Yale University
- Athletics

Great Facilities, Poor Spirit

Yale is continuing to decline in its athletics. Our academic standards for athletes are higher than the other Ivy schools and this has resulted in a decline in top recruits and therefore poorer performance and not as much depth on teams. Along with losing season, is poor fan base and not much school spirit. However, the facilities are great.

Yale is not good at athletics.

We are good at a few preppy sports--squash, crew, etc. However, Yale is not really good at any of the main sports: Football, basketball, etc. Additionally, the administration does not really support athletics, so athletics are a rather small part of campus life. Jocks often hang out together, and rarely will you see anyone attend a football game except for Harvard-Yale.

Nothing Special

Men's hockey is pretty big here (because it's like the only sport we're good at on a national level, go figure). Other than that, though, nobody really seems to care. Football game tailgates have a much higher attendance rate than the games do. Harvard - Yale football is probably the one game that the majority of the student body bothers to watch. School spirit is pretty weak.

Also, it's an ivy league school. You're not gonna find the caliber of athlete that you'll find at just about any non-ivy. The athletics in the ivy league (even though it's D1) are just weaker.

Yale's saving grace, however, is that the athletic facilities are fantastic.