The Role of Athletic Directors in Hosting Division III Football Playoff Games

Each year the NCAA Division III Football Playoff Committee announces which 32 teams have been selected to participate in the championship tournament. However, teams desiring to host games leading to Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl (the national championship game) must have athletic directors that are not only proactive – they must be a bit clairvoyant as well. […]

Establishing A New Football Program Can Pay Dividends Despite Costs

With exorbitant costs surrounding operation of a collegiate football program, there has to be sound reasoning behind why universities across the nation without football have decided to enter the gridiron picture. From 2011 through the start of the 2015 season, there were 25 colleges and universities hitching the athletic wagon to a horse named football […]

University Endowments Create Huge Recruiting Advantage in Division III

The world of Division III athletics is not the pure, pristine atmosphere portrayed by the NCAA. Despite the organization’s rules prohibiting any member school in Division III from offering an athletic-based scholarship to a prospective student, the fact is it happens with regularity. “Many private Division III programs are giving scholarships based on athletic ability,” […]

The Twists And Turns Of Division III Recruiting

Athletics at the NCAA Division III level have long been associated with statements such as the ‘true student-athlete model’ or the ‘purest collegiate athletic experience.’ What’s more, the NCAA allows much leeway in the way of communications, contact timing and other areas of recruiting athletes. It’s common knowledge the ‘Big Brothers’ (aka Division I and […]

Addressing Violence Before It Happens

There it was! Security video of a Florida State football player, underage and in a bar, punching a woman. The sickening sight was played countless times over various social media outlets. The player was dismissed from the team, later offering an apology to broadcast interviewer Michael Strahan which included the nonchalant comment, “I totally should […]