The Hot Topic - NIL

D3Playbook JANUARY 17, 2020 | written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III Our goal is to keep you - the influencers in DIII athletics - apprised of what's happening around Division III - the games, polls, news, happenings, awards, calendar of events, and much more. We hope you enjoy d3Playbook and that you'll share this with your friends, colleagues and co-workers. >>  Good Friday Morning!  Bad weather around parts of the country will alter weekend schedules. Be safe! >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. We encourage you to share with a colleague and invite them to subscribe at the link below. >> Today's Word Count: 1,334. Smart, concise. Subscribe to d3Playbook 1.  The Hot Topic - NIL   With the 2020 #NCAAconv approaching next week, VP of #NCAAD3 Dan Dutcher and other NCAA executives discuss what they're hearing from member schools and student-athletes about the current status of name, image, likeness and the process moving forward. https://t.co/Nwn9dL5wbA — NCAA Division III (@NCAADIII) January 17, 2020 Name, image and likeness is a hot topic around college sports. With the 2020 NCAA Convention beginning next week, Jack Ford sits down with Vice President of Academic and Membership Affairs Dave Schnase, Vice President of Division II Terri Steeb Gronau and Vice President of Division III Dan Dutcher to discuss what they’re hearing from member schools and student-athletes about the current status of NIL and the process moving forward. >> Listen to the College Sports Insider podcast hosted by Jack Ford (44:27) >> Tennessee Proposes NIL Bill 2.  BOG to Review Sexual Assault Policies "The NCAA will review its stance regarding athletes accused or convicted of sexual assault, the college sports organization said Wednesday, amid pressure from Congress calling for an independent study of the NCAA’s lack of accountability for such athletes. Both the congressional call and the NCAA’s commitment to reviewing its policies come on the heels of a USA TODAY Network investigation that exposed how college athletes can keep playing sports even after being found responsible for sexual assault. >> Why It Matters: The NCAA notoriously metes out punishments to student athletes for bad grades, smoking marijuana or accepting money and free meals. But nowhere in its 440-page Division I rulebook does it cite penalties for sexual, violent or criminal misconduct, the USA TODAY Network found." >> Coming Attractions: Called the Congressional Advisory Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics (CACIA) Act, the measure would establish a two-year independent commission to review, among other issues, “the NCAA’s lack of accountability for athletes who commit sexual assault, other serious misconduct, and the practice of transferring to other institutions,” said Christofer Horta, a legislative assistant for U.S. Rep. Donna Shalala, D-Florida. >> What They're Saying: “That really goes to not only the integrity of the NCAA but the integrity of the colleges themselves,” Shalala said. “The NCAA clearly does not have clear rules on sexual assault and transferability. What we’re interested in is everyone being accountable for their behavior, and for the NCAA to be accountable specifically for the behavior of athletes.” >> Read More from USA TODAY   SPONSORED MESSAGE Would you like to sponsor this newsletter? Would you like to advertise an open position in your department for a head coach or administrator? Contact d3playbook@gmail.com to get your job opening in front of decision-makers in small-college athletics. 3. Weekend Preview   Basketball (W) - D3hoops.com Tufts (FRI at Hamilton; SAT at #4 Amherst) Bowdoin (FRI vs. Williams; SAT vs. Middlebury) Hope (SAT at St. Mary's) Amherst (FRI vs. Bates; SAT vs. #1 Tufts) DePauw (at Ohio Wesleyan) UW-Whitewater (vs. Stout) Wartburg (at Coe) Whitman (FRI at Pacific; SAT at #16 George Fox) Transylvania (at Rose-Hulman) Scranton (at Catholic) >> What Else We're Watching: #15 Augsburg at #21 Gustavus Adolphus; McMurry at #17 Mary Hardin-Baylor; #24 Albright at Messiah; Birmingham-Southern at #23 Oglethorpe (SUN). Basketball (M) - D3hoops.com Swarthmore (at Dickinson) Wittenberg (at #20 Wooster) Emory (FRI at NYU; SUN at Brandeis) Saint John's (vs. Bethel) Middlebury (FRI vs. Colby; SAT vs. Bowdoin) Randolph-Macon (vs. Guilford) UW-Platteville (at #14 La Crosse) Marietta (at Ohio Northern) St. Thomas (at St. Mary's) Elmhurst (at Wheaton) >> What Else We're Watching: #13 Washington U. at Case Western (FRI); #19 Springfield at Emerson; #22 Amherst at Tufts; #23 