#naia athletes

[athleticperfection1]

Eastern Oregon Volleyball

[kvetcher2]

finally some good fucking news!

[socialjusticeinamerica]

🙁

[didalexiabreakupwitholgayet]

hi. I just found you and your awesome and I love reading your commentary.

anyway while I was reading a few days ago you posted about the USL in America and idk if someone has messages you sense but. There are multiple levels are the USL. USLW is the semi-pro where most players are college level. Depending on your team but they could range from NAIA the lowest level of collegiate sports to D1 power schools- these are your university of North Carolina (notable alumni are Alessia Russo of the lionesses, a bunch of US national team players think you’re Tobin Heath generation) university of Michigan (couple of players on various professional and national teams, Stanford (notable alumni CP23 and pretty sure Naomi Girma). This is usually a summer legue used to keep those athletes in shape for there college season.

The new league is registered at the same level as the NWSL. This is the USLS (pretty sure). Sounds like a lot of your undrafted and drafted cuts from the NWSL will play for these teams. These will be mostly post college athletes who want to continue playing.

I know much more about the USLW because I interned for one of those teams over the summer.

sorry if this has all been explained. I didn’t really check if there were updates from the original post about 4-5 days ago. Also sorry is spelling of name is wrong

thanks for the helpful and detailed explanation, anon! 🫶 i'm all for growing the game and giving more opportunities for players to play professional. i do wonder what the salaries and media set-up will be for this new league. it's so interesting to see teams be created from scratch and seeing if they take off or not.

the nwsl has been getting so much more european talent these days and playing in america is back in vogue because of the media deals, exposure, and pay/benefits!

yeah, i certainly do appreciate her playing skill. but i also think europeans are still salty about that ballon d'or win in 2019 because she didn't play much for club. 😅 but she's definitely had a storied career!

[protect-womens-sports]

“We know there are a lot of different opinions out there," NAIA president Jim Carr told CBS Sports. "For us, we believed our first responsibility was to create fairness and competition in the NAIA. ... We also think it aligns with the reasons Title IX was created. You're allowed to have separate but equal opportunities for women to compete."

According to the NAIA's new policy (which is included in full below), in addition to ruling out athletes that were assigned male at birth, the policy blocks those who were assigned female but have begun masculinizing hormone therapy to transition to women.

"It's important to know that the male sports are open to anyone," he added.   

What a win for women’s sports 🎉🎉🎉

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) voted on Monday to prohibit male athletes from competing in female sports.

The NAIA’s Council of Presidents unanimously (25-0) adopted the official “Transgender Participation Policy.” The organization becomes the first college sports association to prohibit males from competing against women.

The new policy states:

The NAIA supports fair and safe competition opportunities for all student-athletes. Title IX ensures there are separate and equal opportunities for female athletes. As a result, the NAIA offers separate categories of competition in all sports except for competitive cheer and competitive dance, which are both co-ed.

The new policy permits all eligible NAIA student-athletes to participate in male sports. However, the guidelines state: “Only NAIA student-athletes whose biological sex is female may…

[lboogie1906]

Willis Reed Jr. (June 25, 1942 – March 21, 2023) was a basketball player, coach, and general manager. He spent his entire ten-year pro playing career (1964–74) with the New York Knicks. He was a seven-time NBA All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection, including once on the first team in 1970, when he was named the NBA MVP. He was a two-time NBA champion (1970, 1973) and was voted the NBA Finals MVP both times. In 1982, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was named to both the NBA’s 50th and 75th-anniversary teams.

He served as assistant and head coach with several teams for nearly a decade, then was promoted to general manager and VP of basketball operations for the New Jersey Nets. As SVP of basketball operations, he led them to the NBA Finals.

He attended Grambling State University. Playing for the Tigers men’s basketball team, he amassed 2,280 career points, averaging 26.6 points per game and 21.3 rebounds per game during his senior year. He led the Tigers to one NAIA title and three Southwestern Athletic Conference championships. He became a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.

He and his first wife, Geraldine, married when both were still attending Grambling State University. They had two children and the marriage ended in divorce. He then married Gale Kennedy, a nurse, in 1983. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #phibetasigma

[athleticperfection1]

Point Park Track & Field

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[blaircatproject]

The day the government stops discriminating against trans people is the day I’ll have peace.

[bbsidehustle]

quinn was a dual sport athlete at a small naia school in nebraska. he did track and cross country which. yeah i could’ve pegged

[justinssportscorner]

Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports:

Athletes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) will only be allowed to compete in women's sports if they were assigned the female gender at birth, the national small-college organization announced Monday. 

The NAIA's Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote Monday morning after a December survey indicated widespread support for the move. The association's previous policy only applied to postseason competition. The new directive applies to all NAIA competitions. The NAIA is a national athletic governing body for 249 mostly small colleges across the country that are not part of the NCAA's three divisions of competition. The membership is 80% private schools. This decision does not apply to NCAA competitions. "We know there are a lot of different opinions out there," NAIA president Jim Carr told CBS Sports. "For us, we believed our first responsibility was to create fairness and competition in the NAIA. ... We also think it aligns with the reasons Title IX was created. You're allowed to have separate but equal opportunities for women to compete." The NAIA is believed to be the first national college governing body to mandate that athletes compete according to assigned sex at birth. 

