NCAA

Freshman eligibility requirements might become tougher,but freshmen probably still will be competing under new guidelines proposed this week by the NCAA Presidents Commission.

The 44-member commission is expected to end a two-day meeting in Kansas City, Mo., today by calling for strengthened academic standards throughout Division I.

“The trend is toward strengthening initial requirements rather than keeping all freshmen out,” NCAA President Judy Sweet said.

Those could include requiring freshmen to have a 2.5 instead of a 2.0 grade-point average in college preparatory courses and increasing the minimum number of credit hours needed to stay eligible throughout a college career.