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Lehigh Football Nation
December 3rd, 2010, 09:57 AM
http://roarlions.blogspot.com/2010/12/hot-fight-in-old-nassau.html


The Daily Princetonian has set off a real firestorm online with its publication of a series of articles on the Princeton admissions process.

The real fireworks started flying when on online poster claiming to be a long-time tenured Princeton professor expressed his/her outrage over the supposedly inferior academic abilities and performances of the athletes.

This supposed professor, (who based on the passages written seems to me to be much more likely a graduate school teacher’s assistant), repeats all the old stereotypes about student athletes.

The article, which talks about the Ivy League's "Academic Index" (similar but not identical, to the Patriot League's):

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/12/01/27054/

And the comment thread:

http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2010/12/01/27054/comments/?p=1

The article talks about Ivy League's "likely letters" (that they use instead of the Letter of Intent program) to allow them to offer "commitments" to prospects out of school, largely to make sure that the Duke's, Stanford's, and the like don't offer scholarships on LOI day to these kids. The Patriot League used to mandate a "likely letter" system as well, but now leave the option for schools to issue more binding LOI's. (Both Lafayette and Lehigh do this.)

For PL fans, it's a reminder of the forces and prejudices they are up against when attempting to implement football scholarships.

Go...gate
December 3rd, 2010, 04:13 PM
Thanks for posting.

bonarae
December 3rd, 2010, 05:40 PM
Well, the superiors (i.e. the Ivy League schools' administration and the Presidents) are far more closed-minded to change than we are as fans. Sad fact. xbawlingx