[chrisk]

I'm devastated.  While I recognize financial reality, it saddens me beyond belief that Stanford can't support all of those supports.  It's a genuine shame.  But we don't sell enough football or MVB tickets, so something had to go.

20 national championships.  27 Olympic medals.

So they're keeping softball and eliminating men's volleyball.  Makes all the sense in the world.

You can't cut too many women's sports and stay in compliance with Title IX. Football eats up all those scholarships, so Olympic men's sports get screwed.

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Of the group only Men's volleyball is a shock, and I hope it would stay since most those that play the sport are in CA.  Hopefully we can have a Cal Baseball style effort to keep it going.   

here's the FAQ on the actions

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/07/08/athletics-faq/

of note

[b]6. If donors step forward, can any of these sports retain their varsity status?[/b]

The decisions to reduce our sports offerings are final, and any future philanthropic interest in these sports may be directed towards supporting them at the club level, should they establish as a club sport after their 2020-21 varsity campaign.

While Stanford Athletics has many tremendously generous donors, their support simply could not cover the escalating costs of ensuring excellence across the board in our 36-sport model.

Well, unless someone donates $200 million.

To me it reads as if they approve of relatively smaller donations to support more supports at the club level, but they want most increases in donations to go to support the remaining varsity sports.

[chrisk]

I'm devastated.  While I recognize financial reality, it saddens me beyond belief that Stanford can't support all of those supports.  It's a genuine shame.  But we don't sell enough football or MVB tickets, so something had to go.

20 national championships.  27 Olympic medals.

So they're keeping softball and eliminating men's volleyball.  Makes all the sense in the world.

You can't cut too many women's sports and stay in compliance with Title IX. Football eats up all those scholarships, so Olympic men's sports get screwed.

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Of the group only Men's volleyball is a shock, and I hope it would stay since most those that play the sport are in CA.  Hopefully we can have a Cal Baseball style effort to keep it going.   

here's the FAQ on the actions

https://news.stanford.edu/2020/07/08/athletics-faq/

of note

[b]6. If donors step forward, can any of these sports retain their varsity status?[/b]

The decisions to reduce our sports offerings are final, and any future philanthropic interest in these sports may be directed towards supporting them at the club level, should they establish as a club sport after their 2020-21 varsity campaign.

While Stanford Athletics has many tremendously generous donors, their support simply could not cover the escalating costs of ensuring excellence across the board in our 36-sport model.

Well, unless someone donates $200 million.

To me it reads as if they approve of relatively smaller donations to support more supports at the club level, but they want most increases in donations to go to support the remaining varsity sports.