def _eliminate_dashes(df):
    """
    A helper function to replace the weird dashes the NCAA uses with 0.00

    Args: 
        df (DataFrame): 
    Returns:
        Dataframe with dashes replaced by 0.00 (not a copy!)
    """
    df.replace('None', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('<NA>', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace(' ', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('-', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('--', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('---', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('  -', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('- -', 0.00, inplace=True)
    df.replace('-  ', 0.00, inplace=True)
    return df