According to Pew Research Center, 1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary. The NAIA has no knowledge of transgender athletes competing in its postseasons to this point, Carr said.  According to the NAIA's new policy (which is included in full below), in addition to ruling out athletes that were assigned male at birth, the policy blocks those who were assigned female but have begun masculinizing hormone therapy to transition to women. All NAIA athletes who are no longer eligible for women's competition could still participate in men's sports, Carr said.  "It's important to know that the male sports are open to anyone," he added.    The policy doesn't apply to team activities like practices, exhibition games and scrimmages. 

The NAIA's decision to ban trans women from competing in women's sports from all its competitions (expanded from a postseason-only ban) is purely about transphobia and zero to do with competitive fairness. The NAIA currently has ZERO trans athletes competing.

[dragonologist-phd]

#5, 23, 27, 37 of the BG3 asks for Naia?

thank you!

5. Do you remember the first humanoid enemy your Character killed? Was it the first person they’ve ever killed, in your opinion? Would they have been bothered by it?

Let's see, that would be...the looters in the ruins on the beach, if I remember right. I cleared out that area before even getting to the grove, so that would've been the first non-mindflayer fight for her

I don't think it would have been her first kill- her first time killing someone directly, maybe, but she doesn't really split hairs on the difference. She'd made a living for a while selling herbs and potions, and she definitely sold poisons as well. She knew what her poisons would be used for, and she did it anyway- she doesn't see it as all that different from killing someone in battle.

All in all, it didn't affect her that much; she tried to resolve things peacefully, they attacked first, she was justified in fighting back, and honestly, she had much more important things to worry about at the time than the ethics of killing in self-defense

23. What are your Character’s thoughts on the dream visitor?

She was...conflicted. She definitely didn't trust them at all at first, but over time they did start to seem a little more trustworthy. Still, they always seemed too perfect- too beautiful, too patient, too cajoling- and Naia is too cynical to take something like that at face value.

It was after they saved her and Lae'zel at the creche that she finally started coming around to the idea that they really did want to help, though she never did take their advice on consuming the tadpoles. She values her independence and the sanctity of her own mind way too much to ever take that leap of faith.

27. Who ended up in your Character’s most used party?

I don't think Shadowheart has ever left my party in Naia's playthrough lol. I love her, and so does Naia! (Plus Naia is squishy, she needs a healer with her at all times. especially in Act 1.)

Her other constant was Karlach, whom I also love. Naia is a little more awkward around Karlach- she doesn't always know how to meet Karlach's energy- but she admires her a lot, and it's always useful to have someone around who can actually pass an athletics check.

The last party slot varies depending on the quest, but those two were pretty constant!

37. Did your Character find the Necromancy of Thay? How are they handling it / planning to handle it?

She did and of course she read that thing right away! Her initial reaction was really just being psyched at finally getting some actual, peer-reviewed necromancy theory, seeing as her practice up to that point was almost all self-taught.

It all worked out pretty well, too- she breezed through the checks in reading the first section and got that nice Forbidden Knowledge buff. There's still a lot she couldn't read yet, of course, but she kept the book close at hand in anticipation of unlocking the rest.

(She did piss off Astarion by taking it for herself, but...come on. There was no prying that thing out of her hands.)

BG3 Act 1 Asks

[stubobnumbers]

College Football By State - Michigan.

FBS: Central Michigan Chippewas - Mount Pleasant, Michigan - They first played in 1896. They are in the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

Eastern Michigan Eagles - YpSilanti, Michigan - They first played in 1891. They are in the MAC.

Michigan Wolverines - Ann Arbor, Michigan - They first played in 1879. They are in the Big Ten.

Michigan State Spartans - East Lansing, Michigan - They first played in 1885. They are in the Big Ten.

Western Michigan Broncos - Kalamazoo, Michigan - They first played in 1905. They are n the MAC.

D2: Davenport University Panthers - Grand Rapids, Michigan - They are in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC).

Ferris State University Bulldogs - Big Rapids, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Grand Valley State University Lakers - Allendale, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Hillsdale College Chargers - Hillsdale, Michigan - They are in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC).

Michigan Tech Huskies - Houghton, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Northern Michigan University Wildcats - Marquette, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Northwood University Timberwolves - Midland, Michigan - They are in the G-MAC.

Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals - University Center, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

Wayne State University Warriors - Detroit, Michigan - They are in the GLIAC.

D3: Adrian Bulldogs - Adrian, Michigan - They first played in 1892. They are in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Albion Britons - Albion, Michigan - They first played in 1984. They are in the MIAA.

Alma Scots - Alma, Michigan - They first played in 1894. They are in the MIAA.

Hope Flying Dutchmen - Holland, Michigan - They first played in 1902. They are in the MIAA.

Kalamazoo Hornets - Kalamazoo, Michigan - They first played in 1892. They are in the MIAA.

Olivet Comets - Olivet, Michigan - They first played in 1884. They are in the MIAA.

And for the first time in the series, NAIA: Concordia University (MI.) Cardinals - Ann Arbor, Michigan

Lawrence Technological University Blue Devils - Southfield, Michigan.

Madonna University Crusaders - Livonia, Michigan.

Siena Heights University Saints - Adrian, Michigan.

All four of them are in the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA).

Awards: Favorite Mascot - The Flying Dutchmen of Hope University. The Olivet Comets get an honorale mention. (I'm not picking Comets as my favorite mascot in back to back states.) The "Pack Hunters" Award - The Timberwolves of Northwood University. "King Of The Who?" Award - The Albion Britons. "Get Into The Groove" Award - The Madonna University Crusaders. The "Mustelids Are Assholes, But Cool" Award - The Michigan Wolverines.

[a2zsportsnews]

Gary Payton Sr Named Head Coach At College Of Alameda

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