Stanford Reinstates 11 sports

[Fred Garvin]

But Educational Dysfunction was right.....

[Affirm]

But Educational Dysfunction was right.....

Roughly $27.7 BILLION endowment vs. roughly $670 million endowment.
Not that endowment should go to sports, but that one school has a very different fund-raising ability than another.

[FU3]

It reversed it’s decision because of 2 federal lawsuits filed last week and overwhelming push back from alumni and athletes. Seems other institutions (even those with enormous endowments) aren’t totally tone deaf.

[Affirm]

It reversed it’s decision because of 2 federal lawsuits filed last week and overwhelming push back from alumni and athletes. Seems other institutions (even those with enormous endowments) aren’t totally tone deaf.

They did not want/need to spend any of their enormous legal budget nor of their enormous endowment fighting 2 federal lawsuits, win or lose.
Perhaps the overwhelming pushback from alumni and athletes included overwhelming financial contributions from alumni and athletes. Apparently the pushback regarding baseball and men’s lacrosse at Furman was not so overwhelming.

[FU3]

Or maybe a tone deaf administration ignored student athletes, alumni and donors in an ill defined and poorly explained action and unlike at Stanford won’t reconsider under any circumstances. Part of that “ outstandingly good” management style ?

[Davemeister]

Or maybe Stanford is more "woke" than us.

[FU3]

Nah... just competent.

[Fred Garvin]

Nah... just competent.

Yep