Originally Posted by
GannonFan
Hasn't the Ivy League, 50 years ago, tried the same thing you're saying? Sure, Ivy League games still get decent crowds, especially compared to other FCS teams, but it's a far cry from the heydays when the Ivy League was fielding some of the best teams in the land with players who were just a couple of inches taller and just a few steps faster. People will still watch because, like you say, they like watching their school in their uniforms play other schools. But you're being silly (and the Ivy League example proves it) when you pretend that attendance (and tv revenues) would not drop significantly if the B1G was no longer putting some of the top teams in the country out there on the field.
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