Division III athletics don’t get a lot of love, and when I read Mike DiMauro’s piece in The Day on Wednesday, I got a bit choked up. There wasn’t one day during my time as a Division III student-athlete that I wasn’t grateful for where I had ended up. While Division III games don’t often end up on television and the box scores don’t fill the sports pages, the experience means just as much to those kids as it does to the ones playing in front of 100,000 folks on football Saturdays. For those who want to know what college sports should be about, DiMauro’s piece is a must-read.
“This is merely a message for all Division III athletes and especially their parents, that there is ample nobility and significance to the games. Just because you can't see them on television doesn't mean they mean less. They still count.”