ELynah Forum

Swanstrom announced at yesterday's sports luncheon that they are going with Page for a majority of snaps plus shaking up the offensive lineup a bit

Have always respected Jared Backus's coaching acumen per defense.  He always get the best of talent available.  Thought pass coverage was  as good as I've seen in a while.

Execution on offense is lacking tonight

From watching Dr Moore's town hall today she talked of the cost cuts that the Athletic Dept had to make.  Just a guess here but that may be the reason they dumped Grady Whittenburg and cutting ties with WHCU per Cornell ice hockey.

Agreed 3rd or 4th place would be a successful season IMO

I am guessing he will do all right at St Joes with scholarships and NIL.

https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/ohio-state-virginia-make-moves-fortify-lacrosse-programs

Note moves Ohio State men's lacrosse and UVA women's lacrosse are making.  In the long term can the Ivies compete?

Note that Cornell's Luke Robinson, a middie, made the
All Tournament team for the U20's just concluded in South Korea.

Just passing this information on to any one interested in participating from the Attorney Richard Kent who also wrote the book about the Ivy basketball season the past two years.  Reach out to him via email.

From: Richard Kent
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2025 11:22 AM
To: Richard Kent
Subject: FW: Ivy Sports Zoom-September 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear All- Ivy athletics are at a crossroads. We are currently in an era in which NIL and revenue share dominant the landscape. The Ivy has opted out of revenue share which derived from the 2025 settlement of the House case, ostensibly because of the roster limitations. Apparently, Yale and others need football teams to have up to 130 players, while the rest of college programs like Alabama and Ohio State can live with rosters capped at 105. The only other league which has opted out in full is the Patriot and it is believed that some Patriot schools will opt in next year. NIL is now governed by the College Sports Commission which is rejecting clear "pay for play" deals.. The Ivy is currently discussing an even more restrictive set of principles. While the Ivy has and never has had any level of jurisdiction to outlaw NIL, it has done all in its power to discourage and attempt to prevent member institutions from cooperating with collectives and have discouraged deep pocketed alumni from creating them. This approach is antithetical to both the holding and concurrence (Kavanaugh) of the pivotal 2021 Alston Decision, which permits additional educational benefits to student-athletes and urged a free market for compensating college athletes.  The Ivy also has an archaic rule prohibiting grad transfers from participating in Ivy athletics. The League has seen the defection of players like Jordan Dingle, Xaivian Lee, Tyler Perkins and many, many more. Not only men's college basketball is under siege. Throw in hockey, football, lacrosse, women's basketball and tennis. Expect Ivy athletes to defect in large numbers next Spring. There are some simple fixes which can be suggested and presented directly to the Ivy Presidents. We intend to hold a zoom on September 9 at 7 pm to explore options and ultimately to make recommendations. This is not for the casual fan. It is for constituents like former players, donors and concerned alumni. I was told last fall that the Ivy Presidents are on top of this issue and dealt with it for 70% of their time last September-October. That is inaccurate. Please let me know if you are interested in receiving an invite and also if you have specific issues which you desire to be discussed. That would be helpful. Also, if you have names of other individuals who might be interested, please let me know. Richard Kent

And the Ivy League MVP from Columbia gets NIL from University of Florida.

Hint Hint Cornell is looking

The transfer from Air Force.  Am surprised that the Academies are allowed to redshirt.  Was it injury related?  Otherwise looks like a good recruiting class plus the transfers from James Madison and Wake Forest respectfully.

Somebody correct me if I am wrong but I think years ago Cornell had in its Master Long term plan a proposal to raise the roof at Lynah not to add more seats but to accomodate chairback seating instead of bleachers.

ADs vote-Ivy Council (Faculty Reps) vote and finally Presidents vote.  To move through each level there must be a vote of 6 in favor to move and pass at each level.

Let us not forget the great lacrosse goalies we have had:  Dan Mackesey, Paul Schmoler, Chase Ierlan, Butch Hilliard, John Griffin and the guys from the 1971 team (Bucky Gunts and cannot recall the other one)