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Check out our full interview with @umarysports AD, where we also dive into the $45M Marauders Athletic Complex.

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UMary is pushing to fully fund all 18 sports by 2029-30.

AD Marcus Wagner says the goal is not to chase the “arms race,” but to take a sustainable, integrated approach throughout the department and institution.

“We don’t want to just do one thing well. We want to do all of these things well.”

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @WWUAthletics' 🏆
➤ @MillennialPrez1 on “The Dream Economy”
➤ @umarysports AD Marcus Wagner & @MAV_dADdy01 on facilities & more
➤ @PSACsports' Officiating Strategic Plan
➤ Discount rate data

Read more: https://t.co/PWJGB43l6R

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @AustinHiebUJAD departs for DI role
➤ Latest on Protect College Sports Act
➤ NCAA CMO @DeenaCasiero talks mental health
➤ @PittStGorillas' facility plans
➤ How America Plans for College

Read more: https://t.co/GDk9G4y5XM

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ Protect College Sports Act
➤ @JewellCardinals' new AD
➤ Sonoma State's timeline for possible athletics return
➤ @ASUGoldenRams restructure
➤ College Financial Grades
➤ @NCAADII National champs

Read more: https://t.co/kriLnwS5cQ

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ Media rights future for CIAA & SIAC
➤ @MIAA_Racy on MIAA Network revenue
➤ Latest from DC & Division I
➤ West Texas A&M violations
➤ @HPUSharks' newest sport
➤ Tons of HC moves

Read more: https://t.co/A7IQJfiPgT

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @SAC_Athletics' new commissioner
➤ SCORE Act tabled
➤ NCAA President Charlie Baker on Congress & international student-athletes
➤ Flag football's next move
➤ Playing and on-field logo rule changes

Read more: https://t.co/wnWxXMDkzE

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @TheSIAC Commissioner Anthony Holloman on SIAC Network & conference championships
➤ @DBUAthletics' natty
➤ SCOTUS takes up Title IX sex discrimination safeguards case
➤ @GCSUBobcats' new sport

Read more: https://t.co/zv0eHtqA6A

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @USCBAthletics' new AD
➤ Senate bill incoming
➤ @TheSIAC Commissioner Anthony Holloman & @ECCSports Commissioner Jessica Grasso on the state of their leagues
➤ Coaching carousel

Read about these stories & more: https://t.co/fPBWx914bE

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @MercyMavericks' new AD
➤ @GAC_Commish on streaming & officiating
➤ @CIAAForLife restructure
➤ SCORE Act pushback in DC
➤ Dollars & Deals: @PNWathletics, @IUPCrimsonHawk & @WTAMUBuffs

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Check out our full conversation with @GACAthletics Commissioner Will Prewitt.
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"We're kind of captive to what happens to the level above us. I think conceivably, there are institutions that the partial scholarship model would work much better for them than what they're doing currently.”

@GAC_Commish on the current DII football dynamic: more talent entering the division, more retention challenges and a model that may be better suited for some schools than the current DI landscape.

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @AugustaJags hire new AD
➤ SCORE Act heads to floor
➤ @GAC_Commish on the state of DII & #D2FB
➤ Postseason selections
➤ Presidential committee recommendations

Read about these stories & more: https://t.co/uC4koTKoHH

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ Simon Fraser officially departing DII
➤ Latest from DC
➤ President Charlie Baker's op-ed
➤ DI Tourney expansion & impact
➤ Teamworks' new investment
➤ @ITA_Tennis' open letter

Read about these stories & more: https://t.co/ZdoVcNwdXZ

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DI Men's & Women's Basketball Tournament expansion will bring in an average of $50M per year in new revenue over the next six years.

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As @SBJ reported over the last couple months, new sponsorship categories are being opened up as part of expansion.

This is notable as the thought from folks around the industry has been that opening new sponsor categories will effectively fund/justify a bigger tournament.

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Top stories in yesterday's D2.ticker:

➤ @NCAADII Tennis championship field
➤ @WSSU_Athletics introduces new AD Eric Burns
➤ DII Membership Committee discusses requirements for a new DII league
➤ Turnover at New Mexico Highlands

Read more: https://t.co/PNI6zD13HB

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The next phase of Ferris State’s facility push around Top Taggart Field: a $62M, 200K-square-foot Indoor Activity Center with a 300-meter track, turf field, athletic training space & more.

@FerrisStAD says the project is about more than catching up with DII peers. It’s about sustaining Ferris State’s championship-level standard.

📰: https://t.co/oLeNRj5d3Z

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @molloylions' new AD
➤ @CollegetownHub x @D1Relocation
➤ @FerrisStAD on Indoor Activity Center & catching up to peers
➤ The future of tennis
➤ The “Spirit effect”

Read about these stories & more: https://t.co/BQxCdlVttB

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ @WNMUathletics' new AD
➤ @KenyonSpears on fundraising, sport sponsorship & more
➤ Sport sponsorship changes
➤ Coaching carousel continues

Read about these stories & more: https://t.co/Xm6hy6HWWJ

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Top stories in today's D2.ticker:

➤ DII Executive Board: FB transfer window, Mental health partnership & more
➤ Inside UWF's DI move
➤ DI basketball tourneys to expand
➤ Future of ESPN
➤ Tons of fundraising results

Read about these stories & more: https://t.co/3bmtdcbtFJ