I'm sure we all agree they go anywhere but Rutgers...for the most part.
The reasons have been discussed many times on this board and we all know what they are.
They range from a campus filled with students that look and dress nothing like them, to the place simply doesn't resemble a college atmosphere like a our sister schools in the B1G, or a UNC or Virginia do.
This was not the case before 1975 so something happened? What was it?
As for the remedy...winning athletic teams would do more to change the perception than anything else..IMO
The school we root so passionately for has two chicken and egg scenarios it seems to me. In order to recruit well for your sport you need to win, and in order to become attractive to upper class kids who are non athletes, you need to win at sports as well.
Strictly my opinion, If there was a winning atmosphere surrounding are athletic teams around our campus, it would greatly improve perception, which in turn might help us get affluent kids. I'm not even saying getting those kids would make it a better school, but it would make us like other flagship state universities that for the most part are all priority destinations for their instate kids.
The reasons have been discussed many times on this board and we all know what they are.
They range from a campus filled with students that look and dress nothing like them, to the place simply doesn't resemble a college atmosphere like a our sister schools in the B1G, or a UNC or Virginia do.
This was not the case before 1975 so something happened? What was it?
As for the remedy...winning athletic teams would do more to change the perception than anything else..IMO
The school we root so passionately for has two chicken and egg scenarios it seems to me. In order to recruit well for your sport you need to win, and in order to become attractive to upper class kids who are non athletes, you need to win at sports as well.
Strictly my opinion, If there was a winning atmosphere surrounding are athletic teams around our campus, it would greatly improve perception, which in turn might help us get affluent kids. I'm not even saying getting those kids would make it a better school, but it would make us like other flagship state universities that for the most part are all priority destinations for their instate kids.
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