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tigergeorge writes:

in response to HowardSprague:

"We need to stay in Division 1," she said. "A lot of schools that are in Division 1 are metropolitan research universities and land grant universities, and those are some key universities in this country. And so, if you step down from a division, it doesn't reflect well on you or your view of what the future could be."

Pure, utter tripe.
Since when does what division you play football in--or if you play football at all--have ANYTHING to do with how good or great a university you are???
Answer: It doesn't....and it never has.

Playing in the Ivy League and playing "non-competitive football" (compared to most of D-I, I mean) hasn't seemed to have hampered Harvard or Yale any lately.
And there are some extremely good schools out there which don't play football at all--in any division.

Sports, overall--competitive or non-competitive, in Division I or II or III, or not played at all--mean absolutely ZILCH in terms of how great an academic school you are, or how prestigious a research institution you can become.
Surely the president of the university is not really that dumb and ill-informed!

It helps the parents make a decision thru loyalties and traditions.
