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#10: Alabama-Huntsville selects Radiance Technologies Director for Marketing Communications and Brand Engagement Penn Garvich as its new Deputy AD. (link)
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#9: The DI Council has approved changes to the notification-of-transfer windows in football and men's and women's basketball from a total of 45 days to 30 days, effective immediately. The council also adopted changes to NCAA signing rules that transition the National Letter of Intent program protections into signing and recruiting rules, effective immediately. Moving forward, written offers of athletics aid will replace the NLI, and the previous formula for determining signing dates will be applied to those written offers. Transfer prospects may be signed by a new school once their names are permissibly entered in the Transfer Portal. After a prospect signs a written offer of athletics aid, other schools that offer athletically related financial aid will be prohibited from recruiting communications with that prospect. Additionally, the council introduced a proposal that would change reclassification rules for schools transitioning from DII or DIII into DI. The proposal is expected to be considered for a vote during the NCAA Convention in January. If adopted, the proposal would reduce the transition period for schools reclassifying to three years (down from four years under existing rules). For schools reclassifying from DIII to DI, the transition period would be four years (down from five under existing rules). More. (link)
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#8: Eastern New Mexico Women’s Volleyball HC Sia Poyer steps down due to health issues after serving in the role since 2013. AC Natalie Burdulis has been named Interim HC for the remainder of the 2024 campaign. (link)
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#7: Chico State promotes Assoc. AD Brian Ceccon to Senior Assoc. AD. (link) |
#6: Wheeling Women’s Soccer HC/Athletic Diversity and Inclusion Designee Emmanuel Awotula is no longer leading the Cardinals. (link)
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#5: Central Missouri AD Matt Howdeshell updates on the external relations successes athletic has had, with the Cardinal & Black Fund revenue and membership up 52% and 92% from last year, respectively. UCM corporate partnership revenues have also increased 18% compared to last year. (link)
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#4: The CIAA has suspended Saint Augustine’s for the 2024-25 academic year, citing a failure to meet conference compliance and NCAA sport sponsorship requirements. SAU will not sponsor Football, Softball or Volleyball this season and the ability to compete in Cross Country “remains in question.” Contests against SAU will not count towards CIAA standings and the Falcons will not be eligible for CIAA championship participation. Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams Parker: “Saint Augustine's University has been a member of this conference for over 80 years. Their administrators, coaches, students, student-athletes, alumni, and the SAU community are important and valued as part of the CIAA legacy. The CIAA will continue to support and rally around the Falcon family and President Burgess as they prepare to return for the 2025-26 season.” (link)
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#3: Cameron rolls out a new visual identity, with the help of Varsity Brands. AD Lou Izzi: “Brand consistency and quality are crucial to positioning Cameron Athletics as an exceptional and highly competitive NCAA Division II program that current and prospective students, fans, and alumni are excited to be associated with.” (link)
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#2: Bluefield State selects Assoc. AD Ryan Bailey as Interim AD, following the departure of VP of Athletics Derrick Price who is now the Deputy AD/COO at Hampton (DI). (link)
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#1: U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken has granted preliminary approval to the House settlement, concluding that “on a preliminary basis only, the settlement complies with the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 that the agreement be fair, reasonable and adequate,” according to Sportico’s Michael McCann. The process of officially notifying current and former athletes of the terms and claims procedures is set to begin on October 18. Those who would be covered by the agreement will have the opportunity to object or opt out by January 31, 2025, with a final approval hearing scheduled for April 7, 2025. NCAA President Charlie Baker: "We are thrilled by Judge Wilken’s decision to give preliminary approval to the landmark settlement that will help bring stability and sustainability to college athletics while delivering increased benefits to student-athletes for years to come. Today’s progress is a significant step in writing the next chapter for the future of college sports. We look forward to working with all of Division I, and especially student-athlete leadership groups to chart the path forward and drive historic change." USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz notes schools could begin paying their athletes in the first academic year after final approval and the resolution of any potential appeals. “So, in theory, payments to athletes could begin during the 2025-26 school year. And [House plaintiffs’ attorney Steve] Berman has said current and former athletes could begin receiving checks from the damages pool in fall 2025, if not sooner.” McCann: “For the NCAA and the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Monday is a positive development but by no means represents the crossing of the finish lines. There are still miles to go on that front.” (link, link); Berkowitz adds that Wilken’s “order today did not include any specific commentary concerning her reasons for granting preliminary approval other than fairly standard general language saying that she will ‘likely be able to approve the Settlement as fair, reasonable and adequate ... subject to further consideration’ at the final approval hearing.” (link); Full order. (link)
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