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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These are all good points, but they're all impacted by both sport and school, especially since money is not relevant to all schools (Ivys, D3 theoretically). The issue with major is also impacted significantly by school. [b]The Ivys and the like do not put restrictions on major[/b], and in fact, have more restrictions on when/how much athletes can practice. [/quote]

My nephew was told to choose between being an athlete and being a physics major at his Ivy.  The coach said he could not do both.  [/quote]

That's very school dependent. I have a track athlete. It's very useful to look at the bios of the student athletes. We were looking at Rice - lot of engineering majors and other difficult majors for the track athletes. Maybe it's different for football, but didn't check.

The Ivies are in a weird position. They are D1. And historically, some programs did pretty well - Princeton basketball, Harvard hockey. But this year in particular is a very different climate because of rulings with NCAA and NIL. The non-revenue sports are getting obliterated right now. Track teams generally are being reduced by half. Scholarships and recruitment are being seriously decimated. But the Ivies don't give sports scholarships, so they might actually be the best place now for high caliber student-athletes who are not quite prime time, but are good students and good athletes. But it's absolutely ridiculous for Ivy coaches to ban certain majors. No one coming out of Brown or Yale is making a living as an athlete.  [/quote]

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