Frequently Asked Questions: General

1. Who runs this site?

2. The Quick Facts info on our school is incomplete. Who do I contact?

3. There are a lot of files and stories still on the old site. Will they be brought over?

4. Will you be broadcasting games?

5. How long has the site been around?

6. What is a provisional member of Division III?

7. Is redshirting legal in Division III?

8. When I load up a page with a survey on it, I can't vote and the results are already displayed. Why is that?

1.

Who runs this site?

Posted On
Jan 31, 2007 at 07:55 PM

D3baseball.com is run by Jim Dixon, who developed the Division III Baseball Online site that was hosted by the Old Dominion Athletic Conference in recent years. The site is operated by D3sports.com publisher Pat Coleman, who runs D3hoops.com and D3football.com.



Posted by
Pat Coleman
info@d3hoops.com

2.

The Quick Facts info on our school is incomplete. Who do I contact?

Posted On
Feb 11, 2007 at 01:51 PM

Send an e-mail to info@d3baseball.com. If you're not an SID or coach, please send us a link where the information you're sending can be confirmed. We have compiled this data using the information available on each team's Web site. If seating capacity for a team's stadium was not listed, we estimated using photos, when available.

Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com

3.

There are a lot of files and stories still on the old site. Will they be brought over?

Posted On
Feb 12, 2007 at 03:24 AM

Yes, the archival information from Division III Baseball Online will be posted on D3baseball.com.

Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com

4.

Will you be broadcasting games?

Posted On
Feb 12, 2007 at 03:25 AM

We encourage teams to put on audio and video links. During the Playoffs, we will make every effort to make thos links available

Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com

5.

How long has this site been around?

Posted On
Feb 12, 2007 at 03:44 AM

Division III Baseball Online has been on the Internet since 1994. It became part of the D3sports.com family and took the name D3baseball.com on Feb. 12, 2007.

Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com

6.

What is a provisional member of Division III?

Posted On
Feb 12, 2007 at 03:45 AM

New schools entering Division III must go through a provisional period, during which the NCAA ensures the school is in compliance with Division III rules. Typically the process is four years for schools entering from Division II or from another organization, such as the NAIA. In the fifth year, a school is eligible for the NCAA Tournament. Currently there is a waiting list to begin the Division III provisional process. A handful of institutions per school year are allowed to enter the pipeline.

Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com

7.

Is redshirting legal in Division III?

Posted On
Feb 12, 2007 at 03:46 AM

You are not permitted to redshirt in Division III. Redshirting is the practice of having a player attend and participate in practices but not play in any games, preserving a year of eligibility. Medical redshirting is still permitted at the Division III level. The general guideline is that you must have played one-third of the scheduled games or less in order to be eligible. If you suffer a season-ending injury in that time-frame and can document it, your conference (or athletic director, if an independent) can file paperwork with the NCAA on your behalf to restore a season of eligibility. So-called "routine" redshirting is still permitted at other levels and to our understanding those redshirts are recognized by Division III. (You will want to confirm with your school's compliance officer if you are transferring in.) That is, if you redshirted outside of Division III and then transferred to a D-III school, you would not be forced to give up that year of eligibility. (To redshirt in this manner you may not appear in any games whatsoever.) Conferences are free to not recognize these redshirts, and in fact, the MIAC has not as long as we've been covering D-III. And of course, anyone who had a routine redshirt year at a Division III school before Aug. 1, 2004, has that redshirt grandfathered in.

Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com

8.

When I load up a page with a survey on it, I can't vote and the results are already displayed. Why is that?

Posted On
Feb 12, 2007 at 03:57 AM

There are two possibilities -- either you already voted in this survey, or you share an IP address with other people. This can happen on some college campuses, or with large online services like AOL (if you use the built-in AOL browser, which you shouldn't).

Posted by
Pat Coleman
pat@d3baseball.com

Return to FAQ

We're not biased against your school. Odds are you're so biased for your school (as you should be) that it clouds your judgment when you read legitimate analysis from unbiased people. Occasionally fans of certain schools give us reason to dislike that school's fans, but we don't maintain a dislike for any Division III program. Besides, if we were to list the number of D-III programs we were allegedly biased for and against, you'd find many of the same names on each list. It's a matter of perspective. You may be so far to one direction that we, standing in the middle, look to you like we're on the opposite side.We're not biased against your school. Odds are you're so biased for your school (as you should be) that it clouds your judgment when you read legitimate analysis from unbiased people. Occasionally fans of certain schools give us reason to dislike that school's fans, but we don't maintain a dislike for any Division III program. Besides, if we were to list the number of D-III programs we were allegedly biased for and against, you'd find many of the same names on each list. It's a matter of perspective. You may be so far to one direction that we, standing in the middle, look to you like we're on the opposite side.