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The discussions behind the Ivy League’s decision to allow football into the national postseason, and how the uncrackable shell began to crack.

Before the national media caught wind of what was about to happen, a small group of Ivy League student-athletes got a ding on their phones. “I sent a quick text to our executive team … ‘Hey, check your emails,” said Alec Dominguez, Ivy League assistant executive director of compliance and governance. “They also knew what…

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How has COVID-19 impacted college athletic departments?

And what will they do moving forward? By Connor Ullathorne The world came to a stand-still. Businesses shut down.  All sporting events, from pickup basketball games at a local gym, to professional sports and NCAA’s March Madness, were canceled or postponed. “Probably one of the eeriest days of my life,” Maggie Pruitt, an assistant director…