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NCAA Athletes Work Long Hours, Survey Says

by JUSTIN POPE, AP Education Writer , September 4, 2009

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University of Hartford President Walter Harrison, who chairs the NCAA's committee on academic performance, said in a recent interview that the NCAA survey's findings had concerned him and prompted a rethinking of how the organization might enforce the 20-hour rule, though no changes have been made yet.

NCAA spokesman Eric Christianson, emphasizing he wasn't addressing specific cases, said the organization is "troubled when student-athletes lose their choice on how to spend their free time," which is why it adopted the 20-hour rule. He also said recent reforms have improved the balance between athletics and academics, noting programs with poor Academic Progress Rates can lose even more practice time.

One of the biggest concerns is out-of-season practices and what used to be summer vacation. In the NCAA survey, 70 percent of major college football players said they spent as much time or more in training or competition when they were out of season.

Said Roush, the Centre president: “I bet there's only a couple, two or three Michigan players, that were even home this summer. That's ridiculous. It's a situation out of balance and the NCAA needs to revisit it.”

AP Sports Writers John Marshall in Kansas City, Mo., and Rusty Miller in Columbus, Ohio, contributed to this report.w



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