Commissioner - Heart of America Athletic Conference | BOSCA Associate | Former College AD & Coach | Athletics Consultant
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Small School Saturday LIVE from Bemidji State nitter.net/i/broadcasts/1MKgNbEBgโฆ
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Todayโs football lineup.
#TheRightWaytoPlay | #TheHeartsWaytoPlay
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๐จRealignment News per WBOY๐จ
@SalemUTigers has submitted an application to rejoin the NAIA. If approved, they potentially would be in the NAIA as soon as next year.
More details to be determined.
#D2Baseball
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๐จAnother NCAA D2 program is applying to join the NAIA!
Salem (WV) has their application for membership submitted!
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Be sure to check out Episode 4 of Inside Heart Football! Another great week of games in @TheHeartConf and our Clash of the Week should be a fun one. Full analysis and breakdown with the link below! ๐๏ธ๐
piped.video/zHvGZupu1G8?is=eeGFโฆ
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Former Notre Dame President Rev. Theodore Hesburgh on NCAA college sports:
- "We're not in the entertainment business, nor are we a minor league for professional sports"
- "The fundamental difference between intercollegiate and professional athletics is that in college the players are supposed to be students first and foremost"
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Top stories in today's NAIA.ticker:
โค PCSA amendments & progress
โค @NikRule on DC discussions & the shifting role of administrators
โค @gsacsports' new streaming partner
โค @UnionBulldogs move to free admission
Read more: archive.wearecollegetown.comโฆ
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The sport may help bring a student to campus.
The education and development are the lasting value.
Commissioner @NikRuleย joined @DanTudor to discuss education-based athletics and the future of the small-college model.
๐ง Listen to full conversation: tr.ee/QUTvL1
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Great conversations with @NikRule, commissioner of @TheHeartConf - incredible insights and ideas that coaches and ADs need to hear!
Take a listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6daโฆ
โSmall colleges need a seat at the table.โ
As federal policy around college athletics moves forward, Commissioner @NikRule joined @DanTudor to discuss why the realities of small-college athletics need to remain part of the conversation.
๐ง Listen to the full conversation: tr.ee/QUTvL1
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Some ๐๐๐-๐ง๐๐ ๐ #NAIA matchups coming up Saturday ๐ซก
@RavenFootballBC vs @GVVikingFB
@LWUfootball vs @STU_Football
@MsideFootball vs @DordtFB
@Evangel_FB vs @MACBulldogsFB
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โSmall colleges need a seat at the table.โ
As federal policy around college athletics moves forward, Commissioner @NikRule joined @DanTudor to discuss why the realities of small-college athletics need to remain part of the conversation.
๐ง Listen to the full conversation: tr.ee/QUTvL1
#TheRightWaytoPlay
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We need the Heart Pick'em trophy...We hope the 2026 trophy location will be in Waukee, IA. ๐ค
Last place media team has to do the Waffle House Challenge?
Since half the SGI pigskin breakdown team spent a decade+ in ATL and knows where the Waffle House Museum is located (Yes, you can visit it, it will change your life in the most positive way possible) we are all for the Waffle House Challenge.
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@D1_Rejects entered the picture ๐
Got a variety in some picks this week... let us hear yours below. โฌ๏ธ
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@D1_Rejects entered the picture ๐
Got a variety in some picks this week... let us hear yours below. โฌ๏ธ
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"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor, if you like your plan you can keep your plan."
We heard that exact sales pitch for the โAffordableโ Care Act. Pass it now and fix the flaws later. Nobody in Washington ever came back to fix them.
Once a massive federal bill passes, the lobbying coalition evaporates and antitrust protections take hold. Congress moves on.
You have to get the Protect College Sports Act right the first time. Nobody is coming back to fix the consequences for the athletes.
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๐จ Another university is bolting the NCAA for the NAIA...
Division 2 Christian Brothers University plans to begin competition in the Mid-South Conference next academic year.
Division 3 Manchester University is leaving the NCAA having accepted an invitation to join the Crossroads League, pending acceptance into the NAIA
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The financial model matters more than everโฆ and institutions are examining it more closely than ever before.
Reclassification is going to become a bigger part of the conversation for schools that want to keep athletics but need it to move from an expense line to a revenue driver.
For enrollment-driven institutions, vanity, history and comfort canโt outweigh financial reality.
Expect more of this across all divisions going all ways.
Christian Brothers leaving NCAA for NAIA actionnews5.com/2026/09/16/cโฆ
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Your parents. Your past. Your boss. Your coach. Your team. Your circumstances. What somebody else did or said.
Eventually, blame runs out.
Growth starts when you take ownership of your attitude, your effort, your decisions, your actions, and your response to reality.
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Huge Game at the Duke in Des Moines this Saturday. Grand View and Benedictine are back on the field in a rematch of the amazing 2025 Des Moines "ICE Bowl" NAIA Semifinal game that GV won by 7.
Two NAIA Heavyweights square off this Saturday in a game that will affect the National Title Picture. Can the Vikings take their winning streak to 32 straight?
The Pigskin Breakdown fellas went deep into this game on this weeks show 9.14.26 - Apple, Spotify, and YouTube Links in Comments
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