Why Division III promises
" L. Jay Lemons, the president of Susquehanna University, (writes)...
" If you read through President Lemons’s post, one thing you might notice is that he’s worried Division III schools actually aren’t maintaining a healthy school-sport-life balance for student-athletes:
great fit for student-athletes
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" L. Jay Lemons, the president of Susquehanna University, (writes)...
"Division III, the largest grouping in the NCAA’s membership, aspires to be the purest form of intercollegiate athletic competition. As there are no athletic scholarships, all athletes compete for the love of sport. In fact, the Division III philosophy states that our colleges and universities place the highest priority on the overall quality of the educational experience and on successful completion of the student’s academic program..." Playing Division III athletics
doesn’t mean your financial aid will be hurt
" Academic, merit and need-based financial aid are always that DIII student-athletes are able to keep the cost of college down...
" Academic, merit and need-based financial aid are always that DIII student-athletes are able to keep the cost of college down...
" Division III athletic programs
aren’t less serious than other programs
" If you read through President Lemons’s post, one thing you might notice is that he’s worried Division III schools actually aren’t maintaining a healthy school-sport-life balance for student-athletes:
" We must recognize that our Division III student-athletes, and their parents, are increasingly products of that culture. In particular, the excesses of the culture affect expectations about athletics time commitments that are at odds with the DIII philosophy. We must resist and, when necessary, combat the mindset that “more is necessary,” or “more is better.” We must distinguish what the Division III competitive model has to offer and why, in the long run, it is superior to the troubling trend evolving in youth sports." ...it has to be all three (studies-sport-life balance)."
