<p>No, the student body is not interested in intercollegiate sports per se, but students are definitely interested in each other as interesting human beings which most Yalies seem to be par excellence. </p>
<p>The Game is the singular exception but let me point out that one of the commemorative T-shirts sold each year features the slogan, “As much as we hate football, we hate Harvard even more.”</p>
<p>I would suggest that your daughter makes sure that she “fits” at the school holistically and should regard being able to play her sport as a secondary criterion. I know a number of kids for whom playing their sport was the number one goal but the rest of the college experience turned out badly resulting in transfers after the first year. This would be true for any school, not just Yale.</p>