D2/D3/NAIA
February 2010
2009 Football attendance down slightly in 2009    After three consecutive record-breaking seasons, NCAA football attendance declined slightly for the first time in five years.   NCAA News, 2-22-10
 
January 2010
Le Moyne is reminded that the clock eventually strikes midnight   After beating Syracuse in a preseason exhibition game, Le Moyne saw a big surge in publicity, but that doesn’t win championships.   New York Times, 1-17-10
 
NCAA Debates New Rules  The NCAA Convention takes place this week in Atlanta, and the legislative bodies of D1-2-3 will consider a broad slate of proposals. By David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed, 1-11-10
 
December 2009
UNO: From D1 to D3?   Triple whammied by declining attendance, shrinking revenue and rising costs, the University of New Orleans has taken its first step to move from D1 to D3.   New Orleans Times-Picayune, 12-12-09
 
November 2009
First Fall Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Standings   Adams State (D2) and Washington University (D3) lead the way.  NACDA.com, 11-25-09
 
October 2009
Binghamton mess a recurring tale for schools' D-I dreams   It seems like every thing that could have gone wrong did go wrong for the Binghamton basketball program.   USA Today, 10-13-09
 
Panel on “Promoting Your Brand” held at ECAC Convention on Cape Cod    Clips Eyewitness Report   Our Boston-area correspondent attended the annual ECAC Convention and filed the enlightening report below. We tried to get him to surf the lobby bar for nocturnal tidbits of gossip the night before, but he said he had to wash his hair.  John Ingoldsby, IIR Sports and Entertainment, 10-16-09
 
NCAA raising the ante for incoming D1 members    Entrance requirements for incoming new D1 members will be tweaked, including entrance fees incorporating both equity benefits and higher education philosophy.   NCAA News, 10-8-09
 
Don’t Like Where You’re Headed? Reinvent Yourself    D2 athletics needs to find an identity. A proposal to shorten season lengths might be their chance.   New York Times, 9-29-09
 
September 2009
Big budget cuts ahead for NCAA D2 athletics   D2 is headed for a vote on wide-ranging proposals to scale back playing and practice seasons that one official terms "historic."   USA Today, 9-24-09
 
More is More    The Great Recession means that everyone has to tighten up. Right? Nope, in classic counter-trend behavior, some D2 and D3 programs have actually ADDED sports.   AP, 9-12-09
 
The 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year Finalists   Nine women gear up for an exciting night to see who brings home the 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.   NCAA News, 9-16-09
 
With Deficits Mounting, Winston-Salem State Steps Back From D1   Even at the lower levels of the highest level, the barriers to entry can be formidable. Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Ed, 9-14-09
 
College football is a growth sport    Seventeen new football teams will take the field by 2013, which will boost the overall ranks of four-year institutions carrying the sport to 742 schools.   National Football Foundation, 9-1-09
 
July 2009
Centennial Conference fights back against NCAA   D3 schools say they don’t have the money to make the changes required by the NCAA.   US News and World Report, 7-7-09
 
D2: A proposal of change   The NCAA proposes changes in D2 fall sport scheduling and reporting.   NCAA News, 6-29-09
 
Unlikely school expands while most pull in the reins    The athletic department at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco continues to grow at a rapid rate.   San Jose Mercury News, 6-29-09
 
May 2009
D3: still the purists division?    As it grows past 400 members, each one different from the next, NCAA’s D3 is many things to many people.  The formerly bedrock principle of athletic-oriented aid is rearing its ugly head.  Inside Higher Ed, 5-29-09
 
April 2009
D3 MIT cuts 8 sports   Such a move would decimate most college athletics programs, but not MIT; they’ll still field 33 varsity sports (the most in D3).   Boston Herald, 4-24-09
 
Small School, Big Gift   Ithaca College receives a $4 million gift for Athletics And Events Center.  Ithaca College press release, 4-13-09
 
March 2009
Final winter NAIA Directors’ Cup standings announced   Azusa Pacific maintained its previous lead, with Lindenwood a sorta close second.   NACDA.org, 3-26-09
 
Notre Dame College to pursue NCAA status   Outside of Cleveland is an NAIA school named Notre Dame (College), and they’re looking to move from NAIA to NCAA D2.   press release, Notre Dame Falcons.com, 3-23-09
 
Colorado College drops three sports   The only D3 school in the Mountain Time Zone is cutting three sports to ensure excellence in the remaining 17 sports.   cctigers.com, 3-24-09
 
 
First Winter D2 and D3 Directors' Cup Standings Announced   Grand Valley State and Wisconsin La Crosse lead the first winter D2 and D3 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings.
 
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