<p>As to the issue at hand, the only way the Ivy League could be relevant at the National level would be to expand its membership to a couple of schools that would boost its almost pathetic basketball attendance (an average of about 3 to 4 thousand per game in 2008) and give it enough media clout to get decent TV contracts. The only two schools that would make sense to add, without sacrificing academics or killing the league with travel costs, would be Georgetown and Duke, and the resulting league would still be way short of ever being nationally competitive in major college football. Georgetown would be loathe to give up its rivalry with Syracuse ($$$) and Duke would be loathe to give up its rivalry with North Carolina ($$$).</p>