[JJJ]

I wonder if Stanford decision makers had that in mind as well. If $$$tanford "can't" support these sports, how can others? But if a mid-tier university is the first to make such an announcement, there will be serious questions about their overall financial solvency. Instead, Stanford comes off looking a bit cheap - just like Harvard did when they announced Zoom University 2020-21 without the tuition reduction.

here's a list of D1 varsity sports programs that have been eliminated (list last updated 08 July 2020), mostly by "mid-tier" universities

DIVISION I (51)
Baseball (3): Boise State, Chicago State, Furman.
Coed sailing (1): y-Stanford.
Field hockey (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s cross country (2): Akron, y-Connecticut.
Men’s fencing (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s golf (2): Akron, Hampton.
Men’s lacrosse (1): Furman.
Men’s rowing (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s soccer (2): Appalachian State, Cincinnati.
Men’s swimming (3): y-Connecticut, East Carolina, Western Illinois.
Men’s tennis (9): Appalachian State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, y-Connecticut, East Carolina, Green Bay, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, Winthrop, Wright State.
Men’s track (3): Appalachian State indoor only, Central Michigan, Florida International indoor only.
Men’s volleyball (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s wrestling (2): Old Dominion, y-Stanford.
Softball (1): Wright State.
Synchronized sailing (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s fencing (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s golf (1): Hampton.
Women’s rowing (2): y-Connecticut, y-Stanford.
Women’s sailing (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s squash (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s swimming (3): Boise State, East Carolina, Western Illinois.
Women’s tennis (8): Akron, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, East Carolina, Green Bay, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, Winthrop, Wright State.


(x-denotes school closure; y-effective in 2021) :

https://apnews.com/fd7075343269ea7e08bb2965b78bbbc5

I have to admit I’m ok with letting synchronized sailing go. :)

(Not poking fun at 82lsju; the error was in the AP article.)

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The message indicated that only one other university fielded more teams than Stanford, but it did not say who it was.  Does anyone know?

One of the disadvantages of Stanford being a private school is that we fans have no access to the athletics budget.  Using the USA Today public database it is possible to know, for example, just how much money 10 of the 12 Pac 12 schools are losing, and why they are losing it.  But for schools like Stanford and USC we fans really have no idea.  That makes this more of a surprise than if we had been aware that the ICA budget had been underwater for years.

I believe it's Ohio State.  Wikipedia lists them as having 37 varsity sports. Harvard has 42, but as they are non-scholarship I'm not sure we ever compared our numbers to theirs.

Ohio State is the correct answer. Give Troy Clardy’s latest TreeCast a listen for some insight.

[JJJ]

I wonder if Stanford decision makers had that in mind as well. If $$$tanford "can't" support these sports, how can others? But if a mid-tier university is the first to make such an announcement, there will be serious questions about their overall financial solvency. Instead, Stanford comes off looking a bit cheap - just like Harvard did when they announced Zoom University 2020-21 without the tuition reduction.

here's a list of D1 varsity sports programs that have been eliminated (list last updated 08 July 2020), mostly by "mid-tier" universities

DIVISION I (51)
Baseball (3): Boise State, Chicago State, Furman.
Coed sailing (1): y-Stanford.
Field hockey (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s cross country (2): Akron, y-Connecticut.
Men’s fencing (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s golf (2): Akron, Hampton.
Men’s lacrosse (1): Furman.
Men’s rowing (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s soccer (2): Appalachian State, Cincinnati.
Men’s swimming (3): y-Connecticut, East Carolina, Western Illinois.
Men’s tennis (9): Appalachian State, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, y-Connecticut, East Carolina, Green Bay, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, Winthrop, Wright State.
Men’s track (3): Appalachian State indoor only, Central Michigan, Florida International indoor only.
Men’s volleyball (1): y-Stanford.
Men’s wrestling (2): Old Dominion, y-Stanford.
Softball (1): Wright State.
Synchronized sailing (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s fencing (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s golf (1): Hampton.
Women’s rowing (2): y-Connecticut, y-Stanford.
Women’s sailing (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s squash (1): y-Stanford.
Women’s swimming (3): Boise State, East Carolina, Western Illinois.
Women’s tennis (8): Akron, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, East Carolina, Green Bay, Northern Colorado, Southern Utah, Winthrop, Wright State.


(x-denotes school closure; y-effective in 2021) :

https://apnews.com/fd7075343269ea7e08bb2965b78bbbc5

I have to admit I’m ok with letting synchronized sailing go. :)

(Not poking fun at 82lsju; the error was in the AP article.)

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The message indicated that only one other university fielded more teams than Stanford, but it did not say who it was.  Does anyone know?

One of the disadvantages of Stanford being a private school is that we fans have no access to the athletics budget.  Using the USA Today public database it is possible to know, for example, just how much money 10 of the 12 Pac 12 schools are losing, and why they are losing it.  But for schools like Stanford and USC we fans really have no idea.  That makes this more of a surprise than if we had been aware that the ICA budget had been underwater for years.

I believe it's Ohio State.  Wikipedia lists them as having 37 varsity sports. Harvard has 42, but as they are non-scholarship I'm not sure we ever compared our numbers to theirs.

Ohio State is the correct answer. Give Troy Clardy’s latest TreeCast a listen for some insight.