<p>“Why is there never complaints about athletic admitted “hooks” or legacy “hooks”? Easy, because those admits bring diversity?”</p>
<p>Seriously, people complain about athlete recruits all the time! And if you are a recruited athlete, the assumption is you couldn’t get in on your own merits, which is not the case for MOST athletes in the Ivy League. Admission standards may be lowered slightly, but you still have to be a top student. And once admitted, you still have to do the same work as every other student, plus maintain a rigorous training regimen, with little or no academic support, which is pretty standard at most other DI schools, including most of the other Ivy League schools. Not to mention the athletic scholarship money Ivy League student-athletes forgo to attend an Ivy League school!</p>