More Summer Help Needed
Rising senior OL Alec Kosminskas is looking to stay in the city to work out with his teammates this summer.
But he's NOT looking for a Wall Street gig.
Alec wants to get into film production, (he wants to be a director one day), and he's looking for production work with a film company or TV network.
If anyone has any ideas or leads, let me know and I will pass along his contact info.
Shane Kelly's Dreams
Former QB Shane Kelly '10, is taking a shot at getting fit enough to join the NFL.
As many of you may know, Shane honed his passing skills further in Canada at Wilfrid Laurier College while he was getting a graduate business degree.
Interesting Perspective
A writer for the Lehigh Valley Express-Times has a piece today decrying the Patriot League's decision to allow football scholarships.
There's nothing very unusual about that, but it turns out this writer is the parent of a girl who was recently recruited by Columbia for track and field.
So he has an interesting perspective.
I don't agree with the spirit of his article, but he makes some good points.
Pioneer League Deal Ahead?
The Patriot League scholarship decision has many Ivy fans wondering how much longer our teams will be able to regularly take on teams from that league.
One alternative could be to play more games against teams in the Pioneer League. Of course, the Lions already are scheduling more games against Pioneer member Marist beginning with the season opener this September.
But most of the Pioneer schools are much further from the Northeast than Marist, presenting a new travel challenge to Ivy football teams.
Could the Ivies start taking on Division III teams?
Rod Perry
Former Columbia secondary coach Rod Perry is back in college football after a long stint in the NFL.
Perry, who was an All Pro DB with the L.A. Rams, (remember them?), has just joined Oregon State and will coach the secondary there. He was let go earlier this month by the Colts after the big personnel changes over there.
Time's a Wastin' on TV
The NBC Sports Network, (formerly known as Versus), has made a deal with the Colonial Athletic Association to cover football and basketball games for the conference.
Whether this means there will be no room for a new deal with the Ivies is not known, but it sure looks that way.
Once again, you have to look at the CAA's rules allowing postseason football as a big possible reason why a conference with little-known schools like Towson and Richmond can get a national TV contract.
Ivy Executive Director Robin Harris needs to push for the lifting of the football postseason ban and she should make it clear that TV contracts are hanging in the balance.
Signing Day Pics!
I asked for more signing day pics, and many are pouring in already!
I think to give every athlete his due I will publish just one per day.
Today's athlete is Fort Hamilton's Toba Akinleye. (obviously, he's the guy in the CU hat on the far left)
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8 comments:
Jake- no need for Ivies to schedule D-III teams. If the Patriots become as good as 1980s Holy Cross, then Ivies will schedule 1 Patriot/CAA, 1 PFL/NEC, and Georgetown. Check out this blog entry for how it would work: http://georgetownfootball.blogspot.com/2012/02/opportunity.html
Why did the author of the article regarding Lehigh and Lafayette discuss Columbia and feel the need to state "But it's not as pure as they'd like you to believe" and "summer internships do suddenly pop up?" If given the opportunity to attend Columbia why would you not? The education, the alumni connections, living in NYC are all reasons you would attend Columbia and similar reasons for attending any Ivy.
Strange that Columbia would be singled out in an article about two PA Patriot League schools.
Georgetown statement on football scholarships. Doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement of scholarships.
http://www.guhoyas.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/021312aaa.html
Feb. 13, 2012
WASHINGTON - "Georgetown offers 29 varsity sports and is committed to Division I football as part of its broad-based approach to intercollegiate athletics. Since 2001, Georgetown has been committed to competing in the sport of football as an affiliate member of the Patriot League. This has allowed the University to compete with institutions that shared the same academic values and need-based financial aid philosophy.
"The Patriot League recently passed permissive legislation that will allow member institutions to award merit-based aid in the sport of football beginning in 2013-14. Georgetown will continue its membership in the Patriot League in the sport of football and explore all of its options, including our ability to compete as a need-based aid program. We remain committed to our goal of providing our student athletes with an unparalleled academic experience and an athletically competitive football program."
I am under the impression that our current financial aid packages are as good as those at HYP and better than the rest of the Ivies. Am I correct?
In the "old days", I thought Ivy League policy was that when a student-athlete had been accepted to 2 or more schools that the financial aid packages would be "adjusted" so that cost would not be a factor in which school the student-athlete chose .... is that no longer the case ????
There was a settlement of an antitrust case which resulted in a consent decree by which the Ivies had to stop sharing information on financial aid packages. I have a vague recollection that the settlement was reached about 20 years ago.
Your memory is pretty good oldlion ... I checked, the Ivy League signed a consent decree in 1991 .... MIT (who was also part of the law suit) did not, and eventually won thier case to share financial information with other universities in 1993 .... too bad the Ivy League Presidents don't have a pair of spherical orbs below their waist ....
Thanks RedTiger61. One of the interesting things about getting older is that you remember things that happened years ago but can't recall what you had for lunch yesterday.
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