Governor Lodges Protest

Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson filed a formal protest against a new NCAA academic requirement that is keeping some star high school athletes from gaining college athletic eligibility and scholarships.

Carlson requested an emergency session of the NCAA Council to consider a formal appeal and reinstatement of scholarships for several Minnesota students.

“In all the cases with which I am familiar, it appears the NCAA failed to give adequate notification of changes in requirements to schools and students, thereby jeopardizing their scholarship awards, not to mention their academic futures,” Carlson wrote in his letter to NCAA President Eugene Corrigan.

The problem for some young athletes was discovered this fall when they enrolled in college and found out some high school English courses weren’t tough enough by NCAA standards.