Go Bucks?

We may be number one in the football rankings but based on an NCAA annual report the academics of our football team are poor at best.

Under an NCAA measurement called the Academic Progress Rate, teams are scored on a scale of 1 to 1,000 based on whether their athletes stay enrolled and make adequate progress toward their degrees. Teams that do not achieve a score of at least 925, which equates to roughly a 50-percent graduation rate, may lose scholarships.

Ohio State scores a 925. 24 of the 64 bowl-bound football teams are under 925. A closer look at Graduation Success Rates shows that 55% of all Ohio State football players graduate. The shocking statistic is that out of the 64 teams we have the lowest graduation rate for African-American football players: 32%.

Ohio State may make me happy winning football games but at whose expense?

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