"Ivies have zero investment in their student athletes. No athletic money and most SA are “paying the freight” to attend. Unfortunately for the SA attending the ivies the schools have no incentive to play. In fact...... they are saving money and adding to their multi billion dollar endowments"
Most Ivy's have been supporting over 30 varsity sports for a long time. Schools like Texas, Alabama, University of Miami only offer about 16 varsity teams. Notre Dame and Northwestern offer 19 or 20 varsity sports. Ivy's have a very long and rich athletic tradition and in fact have supported more athletes than just about all schools. They absolutely invest in their student athletes.
Please explain how they support???? Ivies could have 100 varsity sports because . The schools mentioned above provide athletic $ to SA’s. This goes to the discussion earlier in thread that the ivies will cancel their season in a nano second. That is where there is no support for SA’s that they recruited. And don’t be surprised when the ivies follow the Stanford business model and cut the certain sports that promote white/wealthy participation.
Sorry but you are either ignorant or uninformed. Your above statement "This goes to the discussion earlier in thread that the ivies will cancel their season in a nano second" implies that other schools / conferences will most certainly have a season when in fact they all cancelled their seasons last spring. By your logic, the schools that you are talking about would have "played their season" because they are "invested" in their student athletes. Your statement: "The ivy student athletes PAY to play" is also ignorant as there are many Student Athletes at Ivy League Universities receiving significant financial aid. At many Ivy schools the number of athletes receiving financial aid is grater than The NCAA allotment for that given sport.
Your point regarding The Ivy's following the Stanford Business Model is probably not inaccurate as Dartmouth has already done it. The difference is that Most schools do not even offer some of the so called country club sports such as Squash, water polo, fencing, crew etc.... so there is no need to cut them. I would say Lacrosse is more vulnerable at schools that do not offer the country club sports.
BTW, for most schools and teams "Athletic Scholarships" are reductions in "cost of attendance" for the student athlete. No $$ actually are paid. That said, there are certain "Programs" that actually generate not only revenue but also a profit. Some of those Programs (Think Big Time Football) actually cut a check to the university for the total cost to attend for their 85 full scholarship players. Not only do these programs pay the university for "total cost to attend" they provide a financial stipend to the athletes.
The premise that Ivy League Schools do not support their student athletes is simply inaccurate.
Please let us know the long list of schools who support their athletic programs more than the Ivy's...
Provide data that supports your contention that more athletes at ivies receive financial support that is greater than the NCAA allotment.
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