approved the addition of an extra weekend of conference tournament games<\/a>, in order to facilitate the expansion of the tournament to include all 12 league teams.<\/p>\nBoth decisions were made pending approval of the Policy Committee, an oversight body comprised of non-sports representatives from each league school. Given the unprecedented cooperation among Ivy and non-Ivy League athletic directors, passage from the Policy Committee has been expected.<\/p>\n
Is this delay an indication that those proposals are in jeopardy?<\/p>\n
Not necessarily, said ECAC assistant commissioner Steve Hagwell, who said the delay was inspired more by a desire to meet face-to-face.<\/p>\n
“Certainly there were some concerns [during the conference call] on the significance of these proposals,” said Hagwell. “But, also, these people haven’t gotten together in some time. Many of them have never met.<\/p>\n
“The last issue they had to decide was in 1998, on whether to go to a 10-team tournament. They conducted that vote via e-mail. …<\/p>\n
“I’m optimistic that, given the two months we now have, and the face-to-face opportunity the ADs will have … they will come to that meeting and have their questions already answered, and see that it’s in the best intersts of league.”<\/p>\n
The increase in the games limit was a source of great optimism, given that the 12 ADs agreed on the proposal unanimously, even though Ivy League schools would still be limited to 29 games.<\/p>\n
The question is whether this spirit of cooperation, and desire to “do what’s best for the league,” is shared by the non-sports representatives.<\/p>\n
“One [Ivy League committee member] said that on the [conference] call,” Hagwell said. “They said, ‘We don’t want to get into a situation where we create a divide, us vs. them.’<\/p>\n
“So, they’re well aware of that desire to have this league function as a league.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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