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Sunday Sundown Rundown - 10/25/26


The Sunday Sundown Rundown (formerly in the format of "3 Up and 3 Down") is where I share thoughts on three topics that piqued my interest, along with my favorite photo from the week.


DIII Scholarships?

Just when you think college sports couldn't get any more well...messed up, we now get this latest development. The NCAA was served with an antitrust suit over its rules of DIII athletics not allowing scholarships. 

In a world where this is allowed, we could see so many D3 schools quit athletics altogether. Only a small percentage of DI athletics are profitable. Are we really expecting DIII schools that are just trying to navigate the current higher education climate to now enter the scholarship space for athletics? For DIII, non-revenue-generating athletics?

I'm sorry. As a former DIII student-athlete who competed in those DIII spaces, this is absurd. 

We have truly lost the plot on sports at so many levels. 


Barack is Back

The former President is back on the campaign trail as all of the mid-term rage levels up. What is so fascinating to me is that Obama made an appearance, and suddenly, everything escalates. Dems are fired up. Republicans are fired up. 

It got me thinking - how long are we going to stay stuck around Obama and Trump? Or Trump and Obama? It's like a feud out of a Marvel comic, or something out of pro wrestling. 

Are we not refined enough as a society to throw our political intelligence and support around other candidates or individuals? How have both of these men defined our political influence for nearly three decades?


Catholic Clergy


How has the catholic church been this infested with such a...ummm, pervasive issue? 


Cover Photo

Children place flowers at a makeshift memorial outside Silver Rail Elementary in Bend after a deadly shooting.

Photograph: Joe Kline/AP
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