[Roberton3]

I'd be shocked if Kal or any Pac-12 football program is ever sanctioned. Of all they ways schools game the system, I hope Kal chooses this one:

An oft-used method of manipulating APR scores is recruiting former team non-graduates to return to the university and earn a degree. For example, if a basketball team needs to dramatically raise its APR score, providing financial support for a former player to come back to school can save the team from serious penalties and embarrassment. To finance such a degree completion program for former players is expensive and often not a viable option for underfunded institutions.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/...e-ncaa-apr

I don't think I'd even call that gaming the system.  The point of the APR system is to give schools an incentive to make sure players graduate.  The "gaming" method you mention is doing just that -- albeit doing it after they've stopped playing.  But it seems to be completely in line with the goal of the whole system.

[Roberton3]

I'd be shocked if Kal or any Pac-12 football program is ever sanctioned. Of all they ways schools game the system, I hope Kal chooses this one:

An oft-used method of manipulating APR scores is recruiting former team non-graduates to return to the university and earn a degree. For example, if a basketball team needs to dramatically raise its APR score, providing financial support for a former player to come back to school can save the team from serious penalties and embarrassment. To finance such a degree completion program for former players is expensive and often not a viable option for underfunded institutions.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/...e-ncaa-apr

I don't think I'd even call that gaming the system.  The point of the APR system is to give schools an incentive to make sure players graduate.  The "gaming" method you mention is doing just that -- albeit doing it after they've stopped playing.  But it seems to be completely in line with the goal of the whole system.