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Title: Ivy League to allow grad student waiver
Post by: CU2007 on February 11, 2021, 04:15:22 PM
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30881880/ivy-league-allowing-one-waiver-grad-students-play-2021-22-due-pandemic

Too little too late?
Title: Re: Ivy League to allow grad student waiver
Post by: upprdeck on February 11, 2021, 04:28:45 PM
big deal for LAx.. too late for hockey probably.
Title: Re: Ivy League to allow grad student waiver
Post by: jkahn on February 11, 2021, 04:39:50 PM
Quote from: CU2007https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30881880/ivy-league-allowing-one-waiver-grad-students-play-2021-22-due-pandemic

Too little too late?

and why only for this year's seniors?  What about juniors, sophs and frosh who have lost a year.  Not doing it for them just gives them an incentive to transfer.
Title: Re: Ivy League to allow grad student waiver
Post by: Weder on February 11, 2021, 05:03:00 PM
Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: CU2007https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30881880/ivy-league-allowing-one-waiver-grad-students-play-2021-22-due-pandemic

Too little too late?

and why only for this year's seniors?  What about juniors, sophs and frosh who have lost a year.  Not doing it for them just gives them an incentive to transfer.

I'd be curious to know how many athletes at Ivies are not enrolled for the spring semester to slow their graduation timeline. From what I've heard, it seems to be a not insignificant number.
Title: Re: Ivy League to allow grad student waiver
Post by: marty on February 11, 2021, 05:42:37 PM
Quote from: jkahn
Quote from: CU2007https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30881880/ivy-league-allowing-one-waiver-grad-students-play-2021-22-due-pandemic

Too little too late?

and why only for this year's seniors?  What about juniors, sophs and frosh who have lost a year.  Not doing it for them just gives them an incentive to transfer.

It's so fucking stupid it could only come from the Ivy brain trust.
Title: Re: Ivy League to allow grad student waiver
Post by: Trotsky on February 12, 2021, 01:13:18 AM
It might not have saved hockey but it sure would have been nice for it to at least have been an option.

The Ivies are a Veblen good (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good).  The focus is always to maintain the discriminators that guard its status niche.  So I guess it makes perfect marketing sense to allow an exception only after it makes no practical difference.