South Carolina AD outlines stronger academic plan
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina athletic director Eric Hyman has a message for his athletes: Get good grades or sit on the sideline.
Hyman wants to step up the academic credentials of his athletes and will start a plan for some to improve classroom performance or face a loss of practice and playing time.
Hyman briefed the board of trustees' intercollegiate activities committee on the program, which he said starts Oct. 1.
Incoming athletes and transfers with grade-point-averages of less than 2.5 and SAT scores of less than 950 will be subject to tutoring sessions and extra work to improve their academic performance. Returning South Carolina athletes with GPA's of 2.3 or less will also participate.
Should athletes miss class or study halls, Hyman said they will miss practice time and athletic events.
"I don't have a lot of leniency in this area," he said.
Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press
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