I played football in the Ivy League. I know the quality of play is not as good as the big-time programs full of All-Americans at the huge state universities.
But it was a student activity that was fun for the players and hopefully entertaining when the teams were well-matched.
You can reduce the days of full contact practice, but I don’t see how you can inure a player to the hard contact of tackling unless he experiences it during practices. It’s simply part of the sport.
I can’t imagine all the coaches voting for this change unless they were pressured by the Deans and Presidents whose only experience with contact sports is in their bedrooms.
I would think that this is the first step toward the Ivy League dropping football altogether.