Ivy League

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In lacrosse, with only five Ivy schools fielding teams, a round robin schedule might be too expensive. Because of this, the agreement proposes a lacrosse league "if financially feasible."

The Ivy Group, formerly just a sports-writers' phrase became a reality in 1945 when the presidents of the eight schools, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Brown met and made a formal agreement to prevent commercialization in athletics.

Penn De-Emphasis

In February, 1952, the schools moved to tighten the League by calling for each school to play every other at least once every five years. Since then, there has been constant pressure for a stronger Ivy League. Now that Penn has renounced its big time schedule, the eight schools have been able to work together on the stronger scheduling proposal.