[fullmetal]

Well, the cost of institutional support isn't really being recouped.  For example, even if MVB is eliminated, what is Stanford going to do, sell Burnham Pavilion?  Sure they can get back the cost of coaching salaries and maybe a trainer plus academic liaison between a couple of sports...but that's pennies on the dollar compared to the athletic dept structural deficit.  I'm hearing from one side that this is all budget-driven, and yet the savings isn't that much compared to the long-term effect of closing off these sports for future Stanford students (as well as wounding the legacies of hundreds of alumni/ae).

[fullmetal]

Well, the cost of institutional support isn't really being recouped.  For example, even if MVB is eliminated, what is Stanford going to do, sell Burnham Pavilion?  Sure they can get back the cost of coaching salaries and maybe a trainer plus academic liaison between a couple of sports...but that's pennies on the dollar compared to the athletic dept structural deficit.  I'm hearing from one side that this is all budget-driven, and yet the savings isn't that much compared to the long-term effect of closing off these sports for future Stanford students (as well as wounding the legacies of hundreds of alumni/ae).