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OCTOBER 30, 2025 | composed by STEVE ULRICH

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🗞️ In Today’s Edition. Messiah Men’s Lacrosse Program Suspended. DI Board of Directors Amends Effective Date For Changes to Sports Betting Rules. Congressman Demands College Coach Pay Cap. NIL Has Birthed a Third-Party Cottage Industry—and It’s a Mess.

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TOP STORY

1. Messiah Men’s Lacrosse Program Suspended Amid Hazing Investigation

“Messiah University announced it is investigating hazing allegations within its men's lacrosse program, leading to the suspension of the program while the investigation takes place.

The suspension includes all formal team activities, including team lifts, practices and scrimmages.

In a statement sent to parents and guardians on October 13, the university said it received multiple allegations stemming from a September 13 off-campus event. The university anticipates its investigation will be completed within 90 days.”

» Quotable. “We take all reports of interpersonal harm, including hazing, with the utmost seriousness,” the statement said. “Hazing includes a spectrum of harmful experiences, and while these allegations certainly qualify as hazing, it is appropriate to acknowledge that they do not include violence.”» (USA Lacrosse Magazine)

2. DI Board of Directors Amends Effective Date For Changes to Sports Betting Rules

“The Division I Board of Directors on Tuesday voted to delay the effective date of a rules change to allow student-athletes and school athletics department staff members to permissibly bet on professional sports under NCAA rules. The rule change now will not take effect until Nov. 22.

The NCAA Division I legislative process allows a rule change to be rescinded within 30 days of becoming final if two thirds of the division's members submit an electronic request supporting rescission. Because that rescission window extends to Nov. 21, the board determined an effective date after that window was appropriate.

Sports betting rules are the same across all three divisions. Division III voted Oct. 21 and Division II voted Oct. 22 to change the rules, but the Division I pause also delays the effective date for Divisions II and III.”

» The Final Word. All three NCAA divisions were required to pass the rules change. Since DI is delaying its approval, DII and DIII are now also on hold. (NCAA)

3. Congressman Demands College Coach Pay Cap Amid Buyout Bonanza

“The record-setting rate of college coaching buyouts this year has reignited one member of Congress’ push to impose sweeping limits on how much universities can pay their coaches—both to lead their teams and, if desired, leave them.

The Correcting Opportunity and Accountability in Collegiate Hiring (COACH) Act, introduced Monday by Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-Wash.), would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cap the total annual compensation of any athletics department employee at no more than 10 times the institution’s annual in-state costs for a full-time undergraduate student.”

» Driving The News. “Baumgartner floated a similar measure in April as part of his Restore College Sports Act. But in the wake of Brian Kelly’s firing at LSU - with a staggering $53.8 million left on his contract - Baumgartner decided to separate the pay cap this week as a standalone bill.”

» What They’re Saying. “There is no greater societal benefit to have a coach make $10 million versus $200,000. The college sports arms race has really only been to the benefit of people who put roller coasters in locker rooms and high-powered agents for coaches who can overwhelm the abilities and incentive constraints for presidents and athletic directors.”

» Be Smart. Yes, this means that institutions such as Williams College would be able to pay its head coach 10x its comprehensive fee of $90,750. The University of Alabama would pay its coaches no more than 10x its comprehensive fee of $52,384. (Sportico)

4. NIL Has Birthed a Third-Party Cottage Industry—and It’s a Mess

“The opening of the NIL floodgates in college sports three years ago birthed an entire cottage industry of third-party NIL services companies that have raced to amass contracts with big school clients.

In just the past month, one of those companies has collapsed and another is under fire. How did we get here?”

» Driving The News. “In July 2021, the NCAA began allowing college athletes to get paid for use of their name, image, and likeness; that led to an open market in which star quarterbacks and basketball players freely transfer from school to school for promises of cash payments. Add to that the result of the House v. NCAA settlement in June, which allows schools to share up to $20.5 million of revenue per year directly with players—separate from personal NIL deals. While the $20.5 million in revenue-sharing is a hard cap, there is no limit to how much money players can make from NIL deals.”

» Reality Check. “Early in the NIL era, schools relied heavily on third-party collectives of rich boosters to help facilitate those huge payments to players. But as the House settlement looked set to pass, many Power 4 programs—not all—moved away from their collectives in preparation for a new landscape where revenue-sharing would, presumably, become the centerpiece of building championship rosters, and NIL payments would be a cherry on top of that cap. It hasn’t played out that way so far.”

» Quotable. “There’s no barrier to entry when it comes to NIL,” Learfield EVP of NIL growth and development Solly Fulp tells FOS. “And there’s a lot of new people coming into our space that are prioritizing the transaction over what is truly in the best interest of the student-athlete.” (Front Office Sports)

5. How Old? Alicia Rodriguez Helms UMSV Lacrosse At 22

“In the world of college athletics, head coaching jobs don’t typically go to recent graduates. They’re earned after years of climbing the ranks through graduate assistantships, assistant roles and endless hours of recruiting and film study.

But Alicia Rodriguez has broken that mold.”

» Why It Matters. “At just 22 years old, Rodriguez has been named the head coach of the University of Mount Saint Vincent women’s lacrosse team. It’s an extremely rare appointment in college sports, where most head coaches are two or three times her age. According to NCAA demographics, the average age of a head coach in women’s lacrosse is 43. Rodriguez is younger than some of the players she’ll be coaching against.”

» Field Awareness. “A four-year starter for the Dolphins and one of the most accomplished players in program history, she returns to Riverdale just months removed from her senior year graduation. “It is very overwhelming,” she said. “I’ve coached little kids, but nothing to the realm of coaching a college lacrosse team. Just having a community that I know I can rely on makes the process a little bit easier.” (Riverdale Press)

6. Lightning Round

» Streaming. “When FloSports set out to scale its livestreaming presence across its deep portfolio of collegiate partners, it faced a familiar challenge: how to deliver professional-grade broadcasts at schools where the “production team” might be a single sports-information director, a student volunteer, or a multitasking grad assistant. That challenge is met with the FloSports Production Suite, a self-contained live-production kit launched this fall and in pilot use across 11 NCAA Division II and III schools.”

» Partnership. “The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association is proud to announce for the 2025–26 academic year, including the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy, WeCOACH Regional Academies, the WeCONNECT Women Coaches mentoring program, monthly educational webinars, and additional opportunities designed to empower women in coaching at every level.”

» Awards. “The Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) has announced that the Collegiate Women’s Lacrosse Officials Association (CWLOA) Leadership Team has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 IWLCA Presidents Cup Award.”

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