HOT TAKE: Some adults need to stop talking kids out of Division III football. “D3 doesn’t give athletic scholarships.” “You’re going to go into debt.” “Why would you play there if you can go D2?” “You won’t get NIL” Okay. Now tell me the FINAL cost of attendance. Tell me the academic aid package. Tell me the grants. Tell me the major. Tell me the graduation rate. Tell me what that degree can do for him. Tell me what the D2 school actually costs AFTER the athletic scholarship. Because a $15,000 athletic scholarship at one school can still leave a family paying more than a D3 school offering $0 in athletic money. D3 isn’t automatically the right choice. But neither is D1 or D2. You dismissing an opportunity because of the division beside the school’s name is lazy recruiting advice. Evaluate the opportunity and get an understanding of the whole picture