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PRESENTED BY CHI ALPHA SIGMA "recognizing college student-athletes who excel both on and off the field of competition." D3Playbook SEPTEMBER 3, 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 Thursday Morning!   >> Today's Word Count: 1,030. Easy to read. Easy to digest. Get ready for the weekend. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Please recommend us to a friend or co-worker. Or share with your staff and bring them up-to-speed on what's happening in DIII.   Subscribe to d3Playbook 1.  Idle in Indy by the Associated Press "The NCAA will furlough its entire Indianapolis-based staff of about 600 employees for three to eight weeks in a cost-saving move, according to memo obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. The memo from NCAA president Mark Emmert went out to the association's more than 1,200 member schools Wednesday. The furloughs will not affect senior executives. Starting Sept. 21 through the end of January 2021, all national office staff will be subjected to a mandatory three-week furlough, Emmert wrote. Some staff will be furloughed up to eight weeks, depending on position and "seasonal timing of their duties. The latest belt-tightening measures include voluntary separation and early retirement packages being offered to many NCAA employees. >> Quotable: "There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office," Emmert wrote. He said all the measures represent "top of budget cuts in every national office group totaling nearly half our operating budget." >> Be Smart: "The NCAA took a massive financial hit when it canceled the men's college basketball tournament in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament accounts for almost all of the NCAA's annual revenue, which reached $1.1 billion last year." >> The Final Word: We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs," Emmert wrote.  >> Continue Reading   2.  Battle of Gettysburg   by Teresa Boeckel, Hanover Evening Sun "Gettysburg College is requiring all of its students to quarantine for the rest of the week because of dozens of coronavirus cases. The all-student quarantine was issued on Tuesday, according to the college's website. As of Sunday evening, 33 students had tested positive for COVID-19 since Aug. 23, according to the website. Classes will be taught remotely. Students will not be able to leave their rooms except to use the restroom, pick up food and take it back to their room, or to go for a scheduled COVID-19 test. Anyone who does not comply with the rules will be sent home, the college said." >> What They're Saying: “I’d much rather be cooped up for about a week instead of having to be sent home and be cooped up in my house for the next couple months like we have been,” student Lily Morrell told the local ABC affiliate. “So I think it’s good that the school is really cracking down on making sure these cases don’t grow more.” >> Keep Reading >> Watch (WHTM 27)     3.  Pulling the Plug by Zach James, Sioux City Journal   "Chuck Yrigoyen doesn’t consider postponing the majority of the American Rivers Conference fall sports season a failure. The commissioner of the local NCAA Division III conference — which includes Buena Vista University in Storm Lake — did call the decision a disappointment. The American Rivers Conference announced on Aug. 11 that it would move the football, volleyball, men’s soccer and women’s soccer seasons to the spring due to safety concerns around COVID-19. The straw that broke the camel’s back was the lack of testing schools would have been able to do at the institutions. The NCAA released a recommendation earlier in the month stating “that testing will be performed in accordance with local/federal mandates and school policy in the same way it is for the broader student population." >> Thought Bubble: “I do feel that it's disappointing that we were not able to at least give it a try, but you know the reality is that we really were not given an option,” Yrigoyen said. >> The Bottom Line: “There really just wasn't any option for us because of the cost and the logistics of testing. Cost, meaning if a school decided to try and bring all of that testing obligation in-house, that's a huge cost,” Yrigoyen said. >> What's Next: "Yrigoyen’s main focus now shifts to keeping the golf, tennis and cross country athletes healthy throughout the fall." >> Read More   4.  Data Download Noninstructional Pay for Employees by Sector 2018-19 4-Year Public Institutions Management ($109,320) Public Service ($72,105) Research ($68,214) Computer, engineering and science ($67,171) Business and financial operations ($63,956) Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports and media ($62,823) 4-Year Private Institutions Management ($113,452) Public Service ($89,366) Research ($76,166) Computer, engineering and science ($73,523) Business and financial operations ($69,974) Health-care practitioners and technical ($63,223) Community, social service, legal, arts, design, entertainment, sports and media ($60,052) source: Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S. Department of Education    SPONSORED MESSAGE   Chi Alpha Sigma is the first national scholar-athlete society to honor those collegiate student-athletes who have excelled in both the classroom and in athletic competition. Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes college student-athletes who receive a varsity letter in their sport, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full-time semester, and earn a 3.4 cumulative grade point average. Student-athletes who compete for a collegiate club team are also eligible if the club team is overseen by the athletics department at the local chapter. Find out more at ChiAlphaSigma.com   Subscribe to d3Playbook 5.  Conference Call Today we continue our look at Division III conferences with a glance at those formed in the 1990s. Conference: North Atlantic Conference Commissioner: Marcella Zalot Headquarters: Waterville, Maine Website: NACathletics.com Founded: 1997 Charter Members (1): Maine Maritime Other Members (11): Northern Vermont-Johnson (2001), Husson (2003), Thomas (2003), Maine Farmington (2003), Northern Vermont-Lyndon (2008), Maine Presque Isle (2018), SUNY Canton (2018), SUNY Delhi (2019), Cazenovia (2020), SUNY Cobleskill (2020), SUNY Poly (2020). Associates (2): MCLA (MGOLF, TEN), Salem State (MGOLF) Founded as the North Atlantic Women's Conference; Renamed in 1999 Oldest: Maine-Farmington (1863) Largest: SUNY Canton (2,743) Smallest: Maine-Presque Isle (621) Longest Trip: 686 miles (Maine Presque Isle to Cazenovia)  Championship Sports: 17 >> Tomorrow: American Southwest Conference >> Previously: Atlantic East | SAA | NECC | NACC | Landmark | NEAC | NEWMAC | AMCC sources: Google Maps, EADA sources: Google Maps, EADA   6.  Comings and Goings   EAST TEXAS BAPTIST - Zach Richardson named assistant cross country/track and field coach EASTERN MENNONITE - Kyle Dickinson named associate cross country/track and field coach. Jacob Brown named athletic communications graduate assistant LETOURNEAU - Daniel Michalski named head cross country coach NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE - Griffin Caswell named director of men's soccer operations OGLETHORPE - Sam Agnew-Wieland named interim head baseball coach. Kyle Morris named interim head men's lacrosse coach USA SOUTH CONFERENCE - Postponed men's and women's basketball conference competition until the 2021 spring semester WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE - Austin Dickinson named assistant football coach   7.  1 Terrificly Sad Thing     Subscribe to d3Playbook

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