Va. Wesleyan at Roanoke Ice Hockey (M) - USCHO Trinity (SAT vs. Bowdoin; SUN vs. Colby) Geneseo UW-Eau Claire (FRI/SAT at Concordia-Moorhead Norwich (FRI at Southern Maine; SAT at New England College) Hobart (FRI at Suffolk; SAT at Johnson & Wales) Utica (FRI at Wilkes; SAT at King's) Lake Forest U. of New England Augsburg (FRI at Bethel; SAT vs. Bethel) Salve Regina (vs. Endicott) >> What Else We're Watching: Brockport at Anna Maria (FRI); Babson at UMass Boston (FRI); Stevenson at Elmira (SAT). Ice Hockey (W) - USCHO Plattsburgh (FRI/SAT vs. Canton) Middlebury (FRI/SAT at Wesleyan) Elmira (SAT at Stevenson; SUN vs. Alvernia) Adrian (FRI/SAT vs. St. Scholastica) UW-Eau Claire (vs. Superior) Norwich (at Plymouth State) Gustavus Adolphus (at St. Olaf) UW-River Falls (FRI/SAT at Stevens Point) Hamline (FRI vs. St. Benedict) Endicott (FRI at U. of New England; SAT vs. UNE) St. Thomas (FRI/SAT vs. St. Mary's) >> What Else We're Watching: Williams vs. Amherst (FRI/SAT). all games/matches Saturday unless indicated 4. Weekend Preview    Swimming (W) - CSCAA Denison (FRI at Pitt; SAT at #12 Carnegie Mellon/#21 Calvin) Emory (vs. West Florida/Delta State) Kenyon Johns Hopkins (at #22 Rowan/WPI/Swarthmore) NYU (at West Chester) Tufts (vs. Wheaton) Chicago (FRI vs. Lewis/Olivet Nazarene; SAT vs. UW-Milwaukee) MIT Washington U. (vs. Truman State) Williams (vs. Connecticut College) >> What Else We're Watching: #15 Bates at #20 Bowdoin (FRI). Swimming (M) - CSCAA Kenyon Denison (FRI at Pitt; SAT at #10 Carnegie Mellon/#15 Calvin) Emory (vs. West Florida/Delta State) MIT Johns Hopkins (at #14 Rowan/WPI/Swarthmore) NYU (at West Chester) Washington U. (vs. Truman State) Chicago (FRI vs. Lewis/Olivet Nazarene; SAT vs. UW-Milwaukee) Claremont-M-S (vs. Redlands) Carnegie Mellon (vs. #2 Denison/#15 Calvin) >> What Else We're Watching: #20 Franklin & Marshall at #23 Mary Washington. Wrestling (Dual Meet) - NWCA Wartburg (at Cornell College Invitational) Augsburg (at Cornell College Invitational) Loras (at Cornell College Invitational) Wabash (vs. #23 Millikin/Manchester/Kentucky Wesleyan) Coe (at Cornell College Invitational) Johnson & Wales RI (SUN at NEWA Duals) TCNJ (at Ursinus Abele Tournament) Baldwin Wallace NYU (vs. McDaniel/Johns Hopkins/Gettysburg/#21 Muhlenberg) Coast Guard (SUN at NEWA Duals) >> What Else We're Watching: Empire Collegiate Wrestling Conference championship (SAT); Middle Atlantic Conference championship (SAT). all contests Saturday unless indicated 5.  Comings and Goings Jayson Boyers named president of Rosemont. Kerry Prather named acting president at Franklin. Boomer Steigelman named head women's soccer coach at Rosemont. Bill Relyea named head softball coach and recruiting coordinator at Rosemont. Lia Briffa named head men's volleyball coach at Brooklyn. George Dick named head women's lacrosse coach at Immaculata. Heidi Lewis resigned as head field hockey coach at Catholic. Jim Craft named football offensive coordinator at Pacific. Eureka adds cross country as a varsity sport beginning in the fall. Chris Robinson named head coach. Cedar Crest will join the Atlantic East Conference as an affiliate member in women's swimming and diving. 6.   MIA Only one known copy of the footage of Super Bowl I in 1967 exists. The copy is owned by Troy Haupt, a 50-year-old nurse anesthetist in North Carolina. Haupt found two reels of bulky two-inch videotape in his mother’s attic, but it remains unseen by the public because of a legal standoff between him and the NFL. Now, with Haupt’s blessing, two filmmakers want to change that—and they say they will take the NFL to court to make it happen. The filmmakers say if they raise $1.5 million, they will complete a documentary on the legal fight, and stream the game online for free. 7.  1 Snack Thing They're on your airplanes and in your company's snack rooms, but the story of stroopwafels in America goes straight to Brooklyn, Cara Cannella reports for Medium. Anna "Gordon began selling her hand-pressed stroopwafels at the Brooklyn Flea after moving to New York. ... In 2014, [she and her now-husband] opened a brick-and-mortar bakery in Brooklyn." "Around that time, Rip Pruisken founded Brooklyn-based company Rip Van Wafels." "While crashing on the couch of his brother ... at Stanford, Pruisken visited more than 90 tech companies in the Bay Area. Uber, Yelp, Twitter, Square, Google, and Facebook all became Rip Van Wafel customers." "That buzz helped him get his snacks into Starbucks." We refer to them as "Stroopies" here at the home office. And we like them. Worthy of your time. Subscribe to d3Playbook