{"id":230645,"date":"2026-04-14T02:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230645\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T02:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T02:59:06","slug":"famu-students-react-to-ncaa-apr-penalties-2026-postseason-ban-for-rattler-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230645\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMU students react to NCAA APR penalties, 2026 postseason ban for Rattler football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Florida A&amp;M University students are weighing in on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/04\/10\/famu-football-hit-with-ncaa-apr-penalties-banned-2026-postseason\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/04\/10\/famu-football-hit-with-ncaa-apr-penalties-banned-2026-postseason\/\"> latest penalties levied against the Rattler football team last week<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On Friday, the university announced it received Level Two APR penalties from the NCAA. On top of a postseason ban, the team will incur certain practice restrictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The university says its multi-year APR score fell below the NCAA\u2019s minimum standards. They say they knew the data was trending toward this outcome and hoped a waiver from last season would provide relief. But the conditions of that waiver were not met. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Now, students on campus are reacting, hoping for some sort of fix, and others are still looking forward to regular-season games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhen the opportunity does arise next time for me to go to a game, I definitely will be there to support, and things of that nature,\u201d freshman Sebyn Coleman said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMaybe give them a little time to like get it together and maybe make a solution or compromise. But to completely ban it is kind og unfair, I was kind of looking forward to going to the football games,\u201d freshman Salandra Singleton said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">FAMU says fixes are already underway to fix their scores. 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