NCAA task force recommends removing minimum standardized test scores in effort to advance racial equity
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NCAA task force recommends removing minimum standardized test scores in effort to advance racial equity
An NCAA task force recommended on Friday that incoming freshmen in Division I and II sports should no longer be required to meet minimum scores on standardized tests for initial eligibility.
The recommendation was made by the NCAA Standardized Test Score Task Force, which was formed as part of the NCAA's eight-point plan to advance racial equity. The Division I Committee on Academics and Division II Academic Requirements Committee will consider the recommendation at their next scheduled meetings in February. Changes to initial-eligibility requirements would also have to be reviewed and made through each division's legislative process.
"This work reflects the NCAA's commitment to continually reviewing our academic standards based on the best available data and other relevant information," task force chairman David Wilson, president at Morgan State, said in an NCAA release. "We are observing a national trend in NCAA member schools moving away from requiring standardized test scores for admissions purposes and this recommendation for athletics eligibility aligns directly with that movement."
In the release, the NCAA said the task force consulted with several groups, including the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, and Division I and II member schools, as well as the testing agencies, specifically the ACT and College Board, which administers the SAT.
In July 2020, the National Association of Basketball Coaches called for the NCAA to permanently eliminate standardized test scores from eligibility requirements.
"The days of colleges requiring the SAT or ACT are passing rapidly: more than half of all four-year colleges and universities will not require these tests for admissions in 2021, and more are dropping the requirement every week," the NABC said in a statement at the time. "These tests should no longer be required in the initial-eligibility standards. The tests are again being recognized as forces of institutional racism, which is consistent with their history, and they should be jettisoned for that reason alone; moreover, pragmatics also support this change."...
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NCAA proposes to remove minimum test scores
An NCAA task force recommended on Friday that incoming freshmen in Division I and II sports should no longer be required to meet minimum scores on standardized tests for initial eligibility.
Four-star 2024 Florida DB Tavoy Feagin set to visit UCF
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College coaches from all over the country are making a fast track to Tampa’s Carrollwood Day to meet 2024 defensive back Tavoy Feagin. The four-star was of interest to college coaches back in November holding 11 offers but is now one of the most highly recruited in his class holding 30-plus offers. As next level scouts head to Florida to drop those offers, Feagin is set to visit nearby UCF this weekend.
Since Jan. 18, Feagin’s recruiting has pushed to that next level with offers coming in from Kentucky, FAU, Texas, USC, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Georgia, Temple, Vanderbilt, and LSU. Many of those same programs have made the effort for an in-person Carrollwood Day meeting: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, Michigan State and Cincinnati.
Being recruited as both a corner and a safety, Feagin is ready to get out on the recruiting trail seeing campuses and learning more about various programs’ plan for him if on their roster.
Feagin shared his potential stops, “I might take a visit to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Georgia Tech, I have UCF this weekend, and hopefully I will get to visit USC.”
Taking the short trip down I-4, Feagin shared his draw in the Knights’ program.
“I am really interested in UCF,” Feagin said. “Their coaching staff came over last week, they want me to come over this weekend even though I am not a junior.”
Fans will get to see Feagin in action this offseason playing 7v7 ball for Deion Sanders' team.
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College coaches from all over the country are making a fast track to Tampa’s Carrollwood Day to meet 2024 defensive back Tavoy Feagin. The four-star was of interest to college coaches back in November holding 11 offers but is now one of the most highly recruited in his class holding 30-plus offers. As next level scouts head to Florida to drop those offers, Feagin is set to visit nearby UCF this weekend.
Since Jan. 18, Feagin’s recruiting has pushed to that next level with offers coming in from Kentucky, FAU, Texas, USC, Michigan State, Cincinnati, Tennessee, Georgia, Temple, Vanderbilt, and LSU. Many of those same programs have made the effort for an in-person Carrollwood Day meeting: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Auburn, Michigan State and Cincinnati.
Being recruited as both a corner and a safety, Feagin is ready to get out on the recruiting trail seeing campuses and learning more about various programs’ plan for him if on their roster.
Feagin shared his potential stops, “I might take a visit to South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Georgia Tech, I have UCF this weekend, and hopefully I will get to visit USC.”
Taking the short trip down I-4, Feagin shared his draw in the Knights’ program.
“I am really interested in UCF,” Feagin said. “Their coaching staff came over last week, they want me to come over this weekend even though I am not a junior.”
Fans will get to see Feagin in action this offseason playing 7v7 ball for Deion Sanders' team.
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GOL at the Fiesta Bowl parade and more fun photos
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Was in the process of backing up old files and found this. 🤣
Former UCF OL Aaron Evans selling this posters/t-shirts from UCF's Bowl Win
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Didn't realize at first he was selling this poster but seeing how over 258 of them have been bought, figured others might like to order one too.
Go to his website to order:
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Go to his website to order:
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