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I was able to hear about half of the program on Baseball Returns and was disappointed that all the discussion about College Baseball centered around Division I. I found the discussion very biased. Oregon Baseball is not just about Professional and Division I teams - Division III deserves a word or two. Successful Division III athletes have made it in professional baseball, for example, Scott Brosius, who attended Linfield. And when George Fox won the NCAA Division III National Championship in 2004, they didn't receive near the recognition from the press as they deserved. This may be comparing apples to oranges, but the Linfield Women's Softball team won the Division III National Championship in 2007 and the coverage was almost non-existent. The NCAA website states that a major difference Division III schools is the focus on the impact of athletics on the PARTICIPANTS rather than on the SPECTATORS, yet the games are still very exciting to watch and attract many people to watch. Oregon should give deserved recognition to their Division III college sports, especially since they "features student-athletes who receive no financial aid related to their athletic ability and have athletic departments that are staffed and funded like any other department in the university." (NCAA)

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