Future of Division III

[Ralph Turner]

This is on the periphery of D-3 at this time but not inconceivable that we won't see this occurring to D3 student-athletes.

There's nothing sporting about reporting gossip as 'news'

by Detroit Free Press's Mitch Albom

[Ralph Turner]

Boys suffer in a culture without challenges

Another thought-provoking read...

[frank uible]

Ain't life complex?

[ECSUalum]

Interesting web site on differences between Divisions:

http://www.captainu.com/buzz/tag/NCAA_Divisions

[sac]

There is a whole bunch of irony in that article being written by a guy who fabricated a final four story about MSU basketball a few years ago.......in a paper that accused a major university of violations without reporting the actual facts and NCAA rules regarding the alledged violations............also going as far as reporting where and who that schools assistant coaches got their home mortgages from, and reporting it in a way to suggest something wasn't level with the transactions.

The Free Press hardly reports sports news now.

[Ralph Turner]

Link taken from the D3football.com "What we are reading" sidebar.

Earlham could switch leagues

Intend to compete in the HCAC  in 2010-11...

Citing economics and geography...

Pull quotes...

..."We did officially apply to be a member," said Earlham athletic director Frank Carr. "If everything would work, the intention would be we would be a member in fall of 2010."

...

Earlham's longest trip in the Heartland would be about 2 hours, 45 minutes.

"A lot of it had to do with money," Carr said. "Saving on transportation, saving on overnight trips was one of the big things. We feel like we can save maybe upwards of $70,000 to $100,000 a year with that.

But the NCAC permits affiliation for the Earlham Field Hockey team as the 7th, (to keep the AQ!).

NCAC/Earlham Field Hockey

[smedindy]

But of course they did!

[Ralph Turner]

Buffalo State is leaving the NJAC and affiliating with the Empire 8 in 2012 for football.

[Ralph Turner]

This year's legislation:

Link

Proposal No. 6: In football, to specify that an institution may conduct one one-hour walkthrough session per day during the preseason acclimatization period, provided protective equipment such as a helmet or shoulder pads is not worn, equipment related to football such as a football or blocking sled is not used, and conditioning activities do not occur. Further, to specify that student-athletes must be provided with at least three hours of continuous recovery time between the end of the on-field practice session and the start of the walk-through session. Effective date: August 1, 2010. Adopted.

Proposal No. 7: To specify that a student-athlete's eligibility for a hardship waiver should be determined by a percent calculation using the maximum permissible number of contests or dates of competition for the applicable sport, plus one contest or date of competition. Effective date: August 1, 2010. Adopted.

Proposal No. 8: To permit a student-athlete to participate in one date of competition and an alumni contest during the nontraditional segment without using a season of participation. Effective date: August 1, 2010. Adopted.

Proposal No. 9: To permit institutions to conduct the exempted alumni contest at any time during the playing season, including before the first permissible contest date. Effective date: August 1, 2010. Approved.

[roocru]

Unanimous D3 vote sparks presidential-leadership initiative



http://ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaahome?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/ncaa/ncaa/ncaa+news/ncaa+news+online/2010/division+iii/unanimous+vote+sparks+presidential-leadership+initiative

[Ralph Turner]

The NCAA carried this story of affiliation to gain Pool A status in Men's Golf.

Three Landmark golf programs link up with Empire 8

... Landmark members Moravian, Scranton and Susquehanna will first compete alongside the five Empire 8 schools sponsoring the sport in a championship tournament next month and again in April 2010.

The new associate members join Elmira, Nazareth, St. John Fisher (which finished third at the 2008 Division III Men's Golf Championships led by individual medalist Scott Harris Jr.), Stevens Institute of Technology and Utica in competing for Empire 8 honors.    ...

Fellow Landmark member Merchant Marine affiliated with the Liberty League in 2009-10 to give 7 members.  The LL should earn the Golf AQ in 2011-12.

A July 1st press release from the New England Collegiate Conference announced the affiliation of Babson (NEWMAC) with the NECC.

