The University of Wisconsin football team is graduating more of its black athletes and is in better shape academically than at any point in the past six years.
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hat is the conclusion of a study released Monday by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, which annually studies the major college football teams that qualify for bowl games.
Wisconsin graduated 52 percent of its black football players who enrolled between 1997 and 2000, the school’s high-water mark since the study originated in the 2002 season, and an improvement from 44 percent last year.