that’s great
I didn’t even know Brown had a Rugby team
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I didn’t even know that there was a Queen’s University of Charlotte.
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Same!!
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And their women’s rugby is a D1 team and one of the best in the nation. About 1/2 the Ivy League has Varsity Women’s Rugby. Dartmouth is a true power, and regular fields national team players.
Note that Men’s Rugby is not an NCAA sport in the same way Men’s Rowing is not, and typically not a recruitable sport.
Respectfully Brown mens rugby has defeated Dartmouth in 8 consecutive matches and won the Ivy Championship the last 4 years. Several members of both squads were given national (and international) awards.
Sorry it’s a bit personal.
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In Women’s?
Men’s…
https://rugbyhawk.com/rankings.html
Actually my kid was recruited to Brown to play but had another Ivy admission where rugby didn’t factor into it. Consistent with the following article it can give you a boost but you still need the qualifications independent of your sport.
Right. I was adding that Women’s Rugby is also a thing and at the NCAA/varsity level at several Ivies, and adding some context. No qualms against Brown’s Men’s Rugby prowess.
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Until about 3 years ago, it was a D2 school but switched to D1 mostly on the strength of its swim teams.
It is a red brick southern look school.
Where’s Navy?
I thought that Navy had a new, but quite successful rugby team. I don’t even see them in the rankings.
Rugby conferences are different/separate from the usual athletic conferences and depending where you are looking you may not see a particular school listed.
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The Ivy League has announced it will opt out of the House vs. NCAA settlement.
I expected this would be the case all along, but now it’s official.
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It will be interesting to see how many Ivy athletes transfer out…the relatively more talented athletes may have some better opportunities, especially wrt to $$.
It will be interesting to watch the consequences of House vs NCAA (as well as any other pending NIL lawsuits) as they unfold over the next few years.
Next up: athletes as employees in some NLRB actions as well as Johnson vs NCAA.
They may want to but most $$ programs (football and BB) are facing roster cuts. “Relatively more talented” may not quite cut it in this new environment.
My kids team (not revenue) has had a few last minute visits from kids committed to Power schools who had their offer pulled do to cuts. I think the reality of this situation is that more great athletes will be looking at Ivies, not fewer (but not everyone has that luxury to begin with given academic standards).
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That’s why I said some and may 
There have been a handful of high profile successful transfers who left Ivies in the last year or two, and I expect more will test the waters.
There are plenty of athletes who are interested in the Ivies, including those with relatively low academics and high need. Donut hole families and/or those who just to want to pay full boat will continue to avoid the Ivies. Just not an option for donut hole families.
I totally agree! Especially in non-revenue sports.
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I agree there will likely be some individuals going each way–some more likely to be looking at Ivies due to roster reductions elsewhere, and then a few (already happening) looking for bigger NIL deals looking elsewhere.
My guess is this will be to the net gain of the Ivies in terms of overall athletic recruitment results.
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It was announced last week that Title IX applies to NIL/House payments, so women may benefit with a lot of money going to women in non-rev sports to offset the football and basketball payments. Or it may be the ‘permanent employment for CPAs Act’ just trying to figure out who gets what.
I, of course, think this is great. A million for him, a million for her.
I think the net result of this will be further cuts of men’s non-revenue teams. I am not sure that was the “equality” Title IX was meant for.
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Queue the lawsuits, they are coming.
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