"Not Your Average Road Trip"--gostanford.com - Printable Version

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"Not Your Average Road Trip"--gostanford.com - JJJ - 08-18-2017

I found this piece quite interesting. You may have already seen it, of course.

Quote:When Stanford kicks off the 2017 football season against Rice at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia, few will know how much work behind the scenes went into making the game a reality.

In February of 2016, Matt Doyle, senior associate athletics director and director of football operations, was contacted by the president of a company in Sydney that specializes in bringing large sporting events to Australia. Cal and Hawaii had just signed a deal to play a game in Sydney that August, and they were interested in having the Cardinal play "Down Under" in 2018.

Doyle did his due diligence, reaching out to Cal to get a feel for the process and thought it made sense for Stanford in 2017, not 2018. He emailed Bernard Muir, the Jaquish & Kenninger Director of Athletics, and Patrick Dunkley, deputy athletics director, outlining reasons why the football program should consider playing in Australia. They included:

- Giving student-athletes the same chance many others get to experience on a cultural trip abroad
- Increased exposure playing on the first Saturday of the season
- By moving up the start of the season by one week, the ability to add in a bye week during a season in which the Cardinal did not have a natural bye
- Recruiting: every prospect they were recruiting in the 2017 class would have a chance to experience the trip
- Promoter would cover expenses for airfare, hotel and meals
- Promoter would provide a substantial appearance fee for the department

http://www.gostanford.com/news/2017/8/17/football-not-your-average-road-trip.aspx

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Re: "Not Your Average Road Trip"--gostanford.com - fullmetal - 08-22-2017

Huh. Well, if that's what it took to land Little, Sarell, and Wedington, great!

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