Yeah, I see what you are saying.

However, I guess it would depend on if the NIL money comes a) directly from the school, in which case it'd be more like a prohibited athletic scholarship, OR b) from an alumnus, booster, business, etc; which is where most NIL money comes from.

If it is the latter, then based on the court rulings that have come down, there may be no way to stop, limit, or prevent that.

OTOH........given how little press and media attention that D3 athletics gets, there probably would be little to know advertising value in any of those entities sponsoring a D3 athlete.  Alumni, boosters, and businesses are happy to pay for the use of an athlete's name, image, and likeness at a Power Four school, simply because having their name attached to that jock turns into advertising and real media attention.  By contrast, there would be little comparable value for a D3 athlete.

To be honest, I watched a few CWRU broadcast reruns as well, and I couldn't really see any difference from before, much less any improvement.

I guess there was one pre-game interview with Coach Debaljak, but that's about the only real "improvement," if that even counts.

I hope that the schools are at least seeing some additional money/athletic revenue from this, if nothing else.

This may not mean anything to some, but I just discovered that that $5.99 per month FloSports subscription that gets me CWRU sports broadcasts also gets me AHL hockey.

Watched a Cleveland Monsters AHL playoff game rerun this afternoon.

I have such an address and signed up with it.

Quote from: y_jack_lok on July 10, 2026, 11:00:20 AM^^^ How did you manage to only pay $6/month?

"FloCollege" subscription was $5.99 per month billed annually ($71 and change).

Aw what the Heck.  I finally gave in to temptation and went ahead and got a "Flo College" annual subscription for $6 a month so that I could see every CWRU home football game and keep up with UAA action in other sports.

I noticed that they also carry NEWMAC sports, so I'll probably try and watch a few USMMA football games.  Not a grad of that school, but as a retired Army Officer, it's my favorite service academy (met two USMMA grads who were Army Officers and they were both quality).  Despite my 20+ years in the Army, I've never been a West Point fan.  I try to cheer them on against Navy, but that's it.

I guess I'll decide whether to renew next year depending on how much I watch, but I'll give it a try.

I can't lie though.  I'm a little bummed that the D3 sports action that I used to stream in for free will now actually cost something.  I hope that the athletic department at CWRU sees at least some of that money.

OK, does that look correct?

All right.  I'll change that up tomorrow!

Ok, I had AI tweak the mascots.  How about now?

I had ChatGPT create it.  At first, SFU's mascot looked like a hound dog, and not a red wolf, so I had the AI fix that.

I may need it to fix that mascot as well.  I'll try to work on it tomorrow.

The REAL PAC-12 football mascots welcome their newest colleague!

Welcome St. Francis to the PAC!

https://x.com/PAC_Athletics/status/2072318107595456812/photo/1

That's football playing member #12, making this conference the REAL "PAC-12!"

 

Ah, I see.  Aug. 4th.  Thanks!

Have PAC Media Days been announced?

Yeah.

University of St. Thomas here in Houston made the D3 Elite Eight in men's basketball out of the SCAC.