I knew I put my foot in my mouth when I made the ivy comment. It wasn't
phrased in the best way.
What I meant to imply was:
many schools place a varying amount of emphasis on the athlete part of the
student-athlete phrase. Even top-notch academic schools like, for instance,
 NotNotre Dame place a great amount of emphasis on athletics and often, athletes
don't have to meet the same academic requirements as regular students. For
 example, at ND, Chris Zorich, a star football player, was accepted into Notre
 Dame with an SAT score of under 750 while the rest of the ND student body had
 an avg.
SAT  score of 1240. Coincidence? Coach Lou Holtz rationalized his reason for
accepting Zorich with, "I could see it in his eyes." What could you see, Lou?
Green?
 
What I meant to say was that in the Ivy League, you don't see that corruption
of student-athletes that you see in many big-time programs. I wasn't trying
to imply that other schools can't give the quality of education that Ivy members
 can, just that Ivy programs are less likely to see the corruption that some
 other schools do.
 
(I wasn't slamming non-Ivy institutions, of which I am a member)
 
BTW-Only one Division III schools (which aren't allowed to give athletic
 scholarships) has ever been put on probation, Plattsburgh (NY) State hockey.
 
Bri Farenell
Clarkson '95
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