# Glory Days Musings on sports, with an occasional nod to history, higher education, Springsteen, and whatever else, delivered to your inbox. "I need a good companion for this part of the ride." Page: Feed: --- ## [Citing insufficient participation, two colleges drop men's volleyball after just two years](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/citing-insufficient-participation) _2026-07-17 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Two small colleges dropped men's volleyball teams two years after starting them. Both schools cited lack of participation as a reason. What does that mean? ## [What would a split of NCAA Division III look like?](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/what-would-a-split-of-ncaa-division) _2026-03-24 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ A preview of my panel discussion at CSRI on Thursday ## [Lourdes University, with 72.3 percent athletes, will close at the end of the year](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/lourdes-university-with-723-percent) _2026-02-11 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Last March, Eric Kelderman penned an important article for The Chronicle of Higher Education about Lourdes University in Ohio titled, "We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans." The story correctly points out the risks to small, private colleges when they invest heavily in athletics as a way to attract students. ## [Is women's flag football poised to be an NCAA Emerging Sport?](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/is-womens-flag-football-poised-to) _2026-01-12 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Will it matter that power conference schools are not adding it? ## [Growing athletic rosters and adding sports](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/growing-athletic-rosters-and-adding) _2026-01-05 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Examining strategies for how small, private colleges are staying afloat ## [What NCAA Division III schools excelled at athletics and academics last year?](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/what-ncaa-division-iii-schools-excelled) _2025-08-27 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Is it time for Division III to revisit its structure? ## [Division I athletic departments becoming creative with the use of conjunctions](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/division-i-athletic-departments-becoming) _2025-06-30 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Increasingly, sports like track "and" field are becoming track "or" field ## [What Radford University’s sport sponsorship changes might tell us about a post-House world](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/what-radford-universitys-sport-sponsorship) _2025-06-06 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Are more Olympic sports cuts ahead? ## [Universities participating in the USDA rural loan program also have a high percentage of athletes](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/universities-participating-in-the) _2025-04-24 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ Nearly two-thirds of four-year schools in the loan program exceed 44% athletes ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VhoskBSJrhQS) _2025-04-24 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Saint Francis University becomes first D1 to decide not to challenge athletic headwinds](https://stevedittmore.substack.com/p/saint-francis-university-becomes) _2025-03-26 · Steve Dittmore, PhD_ What other D1 schools might be considering the same thing?