parts of it for year two. I played WR and deep safety. It was a lot of practice to just run around during what they called a "game."
We weren't that good, so as a WR in high school that means you touch the ball what, 2 times? On defense I played center field so again, not a ton of action.
I stuck to basketball, played my whole life and until I blew out my knee my first year of college. And even then, I was ready to be done. I knew I wasn't going to the NBA so I thought...why am I lifting at 5am and running myself ragged just to do it? Shouldn't I be preparing myself for my future?
That just made me like 99% of college students.
That makes sense. I figured as much because he's been here for years and never even sniffed the playing field, and it definitely isn't a physical issue. Wish the kid the best.
March 12th, 2012 at 12:34 PM ^
Every time someone leaves comes the inevitable "Does this effect our APR thread?" NO!
I blame the recruiting sites for making the idiots aware that APR exists.
This is a pretty condescending characterization of well-intentioned and generally well-informed fellow members of the Michigan fan base. APR is a real thing that has the potential to pose a grave threat to the health of a program, so why are you disgusted with someone for asking a straightforward, not-unreasonable question about it?
A little bit of collegiality and mutual respect can go a long way on teh internetz.