The Green Bay Packers on SI web page has a story headlined Ranking Packers' Undrafted Rookies on Chances to Make 53-Man Roster that places Dartmouth grad Tyron Herring, a corner, squarely in the middle of the group trying to stick with the NFC North Division team. From the story (LINK):
Herring, who played at Dartmouth and Delaware, impressed at the East-West Shrine Bowl. The Packers let three corners go in free agency and added only one free agent (Nate Hobbs) and one draft pick (Micah Robinson in the seventh round). So, there's a void on the roster.
"Smart kid, will play special teams in the NFL early, has the size-length athletic ability to do so," East-West director Eric Galko said. "The ball skills, the confidence going against KeAndre Lambert-Smith and the top-100 picks that we had at the Shrine Bowl ... Don't be surprised if he makes the roster as a special-teams guy and a versatile defensive back.”
Herring, who received a $10,000 signing bonus, will compete with late-round picks Robinson, Kalen King (seventh round, 2024), Kamal Hadden (sixth round, 2024) and Gregory Junior (sixth round, 2022). So, it's not as if he's competing against the NFC Pro Bowl team.
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The AP story under the headline Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement, paving way for US colleges to pay athletes millions begins this way (LINK):
A federal judge signed off on arguably the biggest change in the history of college sports Friday, clearing the way for schools to begin paying their athletes millions as soon as next month as the multibillion-dollar industry shreds the last vestiges of the amateur model that defined it for more than a century.
Read the full story HERE.
Bleacher Report has an explainer headlined Winners and Losers of the House v. NCAA NIL Settlement in College Sports that includes this:
While most conferences and schools are expected to opt in, some aren't on board yet. In particular, the Ivy League—which already is an outlier in that it doesn't provide scholarships to its student-athletes—has already announced that it will not opt in.
"This decision to 'not opt in' means the Ivy League and its schools ... will continue to provide an educational intercollegiate athletics model that is focused on academic primacy and the overall student-athlete experience," Ivy executive director Robin Harris wrote.
The BR report (LINK) includes this:
The Baltimore Sun’s Business & Civic Hall of Fame "honors outstanding business, civic and entrepreneurial leaders, who have spent the majority of their careers investing in the betterment of Baltimore,” and among the honorees this year is former Dartmouth football standout Stuart Simms ’72. From a story headlined Baltimore Sun Hall of Fame 2025: Stuart O. ‘Stu’ Simms, lawyer and leader:
(Stuart) Simms, now retired, may be remembered as one of the most successful — and perhaps most low-key — leaders in public safety that Maryland has seen over the past 40 years.
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Colleagues say his quiet competence commands respect. University of Baltimore President Kurt Schmoke, who chose Simms as his deputy when he was Baltimore state’s attorney, traces it back to Simms’ days on the gridiron. The Harlem Park native was a fullback and star at Gilman School and then Dartmouth College, where he started three years and helped lead the school to three straight Ivy League football championships.
Simms was a 6-foot-1, 215-pound fullback from Baltimore who lettered all three years he was eligible. He ran for 854 yards and eight touchdowns in his career, serving as a Big Green co-captain with Wayne Young as a senior.
Find the full Baltimore Sun story about Stuart Simms HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
What was posted here earlier this week?
"Vermont has seen just two precipitation-free Saturdays so far in 2025 - March 22 and January 25.”
Looking out the window this morning, I’m disappointed to tell you that the roll call of precipitation-free Saturdays in 2025 will remain at two for at least another week.