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Subject: Re: Columbia Leads Penn 17-7 at Haltime in Philly


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Date Posted: 09:57:48 10/21/24 Mon
In reply to: Quaker62 's message, "Re: Columbia Leads Penn 17-7 at Haltime in Philly" on 08:27:53 10/21/24 Mon
 Student-athletes not living among the general student population doesn't seem to be an issue regarding attendance in the B1G Ten.

It's not just student attendance. The biggest issue is the Ivory Tower. The local communities don't care or identify with the institutions. Duke suffers similarly in football in the ACC, and Stanford did for years in the Pac-whatever.

The eight schools have deemphasized sports as a public relations tool to a fault. There are talented players at the Ivy level, but the fear of the faculty and administration in promoting such skilled men to the general public is so great that they effectively cut off their eight noses to spite their faces.

The Ivy powers that be collectively WANT to go to D3, they just can't say so out loud with so many rich alums willing to spend to prop up the operations.
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