What I'm saying is that the IL's decision does a great disservice to the football student-athletes, who don't have a fair chance to compete for an FCS national championship, and the IL fans, who (mostly, in my experience) would like to be able to determine how good their teams are on a national level. Like I said before, if anything it's a boon to PL schools' recruiting, who benefit somewhat by the IL's intransigence on this issue. But a robust IL participating in the FCS playoffs could make for a much more healthy college football season in the Northeast that has largely disappeared in the last 25 years.
The IL's self-imposed isolation is not the only reason that football is dying in the Northeast, but it is a large factor, IMO.
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