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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The phrase “big three” originated in the 1880s not as a recognition of a particular academic program, but rather when these three colleges reflected the cream of the crop in [b]US football[/b] at the time. That’s all.

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“The phrase Big Three originated in the 1880s, when these three colleges dominated college football.[1] In 1906, these schools formed a sports compact that formalized a three-way football competition which began in 1878.”

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Football was a proxy for WASP men. So, schools that didn’t practice discrimination are not eligible to join. Schools that didn’t discriminate against Jews, for example, will be forever excluded as a disgraceful liberal institution. [/quote]

It's always a bit of challenge to rail against elitism when your goal is to further enshrine the concept while expanding it just enough to include, say, one more group or one more school.  [/quote]

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