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Bucknell would not support football scholarships soleley for the sake of football scholarships. they will however support football scholarships because they are coming to grips with the fact that they are necessary to strengthen the league as a whole. we just need to get HC on board with this understanding as well. bottom line, the HC admin wants the PL and will adjust their stance when they finally acknowledge it is necessary. the world of academia just moves at a snails pace.QUOTE]
Oh, I don't think any PL President would approve scholarships becasue they are huge fans of the game and they want to see their institution bring home a national championship. I tend to think it will happen because logic dictates it should happen. I think the case against scholarships has been exposed for what it is. At best the current system was an honest effort to attract the right kind of PL student while keeping the priorities of very reputable colleges and universities in proper alignment. Problem it has shown to be ineffective at best for all the reasons listed here and other boards ad nauseum. So what we're left with is a system that not only doesn't work...it hurts us. I may be naive but I can't imagine people smart enough to lead PL schools are going to let an illogical, detrimental policy stay in place for the sake of maintaining the status quo.
Make sure MPLS Bison doesn't see this post. :) xrotatehx
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Make sure MPLS Bison doesn't see this post. :) xrotatehx
This thread would never end... xscanx xdizzyx
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This thread would never end... xscanx xdizzyx
You betcha! xlolx
Re: LFN: PL Media Day Report...
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Ken_Z
Bucknell would not support football scholarships soleley for the sake of football scholarships. they will however support football scholarships because they are coming to grips with the fact that they are necessary to strengthen the league as a whole. we just need to get HC on board with this understanding as well. bottom line, the HC admin wants the PL and will adjust their stance when they finally acknowledge it is necessary. the world of academia just moves at a snails pace.
while the idea of the PL doing something completely inexplicable wrt to scholarships sounds like the PL, remember, the reason scholarships will be approved is to strengthen the league by appealing to other schools for expansion. screwing up the aid policy defeats this objective. this time around we nmay be protected from their instincts to tinker with things too much.
Very true..and I think I get the sense Lehigh is in that camp as well, but it will take another year or two for them to figure out the mechanics.
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First let me start by I categorized teams largely based on what information I have gleaned from sites such as this one. Obviously this leaves a huge margin of error. I guess I put Lehigh in the "leaning against" category because i got the sense that what Lehigh thought was a pro-athletics President may have turned out to be a President who could be classified as disinterested at best (please correct me if I am wrong). And given that schollies in the PL is a "pushing a boulder uphill" kind of undertaking, I just assumed your administration might be content to leave things as they are. Particularly given the success Lehigh has enjoyed under the status quo. i hope I am wrong because I think one more President strongly in favor of scholarships would probably provide the momentum needed to get the snowball rolling.
I don't disagree with the perception, but Gast now has two years under her belt, and may (hopefully) be recognizing the importance a successful athletic program has with regard to alumni relations. Keep in mind, she was a collegiate athlete at USC (track and field) as an undergrad, so she does appreciate the role athletics can play in the educational setting.
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What about Iona? They are non scholarship in football and have a pretty rounded athletic program. Plus they are just outisde the city limits. Not sure about their academic profile.
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What about Iona? They are non scholarship in football and have a pretty rounded athletic program. Plus they are just outisde the city limits. Not sure about their academic profile.
Not a good fit.
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Hey LFN, any luck with the Femovich interview on the blog?
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Or when do you anticipate it being on CSN?