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Michael McDaniel

Ivy League to Make Major Change to FCS Playoff Stance

Ivy League schools will begin competing in the FCS playoffs beginning in 2025. | Brenden Welper/Times Herald / USA TODAY NETWORK

Since 1945, the Ivy League has banned athletic scholarships for football and has also prohibited postseason play in what is known as the Ivy Group Agreement.

It looks like the long outdated rule is finally going to change, at least for the postseason eligibility portion of the Ivy Group Agreement. According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, the Ivy League will begin participating in the FCS playoffs beginning in 2025. For the first time in 80 years, Ivy League schools will be able to play for a national title in football.

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