41.   Braswell suspended McCain indefinitely last week for failing to meet team academic standards.

42.   Braswell suspended post player Joey Busch last week for failing to meet team academic standards.

43.   A new state-by-state study of public schools placed New York first in the nation in holding students to rigorous academic standards and assessments.

44.   Academic standards keep increasing.

45.   Academic standards will be diluted, though, when the unable and unwilling are granted unqualified access to the opportunity.

46.   Actually, the higher academic standards come courtesy of the State Board of Regents and, potentially, the City University of New York trustees.

47.   According to the poll, nearly three-quarters of parents strongly believed schools in different parts of the country should have very similar academic standards.

48.   Add the Thursday night television football package that university presidents agreed to and you have more hypocrisy about academic standards and class time missed.

49.   After all, New York state has sharply raised academic standards in recent years, requiring all students to pass its rigorous Regents exams to graduate.

50.   Both have called for an overhaul of the sprawling school system, and both share a commitment to high academic standards.