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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, not seeing any of the D-3s head to D-I. Not worth the investment, esp. given the (lack of) football payout from Ivy League [bowls, tv rights, etc]. Chicago does not have football -- you think the Ivies are going to add a full member without football? (the answer is no). MIT would get killed in all sports because of their admissions process and lack of consideration for athletics recruiting and would have to spend $$$ to upgrade everything to D-I level, which would pi$$ off alumni for absolutely zero return (NO way they'd admit kids to have any team that would not lose in Ivy play). Like, it might actually spark a backlash among alumni if they joined the Ivy League  :lol: . JHU is also not going to spend the $$ to build out D-I level programs; right now they play in the same league as Swarthmore, Haverford, etc., except for their one D-I sport (lax). You think they want to spend the $$ (for no return $$) for D-I athletics otherwise? They don't need the Ivy League.

Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Vanderbilt, and Notre Dame are not going to give up the conference $ they get now -- they can't AND I think alumni would be mad (I am an alum of one of these.....I also hold a degree from an Ivy League school....I don't get the obsession....you think people are walking around Stanford's campus feeling inferior and wishing they were at Cornell because Cornell is in the Ivy League?)

The schools that would want to join the Ivy League are not the schools the Ivy League would want to add. The one D-I school I think would be an interesting scenario would be Rice. I could see them giving up whatever $ they're getting now and taking a financial hit to join. Plus they'd be more competitive in league play than they probably are now (I can't remember what the new name of Conference USA is, what they are in now).[/quote]

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