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This book, according to Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68, is a major factor in driving the current discussion.
But Lewis also said presidents and administrators at many Ivy League schools have noticed a disturbing professionalization of collegiate athletics.
“The seasons are too long, there are too many contests, there are too many travel dates, the offseason is too formal and there’s too much training and practicing,” Lewis says of the overall Harvard athletic program. “All of...
Lewis, who is Harvard’s representative on the Ivy League policy committee, outlines two problems he sees with the state of Ivy League athletics—the intensity of the experience and the changed nature of recruiting.
He notes that sports with no traditional season—such as crew—envelope the entire academic year and leave athletes with little time for anything else. In sports with a clear off-season, such as football, Lewis worries that “the off-season is almost...