Optimistic Outcome Southern expects postseason ban to be lifted in the fall

Ever since the ban was placed on Southern it has sparked a taste of disdain within postseason play. Southern now hopes that the ban will end but the date for such is unknown. Southern Athletic Director, William Broussard announced last Monday that he hopes the ban would be lifted before probationary period.
The sports on the campus of Southern University has been affected heavily such as all sports not being able to contend in postseason play and even the football program not being able to have spring training.
In January, the NCAA have extended the ban since it was placed in November 1 of 2013 right around the time Southern was prepared to capsize the rest of the season and breach the Bayou Classic. Publicly this occurrence was announced during February of the next year.
The NCAA said that the ban could have been lifted earlier if the subcommittee evaluating the Jaguars’ Academic Progress Rates is permissible within NCAA’s means.
Such data has not been captured as of yet and has been patiently waited upon.
The NCAA only issued such a ban because Southern submitted “unusable data” to the NCAA in its documentation of student athletes- APR rates.
The NCAA said that they are committed to enforcing the rules and it is the responsibility of the universities, athletic programs, coaches, alumni, student-athletes, and national office staff to be fully accountable at every level as they support student success.
During the past year and solid three months, Southern have responded to numerous NCAA requests for additional information on how to retrieve and compile such data. So far, Southern has been unsuccessful in supplying the NCAA with usable data.
This has affected many student-athletes that transverse around this campus that still battle with compliance issues.
Broussard in defense of the work ethic of the department said, “I don’t think people know just how much work we do.”
Broussard mentioned that the next step of the process was to certify athletes for the fall 2015 semester and the work will begin in June and the certification has to be turned in and presented on August 15.
“It has been a massive undertaking,” said Broussard.
With sacrifices to be made Broussard finished with, ”Some faculty will be coming off of their summer vacations to help us finish.”
Broussard said he hopes that the submission be accurate so that the ban will be lifted before the November 1 end of the probation period in which after that period infractions are to behold to Southern.
When the NCAA extended the period after an on-campus visit last December it said, “Southern’s data still continues to be unusable in determining accurate Academic Progress Rates in which the data is incomplete and not always supported by documentation.”
The NCAA Committee on Academic Performance Subcommittee on Data Collection continues to evaluate the university’s data submission.
All of the athletic programs are affected equally by the usable submissions and once the committees deems Southern ready, postseason play here they come.