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[QUOTE="Purple Haze, post: 3899982, member: 5843"]
You are correct - that absolutely happened at Brown 20+ years ago.  They were investigated by the NCAA in 2000.  I know three guys who coached (one still does) at Ivy League football programs.  The only advantage they have is academic preference - the ability to get a kid admitted who otherwise wouldn't get in based on grades.  Some take more advantage of that than others and I was told that you can always tell which school makes the most exceptions based on their record (yeah, I'm looking at you Penn).  But they have zero influence over the financial aid process.  It's an excuse non-Ivy league teams like to toss around, but if it were true, don't you think they would at least be competitive in the revenue generating sports?  I mean if you were going to buy an athlete, wouldn't you buy a basketball player?  Now do I think that wealthy alumni (i.e. Joe Tsai) might stick their nose in behind the scene in specific instances?  100%  As it is now, it's too easy to reach out to players and potential recruits online that makes that inevitable.  And now that they can profit off their likeness that is only going to get worse. I don't see the Ivys dropping out of D1 anytime soon based solely on tradition, but wouldn't at all be surprised if we see those conversations happen.

Anyways, this is a Petro thread so sorry about the off topic tangent...
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