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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4565106, member: 12088"] I think you're right. Also, the quote from the League Director seems like a misstep: "The Ivy League athletics model is built upon the foundational principle that student-athletes should be [B]representative[/B] of the wider student body, including the opportunity to receive need-based financial aid," she said. Framing it as an issue of representation rather than as one of academic integrity invites a lot of rhetorical mischief. The claim that D1 athletic programs compromise a school's educational mission is one that resonates with faculty not alums or fans, and it is probably an undemonstrable belief. But I suspect this will be largely a rhetorical exercise about such beliefs and rather light on hard evidence. It will pit our very vexed notions of what eduction actually [B]is[/B] (or should be) against a whole host of market-based legal technicalities. Does a school's right to protect a brand outweigh an athlete's right to compete fairly against athletes form other schools outside the league? [/QUOTE]