Re: The question we always ask: Why no Ivy League postseason football? -- <h1>IVY LEAGUE SPORTS BOARD</h1>

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Subject: Re: The question we always ask: Why no Ivy League postseason football?

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Tiger69

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Date Posted: 09:10:25 05/16/24 Thu
In reply to: Fear the Quaker 's message, "Re: The question we always ask: Why no Ivy League postseason football?" on 06:47:44 05/13/24 Mon

At the Ivies sports are strictly extracurricular activities ; first, for the participation by undergraduates; second, for the viewing pleasure of Alumni; and a distant third, for the entertainment of the public. Amidst all the craziness (NILs, transfer portals) that presently pervades money sports (football, b-ball) we should not forget those priorities by the Ivies for extracurricular activities. As a member of the second group above, I shall enjoy beating harvard, Yale, or any of our Ivy rivals every bit as much whether played at the Division III level or Olympic competitive level before a crowd of 40,000 or a few dozen spectators. The important matter for me is that we are institutions who share the same educational values represented by athletes who are part of that system.

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Ghost
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Date Posted: 10:50:40 05/16/24 Thu

H and Y will never give in to post-season play. They have the only football game that can be used for fund raising, media attention, a national tv (in real time) audience and campus excitement- the last weekend of every football season. And why would any Columbia/Penn/Dartmouth fan travel to a neutral site and support someone else against Bucknell, Richmond, etc. on Thanksgiving Weekend? Post-season play will never make it to the table.