But when schoolboys went on to university they wanted to playthe same games they had enjoyed in school, and this was one of the things behind the movement to standardize.
More depressing for the purists is that I only see four ways to reverse the trend: (1) State legislative subsidies to keep a state-supported school within the existing conference due to other state schools they play and revenue retention from those games (2) private business subsidies, (3) donations from the general public and high net worth individuals, or (4) a conscious decision to deemphasize sports.