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...Feinstein insisted that the rise in college basketball’s popularity and its huge revenue stream has caused schools to stray from what should be their top priority—the athletes...
...thing wrong with the NCAA is the idea that Ohio State-Miami matters more than Harvard-Yale, Army-Navy or Wesleyan-Williams,” Feinstein said. “It doesn’t. It makes more money, no question about it. But to the kids who play the games, it matters just as much...
...Feinstein supported the idea, noting that the Ivy model, though praiseworthy, likely could not be applied at most other colleges...
...Feinstein concluded the discussion with a challenge to the Ivy League to allow its football teams to compete in the Division I-AA tournament and also to move to a conference tournament in basketball. These steps, he said, only make sense in light of the league’s stand on behalf of its student-athletes as the ones who “should matter the most...
Thus the ostensible focus of Friday’s panel discussion, where the Ivy League should fit in today’s changing athletic landscape. And while all three panelists missed numerous opportunities to comment at length on the league’s direction, author John Feinstein addressed the matter most directly in the early-going...