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Donahoe webinar - fullmetal - 08-19-2026

I missed it, but can anyone who attended give a rundown of the takeaways?

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RE: Donahoe webinar - GaryT - 08-20-2026

(Yesterday, 10:45 PM)fullmetal Wrote:  I missed it, but can anyone who attended give a rundown of the takeaways?

I didn't take great notes, and I welcome corrections and clarifications to what I gleaned:

John articulated 3 core pillars to the way forward: 1) Put student athletes at the center; 2) Embrace the modern landscape "in a Stanford way"; and 3) Build a sustainable financial model. This was a high-level presentation, as opposed to a detailed list of action items, goals, and deadlines.
 
The DAPER view is to divide the programs into 3 areas: 1) Football; 2) Men's & Women's Basketball; and 3)"Olympic Sports" (i.e., everything else).
The approach to a sustainable financial model for Olympics Sports is to fund them [scholarships; coaching positions; facilities] via endowments.
For the other two areas, he expects to use the approach of paying players via the $21+ million pool [75-80% to FB; 10-15% MBB; 5% WBB; 5% Olympic Sports]; additional privately-funded $$$ to make overall "payroll' competitive with other Power-4 programs; NIL opportunities [which can't be handled within the university structure]; and professional internship/mentorship opportunities that the Stanford alumni network might be able to provide student athletes. Improving the Football program to a top-30-program level is an urgent goal.

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RE: Donahoe webinar - JJJ - 08-20-2026

Also talked about hoping to get back to more regional competition, especially for teams that need to fly commercial (and aren’t strongly represented in the ACC), iirc.
He sounded less smug than his predecessor, which I liked.

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