Does the NCAA have the guts for this?

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With March Madness on in earnest, here's an interesting story:

NCAA fouls on graduation rate commitment

A proposal was recently floated by the US Secretary of Education such that university mens' basketball teams that do not graduate at least 40% of their incoming high school classes should be disqualified from March Madness.

But does the NCAA have the guts to risk banning schools like Kentucky (31% overall graduation rate) or Maryland [U of Maryland--Baltimore] from the national championship tournament?

Should NCAA teams be disqualified over low graduation rates?

Do they have the guts? Nope.

Also, I think anything based on graduation rate would be unfair unless only counts players who stay for all four years. Otherwise it would be penalizing programs for recruiting players with NBA-level talent.