<p>A couple of data points and opinion.</p>
<p>1) According to 2008 Federal numbers reported by the Ivy schools, there were a total of 57,564 Ivy League undergraduate students. 4,591 were men and 3,514 were women. Men and women athletes are approximately 14% of the student athlete population not 20% as suggested. His rounding up skills need some work.</p>
<p>2) Ivys should be applauded for the number of athletic team participation…over 30 teams in a lot of cases. I’m not sure why he thinks this is a bad thing. It is about participation not national championships…and he doesn’t quite grasp that concept.</p>
<p>3) I’m not sure what problem this guy is trying to solve. It appears to be that he upset that too many Ivy recruits are using athletics as a back door for acceptance? Rather than gut the whole system that seems to be working pretty well, why not focus on that problem and possible easy solutions. </p>
<p>4) I’d like to see some data. Specifically, I’d really like to know how many recruited Ivy athletes drop their sport after year 1,2,3 as compared to other D1 and D3 schools. My guess is they are very close.</p>
<p>5) He is under the assumption that there is no recruiting in D3. He is sadly misinformed.</p>
<p>6) He suggests the Ivys withdraw from the NCAA, and presumably become self administered. That would be a lot more trouble than it is worth.</p>