Ryan did write a very good column.

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Quote from: Pat Coleman on July 16, 2025, 01:17:52 PM

Quote from: D3fanboy on July 15, 2025, 09:07:20 PMCan we at least dump the Flo Sports bucks into the offensive coordinator find?  I'd sign up twice

Each school gets $25K-$30K a year out of such deals -- that's not enough to fund even one full-time employee.

Does each school streaming their home game get paid a portion of the money were spending to watch it?

That has not generally been part of the contracts, as we know it. Each conference could negotiate its own deal, but we have heard it is a flat rate to the conferences regardless of viewership.

Quote from: Gregory Sager on July 16, 2025, 04:38:32 PMand it's the nine presidents and their cabinets who call the big-picture-policy shots in the CCIW, not the league office in Naperville.

True of most conferences for something at this level, and that point belies the thought that CCIW SIDs would magically know everything. The Flo MO is to tell conferences to keep this away from their SIDs, ever since the NACC SIDs got the proposal killed in their conference.

I'm sure by tonnage they mean something along the lines of "number of events."

Quote from: IC798891 on July 16, 2025, 02:41:02 PMhttps://x.com/JoeGinley/status/1945228379801735530

This is exactly the kind of thing I'd be doing if I were a college not getting on the Flo train.

You offer up the free viewing as a benefit of sending your kids to the school. I talk to a lot of athletes, and, while I doubt it alone is enough to sway anyone, they all mention parents being able to watch them as being something that matters to them.

I would be too, but the SIDs also generally have no visibility as to what the conference will do. That could backfire in the wrong conference.

Quote from: HansenRatings on July 16, 2025, 01:55:50 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on July 16, 2025, 01:28:40 PMBerry's home stadium opened in Year 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor, in football-crazy Texas, didn't have its own home stadium for more than a decade. Greensboro took 24 years to get an on-campus facility.

These instances are in the minority, to be sure, but they are not unprecedented.

Isn't it also the case that most schools have re-purposed an existing facility instead of building a brand new stadium?

For sure.

Berry's home stadium opened in Year 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor, in football-crazy Texas, didn't have its own home stadium for more than a decade. Greensboro took 24 years to get an on-campus facility.

These instances are in the minority, to be sure, but they are not unprecedented.

Quote from: D3fanboy on July 15, 2025, 09:07:20 PMCan we at least dump the Flo Sports bucks into the offensive coordinator find?  I'd sign up twice

Each school gets $25K-$30K a year out of such deals -- that's not enough to fund even one full-time employee.

This was reported and discussed back in January.

Quote from: Dr. Acula on January 09, 2025, 07:15:06 PM

Quote from: D3fanboy on January 09, 2025, 07:03:47 PMhttps://x.com/noahbeaudrie8/status/1877505572804686010

Beaudrie transfered to Adrian College

Mikey Maloney time.

Quote from: pradierguy on July 09, 2025, 04:31:59 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on July 09, 2025, 12:32:03 PMI don't see Liebler on the current roster.  Did I miss something there?

This was news to me until yesterday when @D3fanboy pointed it out. I did some asking around and got nowhere. Very curious what is going on there.

I also did some social media sleuthing without finding anything. No obvious announcements of him going elsewhere.

Finlandia has been closed for a while.
The number of days of practice before depends on when the first day of classes is and is not universally 23 days before.
"Under Maynard" what you describe is what the rules allowed and is basically how all D-III schools operated until the member schools voted in rules that were more appropriate for student-athlete well-being.

Yes, or a new login can be created for new SIDs, etc. A number of SIDs do, including ones in the WIAC, but not all of them.

Quote from: Greek Tragedy on July 01, 2025, 02:00:42 PM

Quote from: PauldingLightUP on July 01, 2025, 01:17:22 PMAnd the last WIAC Presto site bites the dust. UW-Platteville goes over the Sidearm today with the start of a new year.

Thank goodness.

Bummer. It'll be really hard to get box scores out of there on our site now.

Yeah, agreed that it's one thing to play those teams once rather than two or three times where they stand between you and an automatic bid.

Presumably in going from a two-year to four-year school, they will gain some in enrollment?