NCAA may end SAT/ACT requirements to play

We're almost to the point where college is nothing but an expensive, glorified High School diploma. Kiss the value of your Bachelors goodbye.

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An NCAA task force backs a plan to eliminate standardized test score requirements for high school students preparing to play Division I or II sports.

“This work reflects the NCAA’s commitment to continually reviewing our academic standards based on the best available data and other relevant information,” said David Wilson, who heads the NCAA Standardized Test Score Task Force. “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.”

According to NCAA, the task force was formed with the purpose of advancing “racial equity.” One of the specific “action items” to address the promotion of “racial equity” is “Review initial-eligibility requirements, specifically the requirement for the SAT/ACT.”

NCAA states that, in making its decision to recommend ending the standardized test requirement, the task force consulted with the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, the National Association for College Admission Counseling, and the College Board and ACT, as well as Division I and II membership.

Thousands fewer graduating high school students took the SAT and ACT college readiness assessments in 2021 compared to the previous year.

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Player paychecks, no real college entrance screening for academic work/ability... why are we pretending this is an amateur sport again?

NCAA task force pushes to end SAT/ACT requirements