Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 11:53     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
As an ivy league connoisseur, I welcome university of phoenix
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 11:45     Subject: Re:If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
you have no hobby?
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 11:43     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
University of Phoenix
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 11:29     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The only schools academically and prestige-wise that the Ivy League could add are some combination of Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Caltech… only a couple of the aforementioned schools would even make sense from a cultural standpoint, and even fewer fit athletically.

Would make more sense to just create an alternate “league” or consortium of those schools and ramp up a separate brand that way. Old guard vs new guard and such.


Like the league of elite online universities!


Ah, yes, because all those schools are "online universities." At least make your digs even remotely believable.
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 11:27     Subject: Re:If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Anonymous wrote:(I have posted several times in this thread. Just trying to promote discussion.)

Thoughts about a merger between the Patriot League and the Ivy League ? Two divisions: Ivy & Patriot. Scholarships for football, basketball, and ???


Ah, here's the parent/grad (or both) of a Patriot League school. Lmao. 99.9% of people don't even know what the Patriot League is, let alone which schools constitute it. Definitely not on par with Ivy.
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 10:21     Subject: Re:If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
(I have posted several times in this thread. Just trying to promote discussion.)

Thoughts about a merger between the Patriot League and the Ivy League ? Two divisions: Ivy & Patriot. Scholarships for football, basketball, and ???
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 09:40     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Anonymous wrote:The only schools academically and prestige-wise that the Ivy League could add are some combination of Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Caltech… only a couple of the aforementioned schools would even make sense from a cultural standpoint, and even fewer fit athletically.

Would make more sense to just create an alternate “league” or consortium of those schools and ramp up a separate brand that way. Old guard vs new guard and such.


Like the league of elite online universities!
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 09:40     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Anonymous wrote:Stanford is not leaving the Pac12 and is a possible B1G candidate, so that is out. Northwestern isn't giving up a billion dollars in athletcs money for the Ivys.

I would agree with MIT, Hopkins and Georgetown.


Although they may make millions in athletic money, the cost of these programs typically far exceeds their revenue. Most would be better off without athletics.
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 01:04     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
The only schools academically and prestige-wise that the Ivy League could add are some combination of Stanford, Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and Caltech… only a couple of the aforementioned schools would even make sense from a cultural standpoint, and even fewer fit athletically.

Would make more sense to just create an alternate “league” or consortium of those schools and ramp up a separate brand that way. Old guard vs new guard and such.
Anonymous
Post 10/14/2022 00:09     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Anonymous wrote:Nobody associates the Ivy league to a sports league anymore. The name is now synonymous with educational excellence and prestige. And for that reason, they will not expand it so as not to dilute the brand.


They were considering Army, Navy and Northwestern in the 80s, so it's not impossible. I agree they don't want to dilute the brand, but it's unlikely adding schools like JHU will somehow cheapen the brand.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2022 23:54     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Nobody associates the Ivy league to a sports league anymore. The name is now synonymous with educational excellence and prestige. And for that reason, they will not expand it so as not to dilute the brand.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2022 22:23     Subject: Re:If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
The Ivy League should consider dropping to D3. The athletic departments are burning through money and D1 athletic excellence isn't a top priority for the universities. The half in and half out approach just means a lot of teams are expensive to operate but not very good! Trying to compete in D1 without athletic scholarships doesn't make sense in wins and losses or in mission. D3 aligns much better.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2022 21:01     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Anonymous wrote:UMASS-Amherst
URI
Providence College
Fordham
LIU-Brooklyn
Stony Brook
MIT
Hopkins
Southern New Hampshire University


I chuckled at this
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2022 18:23     Subject: Re:If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
Anonymous wrote:No Ivy League school is going to leave because of the athletic scholarship issue. The Ivy League is the only non-scholarship D-I conference.


I do not understand why this would be an ongoing concern since the school would no longer be limited by Ivy League athletic rules. If an Ivy school did leave and did offer athletic scholarships, then the quality of the revenue sports should increase.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2022 18:09     Subject: If the Ivy League had to expand, who'd join?
UMASS-Amherst
URI
Providence College
Fordham
LIU-Brooklyn
Stony Brook
MIT
Hopkins
Southern New Hampshire University