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Message: [QUOTE="Dick_in_MI, post: 5442421, member: 225"] Many years ago, a number of schools decided that college sports was headed in a direction that didn’t align with their academic mission. Here are some of the teams in the final Top 20 in 1950: #5 Army #8 Princeton #14 Wyoming #18 Washington and Lee #19 Navy #20 Cornell Along the way, the business of the sport became too crazy and a lot of those schools (and others like them) simply said “no way.” Perhaps in some cases they couldn’t compete financially, but in other cases they decided that isn’t why their academic institution existed. I don’t think that the prestige of the Ivys was hurt too badly by that decision. Now? It’s light years worse than in 1950. “College athletics” has become, in many cases, nothing more than a school running a pro team. Just show biz and a revenue stream kiddies, and if along the way a player gets a degree, well that’s merely a bonus. Y’all be sure to donate to help pay those players, OK? [/QUOTE]