Reply to "Ivy To Allow Seniors to Play as Grad Students"

Chico Escuela5,000+ posts

@RJM posted:
Not only are sports not important to the university. They’re not important to a lot of the students.

This is a good point, RJM. UChicago students and alumni typically pay more attention to the announcements of Nobel Prizes each year than to how their athletic teams are doing. IMO, that's how a university should operate--but others have different views. Football weekends were a big factor in the school choices of a lot of young folks I know.

anotherparent makes a good point: If I'm an athlete, maybe I want to choose a school that does prioritize sports. (In fact, I'd say one reason my son chose his college is because they put a relatively high emphasis on sports for a HA D3.)

Probably goes without saying, but I do feel badly for Ivy athletes who will be watching the rest of D1 play. That's worse than just having your own season cancelled.

2/22/2111:39 AM

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