Kylee Smith

UNG Softball Alum #24

[UNG Softball @UNGSoftball]

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@kylee_smith3
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[Mackenzie Sher @Mackenzie_Sher]

Maybe we should do a study to see if we lace up our cleats the same way, too 🤷🏼‍♀️ @NCAASoftball @NCAADII come on now!!

Mental health, physical well-being, and opportunities SHOULD NOT be limited to division or gender!!

[Jessie Homesley @JessieHomesley]

@NCAADII CARA is equitable across the board bc EQUITY MAKES SENSE. A male/female athlete & a D1/D2 athlete require the same amt. of off days/hr. limitations. Why are championships treated differently?

Seems equity is only the standard when there are no financial implications.

[Peyton Roth Dean @CoachDean23]

@NCAASoftball needs to do better with D2 softball! 3 years @ArmstrongPirate went to the D2 Championships. My body has never hurt like it did that week due to the games per day. Oh and 1 year we had just over 24 hrs between winning super regionals & our flight to Denver @ 4 AM

[Christine Roser @christine_roser]

@InTheCircleSB @NCAADII @UAH_SB @RollinsSports SAY IT LOUDER FOR THOSE AT THE NCAA!!! It’s a shame…it’s almost harder to get out of our region than it is to win a national championship!

[InTheCircleSB🥎 @InTheCircleSB]

While we're at, our friends at @NCAADIII want to have the same thing D2 wants:
A National tournament and more days for their championship

[InTheCircleSB🥎 @InTheCircleSB]

Reason #1 @NCAADII needs a national tournament
2011 @UAH_SB was the #1 team in the nation while @RollinsSports was #2. Because of the regional format, those two would have played IN SUPER REGIONALS

NOT THE CHAMP SERIES
NOT TO GET TO THE CHAMP SERIES

SUPER REGIONALS

[InTheCircleSB🥎 @InTheCircleSB]

Student Athletes shouldn't have only have six days to decide a national champion.

[Kelsey Thompson @KJThomp15]

We MUST do better for SA's & Coaches. It's known REST is vital to perform your best, recover, & assist in mental health. Let's allow SA's & Coaches to perform their BEST @ the end of the year just like other sports & divisions and create an incredible experience. Grow the sport.

[InTheCircleSB🥎 @InTheCircleSB]

Please read this thread. How can the NCAA say they want it fair and equal, but not even do that across the board for their DIVISIONS, much less their sports.

[InTheCircleSB🥎 @InTheCircleSB]

To give our fans an idea and understanding what @NCAADII Coaches & Players are talking about, here is the outline of the D2 Baseball and Softball Championships. The 3rd schedule is what softball wants to do.

[Kylee Smith @kylee_smith3]

@gilly_time @NCAASoftball @NCAADII @NCAA Exactly! I remember getting home late the night before and then going to get pregame treatment at 4:30am the next morning!

[Kylee Smith @kylee_smith3]

Is this a joke?? As a former D2 athlete that has competed in two softball Championships (not World Series because that’s reserved for only D1) within a 4 day timespan rest and recovery is crucial and you still won’t even give us that even though D1 softball has 9 days(a thread)..

[NCAA News @NCAA_PR]

DII Management Council supports removing test score requirements, recommends expanding DII Softball Championship to six days: https://t.co/2h1YMCATdt

[Kaylyn Anthony @kaykayanthony]

@kylee_smith3 @NCAASoftball @NCAADII @NCAA Not to mention D2 baseball is capped at 50 games in a regular season while D2 softball is capped at 56. We already play more games than they do yet they still get 8 days because they supposedly need more recovery time. We should at least get 8 if not 9 days like D1 softball.

[Kylee Smith @kylee_smith3]

@NCAASoftball @NCAADII @NCAA DO BETTER FOR ALL ATHLETES!! The disrespect to think D2 athletes don’t need as much rest or recovery as D1 athletes is just unreal! Are we not all competing at the collegiate level?? Why are D2 athletes less than D1 in your eyes?? RIDICULOUS!

[Kylee Smith @kylee_smith3]

@NCAASoftball @NCAADII @NCAA Women have had to fight for equity in about every aspect of our lives but who would have thought that in 2022 we still wouldn’t be receiving fair treatment in our sport? We work just as hard as anyone else yet are treated lesser than! DO BETTER!!

[Kylee Smith @kylee_smith3]

@NCAASoftball @NCAADII @NCAA As a little girl you grow up wanting to play softball at Oklahoma City! But as a D2 athlete we don’t have a home for our softball championships to be played! We play where ever the bid is which is ridiculous! Why don’t we have an “Oklahoma City”??

[Kylee Smith @kylee_smith3]

@NCAASoftball @NCAADII @NCAA And D2 baseball has 8 days to compete! Since when are D2 athletes less than D1 athletes? Since when are women’s sports less important than men’s sports?? EVERY SINGLE ATHLETE no matter what sport or division needs rest and recovery in order to perform