<p>^ I know what you’re saying, MLD. And I don’t want to break bad on any Ivy program because, while the model isn’t perfect, collectively i think they’re doing a better job of recruiting true student/athletes than just about anywhere else in the world of D1 sports. <hat tip="" to="" stanford=""></hat></p>
<p>That said, when you talk about an Ivy League school having access to a larger pool of potential recruits because the AI requirement isn’t as high, you have to also assume that those same kids are getting scholarship offers from other schools. So you might have a situation where the Ivies with the stronger FA packages (HP) are cherry picking the upper bands, and the scholarship schools are going after the power recruits in the lower bands and able to give full-rides.</p>