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#10: The DII and DIII Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved requiring men’s and women’s ice hockey student-athletes to wear cut-resistant equipment starting in 2027-28. (link)

#9: Wisconsin-Platteville has temporarily suspended the men’s cross country season as it investigates allegations of hazing and student-athlete misconduct. HC James Akita has also been placed on paid administrative leave. Director of External Relations & Communications: “Our priority is to support students involved while ensuring this matter is investigated as thoroughly, fairly and promptly as possible.” (link)

#8: Batten AD/Softball HC Brandon Elliott chats with AD Emerita Joanne Renn-Barnes to discuss the university’s rebrand, goals for the Marlins and more. Key takeaways…

On the support of donors and the rebrand: “We're at somewhat of a contentious time with the name change and just rolling over there, but what stayed the same is we used to say ‘Once a Marlin, Always a Marlin.’ That hasn't changed. It's still the same people. It's just the future of this place is getting ready to absolutely explode and go in a direction because of the generosity of Jane Batten and many, many others. It's just going to go into a different stratosphere.”

Goals for the Marlins: “When we set our individual goals for our teams in our department, I'm asking them to come in with their recruiting goals and with their fundraising goals and with their alumni relations goals, but I'm also asking them to come in with one BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) for this year and for five years down the road. So my BHAG for this department … was I want to get to a point where every program is in the NCAA tournament in the same year.”

More from Elliott: “What we've instituted is a +1 mentality. … If we can collectively across the board have a +1 mentality, then all of a sudden we're going to move up three, four, five spots within that Directors’ Cup standings.” (link)

#7: Hartford announces plans to cut $7M from its $187M operating budget through a requirement for faculty to return to a 24-credit-hour teaching load over the next two years, which will save around $2.1M in adjunct savings and $500K in stipend savings, alongside a hiring pause and reduction in positions. (link)

#6: Hartwick hires Alverno Athletic Communications Specialist Caleb Phillips as Asst. AD for External Relations. (link)

#5: Bluffton parts ways with Football HC Chris Hedden, effective immediately. DC Cody Crawford will serve as Interim HC. (link)

#4: Franklin & Marshall Women’s Basketball HC Brianna Simkus resigns after five seasons. AC Jacob Robinson will serve as Interim HC this season. (link)

#3: Dickinson elevates Assoc. AD Alec Beatty to Deputy AD. (link)

#2: Emerson will lay off at least a dozen staff members, citing continued budget pressures. This marks the third straight year of staff cuts for the college. (link)

#1: The Protect College Sports Act has surpassed the 60-vote threshold to proceed through the first of three procedural votes. Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger on next steps: “One day’s time (and 60 votes) is required between each vote. Leaders are targeting mid-next week for the final vote.” (link)

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