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My how the relationship between college football and academics has changed – enjoy the laugh.
Lynn | Jan 25, 2012 | Comments 2
When did football become so important to the collegiate experience and the financial bottom-line of universities? The relationship was sure different in 1873.
Football - Collegiate Requirement
Here’s what happened when Cornell challenged the University of Michigan:
Some football players of Cornell, in 1873, challenged a team from the University of Michigan, the game to be played on neutral ground, with thirty men on each team. When asked for permission to play the game, the Cornell president refused with this comment:
“I will not permit thirty men of this University to travel four hundred miles merely to agitate a bag of wind.“
Go Cornell!
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This story found in Bernie Smith’s 1976 book, The Joy of Trivia, page 274.
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Ah, but they didn’t have TV revenue in 1873.
Dan
I admit, Dan, I didn’t think of that. And now she asks innocently, “Does that really make a BIG difference?”
Would it be accurate to suggest that the university alum who lands a lucrative NFL contract right after graduation might make a few more bucks than the one with the highest grade point? I’m not giving up easily!