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More information on the new U.S. Soccer committee on college soccer Here’s a link to my thread on one small aspect of the topic x.com/profbank/statu…

See this thread for a few proposals from a D3 men's soccer coach about tweaks to the fall calendar to provide more equity and safety for fall athletes. Consider it a far more incremental D3 version of what some D1 men's coaches have proposed.

As D1 schools move away from trying to win recruits with facilities to using direct compensation, D3 schools are leaning further into a facilities arms race to attract student athletes

"Olympic" is just a euphemism for "Non-revenue" in this context. Unless the revenue comes from somewhere else (students, donors, sponsors, nat'l sports governing bodies), many more DI schools will be cutting or transitioning these sports to club status.

The House bill limited new owners of sports franchises from deducting the full value value of intangible interests, but the Senate bill removed the provision. Owners may want to hedge their bets and try to sell now before that provision is ever enacted and franchise values drop

Another sign that the cuts to federal grants, proposed endowment fund tax increases, and threats to pull international student visas are having an impact on major research universities. These aren't the typical DIII schools rummaging through the couch cushions for spare change

One more D3 athletic conference reportedly signed on with FloSports for streaming of their contests, with the UAA announcing yesterday.

There's a DI/DIII divide here. For DI schools, extra sports are a drag on the budget if they do revenue share and scholarships. For DIII, extra sports are a way to try to attract more tuition-paying students as colleges fight for a dwindling pool amidst the demographic cliff

I enjoyed speaking with Mike Woitella for SoccerAmerica on the effects of the House settlement on college soccer players. Some of my responses would also apply to other non-revenue sports and all are premised on the durability of a new system already under legal attack

The lobbyists have literally emptied the Senate ATM with this budget bill

PSG apparently hates all teams with "Inter" in their name.

With MLS Next requiring shootouts for playoff games ending in ties and MLNP requiring shootouts for all games ending in ties, hundreds of U.S. GKs now have vast experience with PK shootouts. Is this an example where small rule changes can have big effects on development?

Ironic that the College Sports Commission is bringing in a former D3 athlete (at Haverford College Athletics) to head operations at the Commission, which was created to oversee and enforce House settlement-related issues on revenue sharing, NIL deals, and roster limits in D1 sports

I often wonder how kids I coached in AYSO soccer turned out based on their personality then. Not Cole Jacobson, who I think I coached at maybe U10 or U12. He was spouting stats to me on day 1 while half the kids couldn't even figure out how to put on a pinnie