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Subject: Sweet Spot of Ivy Recruiting Author: IvySportsJunkie [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:01:29 09/18/25 Thu In reply to: IvySportsJunkie 's message, "An Alternative Perspective on the State of Ivy League Athletics" on 19:06:14 07/21/25 Mon Another very good point, Son of Ivy. There is Zero chance of the Ivy League dropping its teams to D3 athletics. Not only will the Ivy adapt, the nature of our targeted recruiting allows us ample room to still be highly competitive in FCS football. It is important to note that our primary targeted recruited football players are two star recruiting rated prospective players. The vast majority of two star recruits do not attract offers from the Power 4 FBS conferences and do not attract significant NIL deals. Our Ivy League football coaches seek to supplement their core of two star recruits with a selective number of three star recruits. According to 247 Composite Recruiting Service, the Ivy League has secured a total number of commitments of 47 three star football recruits over the past three recruiting years. This implies an average per Ivy school of only 2 three star recruits per annum. The rest of the Ivy recruits were either two star ranked or are non-ranked. Now, let’s look at the 247 Composite averages for its categories of star rankings. This recruiting service identifies an average of 30-35 players who achieve their five stars ranking, 300-330 players who achieve their four stars ranking, 2000 players who achieve their three stars ranking, and 400-500 players who achieve their two stars ranking. There aren't any "1 star" recruit rankings. This implies that the Ivy League have not been able to secure commitments from any of the top 300 ranked recruits. The top 300 rated recruits generate the vast majority of the eventual NFL drafted players. As Son of Ivy has noted, this leaves ample number of two and three star rated recruit prospects available for the Ivy League to secure commitments. The Ivy League has done a good job of identifying a number of "diamonds in the rough" two star rated recruits, such as All-Ivy Malachi Hosley at U Penn. While we may annually lose a few players to FBS Power 4 conferences, such as Malachi to Georgia Tech, we should expect to never lose more than 5 percent of our rosters to the transfer portal (this is excluding the graduate transfers that we lose every year since graduate students are not eligible to play in the Ivy League). [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: An Alternative Perspective on the State of Ivy League Athletics Author: RedWin [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:16:59 09/18/25 Thu I think it's a "Wait & See" regarding NIL money. This cost is from companies, alums, and schools (I am not an NIL expert) but it could be a matter of time until schools begin losing a lot of money. Having spent my career in the finance sector with large organizations, the first thing we cut is marketing and advertising. I don't see how spending millions on a 19 year old unproven kid in college is sustainable. Ivy League sports is still real college athletics. If you graduate without any meaningful skills you are screwed in this modern age. Even if you're a liberal arts major, if you can write well and have strong analytical skills you're employable. However, if you graduate with a recreation management major...........good luck finding a job that pays enough to pay the bills. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]