#10: Michigan Tech did not renew the contract of FB HC Olson after six seasons. He will be succeeded by Assoc. HC Mettlach. AD Sanregret: “A quality football program is a valued part of Michigan Tech's history, and we're excited about the vision that Dan has to get us back to the top of the best NCAA Division 2 conference in the nation. Dan has the backing of our football alumni base, and his pro-style offense has been effective at every one of his coaching stops.” (link)
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#9: The Eastern District of California will be in the spotlight, as it is there that another antitrust lawsuit has been filed against the NCAA. This one, according to Tulane Sports Law Professor Feldman, “accuses them of conspiring to limit compensation to baseball coaches by capping the number of paid coaches. (link)
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#8: Albany State will hire a new FB HC as HC Giardina has been named to the same position at Charleston Southern (DI). Giardina led the Golden Rams to a 37-17 record in five seasons at the helm. (link) |
#7: NCAA President Emmert looks back on his career and tells SBJ’s Smith: “The worst part of the job is when someone — it could be a fan or a member of Congress, doesn’t matter — says that I don’t care about the student athletes and that the NCAA is only about exploiting them, when it’s exactly the opposite. … I just want to say, ‘Have you been paying attention at all?’” Smith goes on to describe Emmert as sending a message to NCAA membership via the Supreme Court’s 9-0 Alston decision that the NCAA could no longer operate as it had been. Emmert: “There’s an inherent tension that exists between the commercial and entertainment side and the higher education side. It’s always been there. … But we’re at a point right now where the commercial and entertainment side of it for a couple of sports has ascended and everybody sees that. That doesn’t mean that people are giving up on the other part of it, the human development side of it.” Emmert, Smith continues, ran out of time to formalize a proposal separating the championship side from the rest, and Emmert explains: “Way back when, 50 or 60 years ago, they shoved all of those things together under one rubric, the NCAA and, first of all, it’s created a lot of confusion. It has also created a lot of skepticism and distrust. My notion would be to pull those apart. Now that’s very controversial in a lot of circles, so that’s why it hasn’t happened. … I think it would be an appropriate next step. It’s just one of those things that I didn’t get done.” (link)
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#6: Central State President Thomas is being investigated by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office over allegations of harassment and discrimination brought by several women. (link) |
#5: With Lincoln (MO) set to receive a full state match for its federal land grant in the institution’s history, President Moseley indicates the Blue Tigers are planning to bring Baseball back to Jefferson City by the 2024 season. (link) |
#4: Edward Waters’ faculty has filed NLRB charges following the university’s decision to no longer recognize the faculty union and cancel the union contract back in May. (link) |
#3: McKendree names Penn State Shenango (USCAA) AD Howett as Asst. AD/SWA. (link) |
#2: FB quarterfinals kick off Saturday afternoon. (link) |
#1: NCAA correspondent Katz sits down with VP of DII Steeb Gronau, NCAA Director of Championships & Alliances Kirsch and Seattle Pacific AD Stava to discuss this week’s DII Festival as around 1K S-As flock to Seattle. Stava on the challenge of hosting amidst controversy on the SPU campus and what a successful event looks like: “I think the biggest thing that we're doing honestly is we are embracing the challenge. We know that we have to rise to a level that's different than others because of some of the challenges that have been on our campus with our board and we are having those conversations actively every day, as we have been for the last 18 months because we know that we have to have a higher bar than maybe others have in the past we're going to do that. … A successful event for me will be one where student-athletes walk away and they feel as celebrated as they have at every other championship they've ever stepped into.” More. (link)
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