[JohnR34231]

with parallels to our band's recent experience.

banned from playing at athletic events

The photo of the (non-) crowd at their home opener is just sad.  Most high schools have bigger crowds than that.

Columbia averaged 5,667 fans.  Top was Hahvahd at 9,842, bottom was Dartmouth at 4,007.  Yale's stadium holds 61k+, they average 7,600 or so.  Smallest stadium is Dartmouth at 11,000.

I saw a quarter of an Ivy league game once, Princeton vs. I forget who.  First play, the Princeton slot receiver runs to the flat, QB throws the ball into the ground about 2/3 of the way to the receiver.  Honestly looked like a pretty decent high school team, nothing like a Power 5 game.

I was fortunate enough to attend the greatest Ivy League game of all time and a contender for greatest football game of all time.  That would be when Harvard beat Yale 29-29 in 1968.  Harvard's stadium was sold out.

Harvard had a last minute drive to tie the game. Yale had three high school All-Americans (including Grant Hill) who played offense but usually didn't play defense. When asked why he didn't put them in to stop Harvard's last drive, the Yale coach said he didn't want the three guys who got replaced to remember their Yale football careers that way.
Different philosophy in the Ivy League, even back then.

[JohnR34231]

with parallels to our band's recent experience.

banned from playing at athletic events

The photo of the (non-) crowd at their home opener is just sad.  Most high schools have bigger crowds than that.

Columbia averaged 5,667 fans.  Top was Hahvahd at 9,842, bottom was Dartmouth at 4,007.  Yale's stadium holds 61k+, they average 7,600 or so.  Smallest stadium is Dartmouth at 11,000.

I saw a quarter of an Ivy league game once, Princeton vs. I forget who.  First play, the Princeton slot receiver runs to the flat, QB throws the ball into the ground about 2/3 of the way to the receiver.  Honestly looked like a pretty decent high school team, nothing like a Power 5 game.

I was fortunate enough to attend the greatest Ivy League game of all time and a contender for greatest football game of all time.  That would be when Harvard beat Yale 29-29 in 1968.  Harvard's stadium was sold out.

Harvard had a last minute drive to tie the game. Yale had three high school All-Americans (including Grant Hill) who played offense but usually didn't play defense. When asked why he didn't put them in to stop Harvard's last drive, the Yale coach said he didn't want the three guys who got replaced to remember their Yale football careers that way.
Different philosophy in the Ivy League, even back then.