Let's look at what Stanford cut.

Let's look at what Stanford cut.
by ND_Rumpus (2020-07-09 00:12:31)

In reply to: ah, but lots of kids go to D1 schools to play baseball posted by jt

"The sports that will be eliminated are: men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling."

I concede that I was out of line in choosing the dumbest of these sports to crap on, but none of these sports have any value whatsoever in terms of revenue or potential future professional achievement.

Fencing and wrestling probably have the most value among these in terms of merit from a classical education perspective but Stanford will have no problem filling any openings caused by eliminating these sports with other students paying full-boat.

I agree that marginal schools like Boise State will not have the same luxury that Stanford does and will lose out on students by not offering some sports.

Click here for link at https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/this-is-heartbreakin

Replies:

rumpus, you're missing the forest through the trees - jt 2020-07-09 00:22:39
- Correct. The takeaway here is that Stanford, which... - FL_Irish 2020-07-09 08:22:55
  - BTW, Stanford has a $27 billion endowment - jbrown_9999 2020-07-09 08:48:19