Word: mccann
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Merely vacate the place McCann occupied and award no points for the position he occupied. Then Yale would retain the title...
...Inasmuch as neither the Ivy League not the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) had a rule to cover the situation." Samborski said, "we decided to be guided by the rules covering NCAA championship competition. Under those rulers, according to Walter Byer, Executive Director of the NCAA, McCann's place is merely vacated and no points are warded for the position he occupied," he said...
Harvard and Yale were placed in particularly touchy positions when they learned of McCann's infraction. Neither wanted to initiate discussion on the subject. Harvard did not want to appear to be begging for the win. And Yale, quite naturally, did not want to take anything away from the spectacular performance its squad turned in to upset the Crimson...
...imagination wholly satisfactory and equitable. To be as fair as possible to Harvard, the performances of all the competitors in the qualifying round would have to be examined. If it should appear apparent that the Harvard men (Bernstein and Griswold) would have placed third and fourth with McCann out of the competition, then perhaps the third place points should be scored for Harvard...
Secondly--McCann's blunder points out that Ivy athletics are not as well acquainted with the eligibility rules as they are expected to be, and that something must be done to protect them from their own stupidity. It now seems necessary to take some measure to periodically, perhaps at the beginning and end of each season, remind every athlete of the rules so that something like this does not reoccur. And the head coach as well as his athletes should be held responsible to see that these eligibility rules are observed...