How Will The New Constitution Affect Your Conference? Division III? - "The most impact it would have upon our conference is if there was a subdivision (it could be based on number of sports sponsored, finances, compliance rules, school size, championship tournament format etc.). That could ease the burden of staffing, competitiveness, facility requirements, number of sports sponsorship for schools that are smaller and have fewer resources." - Joe Walsh, Great Northeast Athletic Conference
- "The impact of the new constitution on our conference will be slight, at least initially. The opportunity for direct impact at the conference level may be felt as DIII examines possible adjustments to the conference grant program." - Tom Hart, USA South
- "The overarching Constitution gives a framework. The real affect on the ASC will be in the Division III-specific bylaws moved out of the "former" Constitution and what responsibilities are pushed to campuses and conferences. The administrative staff members are already at full-load and additional responsibilities aren't likely to be handled by hiring staff on campuses or in the conference offices. Projects or initiatives may go by the wayside – neither the new Constitution nor the forthcoming Division III revisions add any more hours to the day." - Amy Carlton, American Southwest Conference
How will the new Constitution affect DIII? - TH - "As many have stated and used as a reason to support the new constitution, this document provides much greater autonomy for our Division. If this is indeed the case, opportunities to reimagine DIII rules that are D I driven like bat testing, confirmation of sexual violence attestation and the use of technology in contests could be more appropriately conceived for small enrollment driven institutions with limited resources. Speaking of resources, this new found autonomy could perhaps allow D III to generate new sources of revenue in addition to what we receive with the 3.18%. Another possible change with autonomy could be perhaps finding a way to appropriately conduct and promote Division III championships. Finally, this new found autonomy should be used to assess possible ways to reconstruct our governance system. The recognition of conference offices in the constitution provides an opportunity for Division III to consider a formal role for conference administration in its governance."
- AC - "The best thing for Division III under the new NCAA Constitution may be forcing all of us to revisit and evaluate our philosophy and priorities, including spending, championships, athletics related and non-athletics related programs and initiatives, refocusing on the intercollegiate athletics experience and what that really means."
What's next for DIII championships with the AQ change? - JW - "Doesn’t seem to be a lot of change with the AQ change to six. The research shows possibly one new AQ in tennis. But it does keep the dream/hope alive for student-athletes who have seen reductions in the sports sponsorship."
- TH - "One by-product of the AQ change is the ability for multi-sport conferences to bring championships back home in a small number of sports. However, I would not expect to see large scale changes in the associate/affiliate pairings. In addition, not much overall change in berths as some move out of Pool B (reducing numbers there) and back into their multi-sport conference. Bigger question related to championships may have to do with budget allocation and that impact on bracket construction and dates of competition."
- AC - "I don't see a big overall impact on Div. III championships with the AQ change to 6 sport sponsoring institutions, but there will be heartache in some sports even if Pool A and Pool B increase slightly and Pool C slims down. It is more likely that institutions will be able to keep a higher number of sports under their "core" conference umbrella rather than chase affiliate membership. Likewise, a conference may be able to pull back institutions that may have scattered across leagues as affiliates and sponsor the sport again. Emphasis on conference and regular-season regional competition may get a boost as advancement to Division championships via AQ regains priority."
Other predictions for the new year? - JW - Wholesale deregulation of rules that neither the school, conference or NCAA can enforce on things like social media, NIL, transfers, schools changing divisions in less than 4 years (3 with waiver).
- TH - Will predict, Springsteen will not tour
- AC - "Member institutions will become more vocal with the Association and/or a Division(s) that is perceived as pushing a "social issues" agenda or topics that may be seen by some as outside the purview of the NCAA/Division. The wide variety of institutions in Division III with diverse missions and goals could raise the sub-Division discussions or lead schools to seek other athletic affiliation to better match institution beliefs. A very deep review of Bylaw 17 and Bylaw 13 will be undertaken resulting in modernization of Division III rules more responsive to students as well as coaches and administrators. Students will continue to grow more savvy about participation in intercollegiate athletics and have expectations of what their collegiate sport experience should be. Institutions will be looking for even more ways to provide what students want through the efforts to recruit as well as increase and retain enrollment."
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