[FarmBoy]

[quote author=FarmBoy link=topic=16413.msg186113#msg186113 date=1484242387]
Is racial diversity really an issue of consideration for football recruiting? And are we lacking on the team overall? I've never seen this raised as an issue.

Never has been an issue because Stanford has always had good diversity, but when 9 of your first 10 commitments are white there could be an issue if the rest of the class had lack of diversity.
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Do you think non-white players will be less likely to sign onto this class or future classes if there isn't more diversity? Or does it hurt team performance in 2017 or beyond?

9 out of 10 seems surprisingly high and I can imaging that some non-white athletes may feel less comfortable joining a class that doesn't look like themselves. But it also seems likely to be an anomaly and will regress to the mean in future years. Pretty surprising stat though.

[FarmBoy]

[quote author=FarmBoy link=topic=16413.msg186113#msg186113 date=1484242387]
Is racial diversity really an issue of consideration for football recruiting? And are we lacking on the team overall? I've never seen this raised as an issue.

Never has been an issue because Stanford has always had good diversity, but when 9 of your first 10 commitments are white there could be an issue if the rest of the class had lack of diversity.
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Do you think non-white players will be less likely to sign onto this class or future classes if there isn't more diversity? Or does it hurt team performance in 2017 or beyond?

9 out of 10 seems surprisingly high and I can imaging that some non-white athletes may feel less comfortable joining a class that doesn't look like themselves. But it also seems likely to be an anomaly and will regress to the mean in future years. Pretty surprising stat though.