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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) reiterates that NCAA reform will be a priority: “Right now, the current world of college sports is the WIld West [with] name, image and likeness, open transfer portals. It is, I think, endangering the future and viability of college athletics. I think Congress needs to step in and legislate. When the Democrats were in the majority, it just wasn’t a priority for them. It will be a priority. We are going to address it. As chairman [of the Commerce Committee], I can convene hearings. I’m in charge of every hearing the Commerce Committee has. I invite the witnesses for the hearings. I can call up markups. I can decide what bills get marked up and what bills don’t, and it gives you the ability to drive an agenda that is just qualitatively different.” (link, link)

More from St. Mary’s (MD) AD Crystal Gibson’s sit down with D3.ticker at the Women Leaders in Sports Convention as she shares how she is approaching the college’s presidential search, how she transitioned from coaching to administration and more. Gibson jokes she is slightly terrified about the transition following the successes the institution has enjoyed under the leadership of President Tuajuanda Jordan. Gibson: “Higher education is not easy right now and so making sure that we have the right leader in place at this time couldn't be more critical. So being a part of as many listening sessions and conversations with people about the importance of what we do in athletics and how we can help continue the growth will be important as we move forward.” Gibson took the full step from coach and administrator to just administrator after applying for one compliance job at Susquehanna. Upon taking that job: “The funny part about that is that when I left St Mary's, I had a really good conversation with our president and she said will you answer my call in three years, and I said I always answer your call. So I think that was pretty special. I ended up coming back to St Mary's in three years as the athletic director. I had a really great relationship with our former athletic director. Most of the coaches that I coached with then are still there now. I had a process at hiring half of them so it wasn't awkward to be coming back in this role. I think they understood it. I supervised half of them as well as even as a coach, so I always say I'm fortunate that they allowed me to come back.” Full conversation on BOSCA. (link)

As uncertainty around the future of the ASC continues, Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Cory Hogue reports: “Sources within the SCAC have confirmed they will not use a double round-robin format after this season in anticipation of Hendrix joining the conference in 2025 and Schreiner adding football in 2026. Could that mean a potential scheduling alliance between the SCAC and ASC? That is possible, but any alliance will likely include only one or two games against ASC teams. The SCAC seems content with avoiding entering into any agreement that would determine an automatic bid. […] The SCAC teams are now in a position of strength, and they feel confident in their ability to find enough nonconference opponents in their region to fill their schedules without using ASC teams. My sources within the SCAC contend that every member is open to scheduling games against ASC schools. However, they are adamant that ASC teams must ‘meet them on their terms.’ The solution may be a return to open dialog between the schools, with administrators addressing each side's concerns openly and honestly. While that isn't likely to save the ASC as a conference, it could solve the scheduling issues that UMHB and HSU face each season. It could also begin to repair strained relationships, which would ultimately benefit the student-athletes.” Mary Hardin-Baylor Football HC Larry Harmon adds his perspective: “Obviously, we'd like not to have to be doing this. There's another Texas conference that is choosing to play a double round- robin instead of playing us, and I have strong feelings about that. Football is fun and exciting. Part of that excitement is playing different people. But it's a necessary evil to schedule how we did this year.” (link)

The U.S. Department of Education says it has entered the final beta testing period of the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Beta 4 “will build on the successful results from the first three beta periods. Since Oct. 1, more than 14,000 students have successfully submitted their 2025–26 FAFSA forms. The Department has successfully processed the forms and sent over 81,000 records to more than 1,850 schools and 43 states. The Department has not found any critical bugs during the beta testing period, and the FAFSA system is working end-to-end. … before the end of the month, the Department will expand online beta testing to all students and families, consistent with industry best practices. The final testing period will have two phases: Beta 4 and Expanded Beta 4.” December 1 for the full release is still the target. (link)

Facility Features:

+ Angel City FC (NWSL) will continue to stay at Cal Lutheran for “up to four years” as it will remodel an approximately 50K square-foot indoor space that used to be utilized by the Los Angeles Rams. (link)

+ Huntingdon has broken ground on its new outdoor pool, with the facility set to open next fall. (link)

Fundraising Wins:

+ Marymount receives a $1M donation from Trustee Terry Thompson, with half of the donation to support women’s athletics. The gift also includes a matching challenge for the next five annual Days of Giving for athletics. (link)

+ Susquehanna raised over $148K during its Orange & Maroon Athletics Challenge. (link)

It’s Personnel:

+ Wittenberg President Mike Frandsen will depart the university at the end of the academic year. (link)

+ Salve Regina hires Bridgewater State Athletic Trainer Victoria Van Alstine-Tauer as Asst. AD for Sports Medicine. (link)

+ New England College selects Sharon High School AD Michael McCaffrey as Asst. AD for Compliance & Academics. (link)

Coaches.wire:

+ Alverno Softball HC/Asst. AD Shawn Jarmuz has departed to become an AC at Dominican (IL). (link)

+ Ferrum selects high school HC Garrett Roth as its first Women’s Flag Football HC. (link)

+ Hiram AD/former Terriers Softball HC Scott Pohlman will serve as Interim HC for the 2025 season as HC Shannon Schaub departs for the same opportunity at Lake Erie (DII). (link)

+ Check out the latest coaching moves from across the country as the fall sports coaching carousel begins to turn in this morning’s Coaches.wire. (link)

The Bluesky app went from having a little over 6M users to 15M in the last 90 days and hit number one in the iOS App Store this week, and Awful Announcing’s Sean Keeley points out that’s a “far cry from the 335M active users on X, but according to Similarweb, 115K US-based web visitors deactivated their X accounts after Election Day and that company’s user base and appeal are in decline.” The Ringer’s Howard Beck tells The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch: “The current owner of Twitter’s politics aside, his role in the recent election aside, the ways he has changed the platform aside, I think Twitter peaked probably 5-10 years ago, period.” Keeley notes that in the sports media world, new arrivals to Bluesky include ESPN’s Mina Kimes, Sarah Spain, and Benjamin Solak, Meadowlark Media’s Pablo Torre, FS1’s Rachel Nichols, The Athletic’s Nate Tice, and The Ringer’s Danny Kelly, among others. “The sports media influx seemed to touch every major sports outlet and organization. … To be fair, Meta’s Threads has also been seeing a recent uptick in users and has a sizable advantage over Bluesky (over 200M users). However, Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone also has a reputation for being the place where brands and your parents hang out. As Jamelle Boiue might say, Threads just doesn’t have the juice.” Beck adds: “The current owner of Twitter has absolute contempt for journalism and for journalists. Because of that, the site has been re-engineered in a way that is to our detriment or certainly is not to our benefit in the way that a previous version of Twitter once was.” (link)

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