It’s Monday at the NCAA convention, the day in which Division III member schools vote on the various legislative proposals.

It’s not a day in which they will vote on whether to split into two divisions. We have at least another year before that happens, and perhaps more, since we’ve heard discussion that it may be delayed from its planned 2009 convention date. But there are other proposals on the docket as well that will have an impact on Division III.

Division III members voted overwhelmingly to ban text messaging to prospective recruits. Or, more specifically, they voted to limit electronic transmission of correspondence with recruits to e-mail and faxes. So, no text messages, no Facebook/MySpace, no IMs, etc. It passed by a vote of 362-72 with two abstentions, with good turnout from Division III schools.

A proposal to allow student-athletes to work at schools’ camps passed overwhelmingly as well, 425-13 with two abstentions.

Further proposals of note got voted down, then withdrawn. A proposal to allow provisional Division III members to be counted toward meeting a league’s seven-member automatic bid requirements failed 252-185-7. This was a proposed amendment to another proposal that was then withdrawn. Another proposal, to lift the ban on new single-sport conferences, was pulled from the agenda. This primarily affects women’s ice hockey but could have a football impact as well.

There’s more news that primarily affects basketball, which we’ve covered in the D3hoops.com Daily Dose.

It’s important to note that, while many people assume that rules in Division III come down from the NCAA national office as if engraved on stone tablets, in fact Division III schools vote on all legislation and the membership shapes the rules.

Although there were 5,099 in paid attendance at the Stagg Bowl this past weekend, and many who traveled a long way despite not having their team there to root for, it’s highly unlikely anyone drove further in pursuit of college football in 2007 than Andrew Reed.

Reed, who writes for SI On Campus, put more than 20,000 miles on his odometer this season in pursuit of the ultimate road trip. Reed had 17 games on his itinerary, 15 of them between Division I teams (including Princeton/Harvard).

The focus? Fans and tailgating. That’s why it’s not overly surprising that the other two games involved Bridgewater, in a sense. He was at the Bridgewater/Guilford game on Oct. 13 and, of course, the Stagg Bowl. He’ll be writing a book about his odyssey.

As someone who spends a fair amount of time on the road in pursuit of football (though not Ohio State/Michigan or Florida/Georgia), I know it can make for a long season. But I didn’t drive nearly 20,000 miles this season. Racked up some frequent flyer miles, but Mount Union was my longest drive.

I look forward to the book.

Gordon Mann interviewed Reed on our pregame show on Saturday about his journey, see the player below. It’s a good listen. And be sure to visit his blog, too.

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