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I am patiently waiting for the first bellwether Ivy league school to drop football with brain injury being the reason. I think the demise of college and then
by frankydp 9y ago
I am patiently waiting for the first bellwether Ivy league school to drop football with brain injury being the reason. I think the demise of college and then professional football would cascade after that, still a decade or two but it would be inevitable and possibly faster than people expect.
- heartbreak 9y agoYale cutting football has 0 chance whatsoever of convincing a single SEC school to cut football. The SEC would be around sponsoring football even if every other conference was shuttered. Edit: Okay maybe Vanderbilt would leave.
- frankydp 9y agoI agree. But, I was mostly suggesting that the social pressure that would result from the Ivy schools dropping for cause would snowball. The effects may be the most obvious at the lowest age groups, even more than now. I think that wave of decisions to not play or allow play, would march right up the recruiting pipeline. I am in the Southeast and my county has no Middle school football, already. The only feeders for HS ball in my area is private leagues.