While BYU has long stood at the forefront of squeaky clean universities, the NCAA announced earlier this week that it will no longer accept any of Brigham Young University’s online courses. In an effort to crack down on suspected cheating taking place during online or correspondence classes, the NCAA will no longer accept credits taken through BYU and one other college, the American School in Illinois.
(The idea of college students cheating in online or correspondence classes is just shocking…)
BYU courses weren’t just taken by Cougar athletes, but by college athletes all over the country trying to remain eligible. As ESPN’s Bruce Feldman relays in his daily blog, football players at USC relied heavily on the use of online courses at BYU to keep many of their at-risk players and recruits eligible. Former and current Trojan coach Ed Orgeron and former assistant AD Fred Stroock were at the forefront of coaches and support staff that utilized BYU course work.
The new legislation goes into effect August 1. The rules passed stipulate that students have “regular access and interaction” with their instructors.
This would not be CFT without taking at least one shot at USC each day.
Ut OH. They have to be real student athletes now.
Watch the academically ineligible numbers double because of this.
It pisses me off that some football players are such idiots and have to rely on cheating to get through classes and the whole damn sport gets a bad name for it.
There is no telling how many football programs will be affected by this new rule. It would be interesting to know ALL of the programs that utilized these two correspondence schools.
Online courses are the wave of the future. In the next 10 to 15 years, most college degrees will be earned online. The NCAA needs to wake up. Aren’t these online courses accredited? If so, than the NCAA should STFU. Sigh, I forgot it is the NCAA.
Hi Keith! Glad to see that you are still the the same partial, bitter, cheap shot artist that you were a few years ago when I quit reading your blog. All major football programs used the BYU online courses, and most predominantly, the SEC. Plus, they are accredited courses.
But, please keep up your irrational, but flattering villainization of USC. And, real sports fans will continue to find their news without the spin from other sources.
Trojanman — No problem, bud! Just so you know, it was Bruce Feldman who brought the issue to my attention, and also mentioned Coach O, not me, so save some of your vile for him.
You are absolutely correct that the online courses were used everywhere, and most likely by most of the SEC, where the academic tactics are always at their most shady.
If you’re looking for some “villainization,” next time I’ll probably write about it will be when the NCAA infractions committee can actually find some time to get together and release its decree against the Trojans.