...They [Babson] will join NECC members Becker College, Daniel Webster College, Elms College, Mitchell College and Newbury College, along with fellow NEWMAC member Springfield College who is also an associate member in men's golf. ...

That still leaves NEWMAC member MIT as an independent (Pool B) school sponsoring golf.

In Men's Golf Central Region, UMAC schools that sponsor golf include Bethany Lutheran, Crown, Martin Luther, UMinn-Morris, Northwestern and Presentation, plus 4th-year provisional (and affiliate member) North Central MN.  That gives 7 schools.  If the UMAC wanted to invite Finlandia to affiliate in Men's Golf beginning with the 2009-10 school year, then the UMAC could have an AQ by the 2012 tourney. Otherwise, when North Central becomes a full member of D-III, the UMAC should get its Pool A bid two years later.

The 2009 tourney had 27 Pool A bids, 7 Pool B bids and 2 Pool C bids.  With 8 schools moving from Pool B to Pool A under the Empire 8 banner, 7 schools moving to Pool A in the Liberty League, 7 schools moving to Pool A under the NECC banner and the potential for 7 more schools to move to Pool A in the UMAC, that would change the Men's Golf allocation to 31 Pool A's 3 Pool B's and 2 Pool C bids.

Along those lines, GSAC members Huntingdon, LaGrange and Piedmont are in Pool B, but the USA South is in danger of losing Shenandoah, which would put the USA South Pool A bid in jeopardy.  (GSAC/USA South merger discussions were recently discontinued.)

We may see more affiliations in Men's Golf to gain access to Pool A.

The Capital AC has these 5 schools sponsoring Men's Golf:  Hood, Marymount, Stevenson, Wesley and York PA.

The Commonwealth Coast Conference has 6 schools that sponsor men's golf:  Anna Marie, Endicott, New England, Nichols, Wentworth Tech and Western New England.  (Men's golf is not a sponsored sport by the CCC.)

The MASCAC has 4 schools that sponsor men's golf:  Mass College of the Liberal Arts, Salem State, Westfield and Worcester State.

UAA schools (5) that sponsor golf include Brandeis, Carnegie-Mellon, Emory, NYU and Rochester.

That leaves the other (7) independents (2008-09 Handbook):

Northeast Region:  UMaine-Presque Isle, SUNY-Potsdam.

Mid-Atlantic Region:  SUNY-Oswego.  (Rutgers-Camden has affiliated with the NEAC.)

Central Region: Neb. Wesleyan, UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout

Southeast and Great Lakes Regions:  (See GSAC, UAA  and Capital AC.)

West Region: Chapman. (University of Dallas is in an affiliation arrangement with the NEAC.))


New Jersey City and William Paterson join Rutgers-Camden in sponsoring men's golf.

2009 Men's Golf Handbook

Pool B is going away...



Disclaimer:  The Handbook does not break down membership by conference, so I may be missing some unusual affiliations.

Men's Golf Update...

27 Pool A, 7 Pool B 3, Pool C.

2010 Handbook

[Ron Boerger]

The latest NACUBO endowment study has been released:

http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf

Pretty grim numbers; if a school lost less than 15% of its endowment in the 12 months covered by the study, it did better than most. 

Survey period ended June 30, 2009, so most schools should be up since then.

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry to host a symposium to explore appropriate ways to honor Native Americans

I am very excited to post this notice.

We have invited C-Span and the History Channel to broadcast the symposium.

Press Release at ASC webpage

pdf announcement

[Ralph Turner]

Mininum of 2 Pool C berths

...While championships policy has been to retain a minimum of two Pool C berths for Division III team championships, it is not legislatively required. As part of a larger effort to align the division's championships policies and bylaws, the committee recommended adopting legislation to require a minimum of two at-large berths in each championship.

The Division III Management Council will consider the recommendation in April.  ...

[Ralph Turner]

Moravian Cuts Men's and Womens' Lacrosse.

Landmark Conference is back to 6 full members sponsoring the sports.