I graduated this spring from a DI school (where I ran XC/track) and I'm looking into running track at a DIII school. The compliance directors at the DIII school say I can't run, and he says I can compete in my fifth year if and only if I continued at the institution I graduated from. I know for a fact that this isn't true but I can't prove it. Any help?
GA wrote:
I know for a fact that this isn't true but I can't prove it.
Actually it is true (for D3).
You are eligible to compete in D1 and D2...no D3 for you.
Or you could go back to HS and beat up on those chumps. Way to aspire to a higher level of competion.
D3 sucks!!!!
i bet the d3 champion this year would have beaten you
you don't have to go back to where you graduated from, but you arn't eligible in D3.
In D3, you cannot graduate and then compete anywhere else in D3. Last I knew, you could in D1, graduate from one school and then compete at another in the division.
Of course, whom this kills is a school like NYU, with high-ranked grad schools in a bunch of disciplines. In fact I'd guess all the UAA schools would benefit from a different eligibility rule (esp. WUSTL), but I gotta think that NYU takes the biggest hit. Their law, business, etc., schools attract a *large* number of DI grads; and their coach has shown he can produce an all-American in a single year of coaching a guy.
Approximately 100 division I guys PER EVENT could be All American immediately in division 3 if they switched divisions, so I'm not sure what your point is.
D3 is like freaking JV, who in the hell cares.
So going the opposite direction- from a D3 undergrad to a 5th year at a D1 is acceptable i take it? It is just D3 that is more restrictive?
hannsen wrote:
So going the opposite direction- from a D3 undergrad to a 5th year at a D1 is acceptable i take it? It is just D3 that is more restrictive?
Yes. and Yes.
What does d3 care? Wouldn't they want top talent to compete at that level? Seems silly that D1 and D2 allow it, but not D3.
Along the same lines, I'm graduating from a DII school and have a full year of eligability left. I'm leaving to go to grad school because my school doesn't offer the program I'm interested in. Can I still not compete at DIII?
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Along the same lines, I'm graduating from a DII school and have a full year of eligability left. I'm leaving to go to grad school because my school doesn't offer the program I'm interested in. Can I still not compete at DIII?
Almost the same here. I have a year left and one of the grad schools I'm looking at is DIII. Does this mean that I can't use my last year of eligability?
Correct. If you are DIII - and want to compete at a DIII school during your graduate education IT MUST be the school from which you received your undergraduate degree. This is the situation i was in a couple of years ago. Not the same for shifting up in divisions i don't think.
but - for the record
THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN COMPETE AT A DIVISION III SCHOOL AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IS IF IT IS THE SAME INSTITUTION FROM WHICH YOU RECEIVED YOUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. period.
What are you going to grad school in? I don't see how you expect you'll have the time available to run on a varsity team. You'll have classes to attend and probably teach, seminars to go to, studying...not sure how you figure to free up 3-5:30 every day as well as for meets.
Who says the this guy from this DI school was any good. I bet he would get worked by the top DIII. Oh DI Elitest go f*** yourself!
Hey guys, DI, II, or III, we can all agree that the NAIA sucks the worst