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In retrospect, I can imagine if a few bad events happened in a row, the community could become antagonistic to the school, both by the government and the people. (Sorta how the CardBoard community thinks of USC.)  Thankfully, that hasn't happened.

Community support of athletics, even if bought by giving free tickets for WBB games to Girl Scout troops, etc., has a value beyond future ticket sales.   I presume Stanford must be working hard to get publicity for the athletic teams.  But, IMO, the Bay Area Pro Sports grab all the air time on TV News and almost all the print columns.  I've noticed the SF Chronicle has paid more attention in the past year than the SJMN.  It may not be that much attention, but it is some.

Stanford is not Nebraska, but it helps to have the support of the local communities.  (That support doesn't necessarily require football, but athletics can help.)

The Cities of Menlo Park and Palo Alto and the Counties of San Mateo and (in particular) Santa Clara can be quite antagonistic toward Stanford, as can the local populace. Some of it is probably the rare football traffic inconvenience, but a lot of it is Stanford is a major landowner/developer. I don't see that changing irrespective of which conference hosts Stanford, if a conference hosts Stanford.

Stanford advertises in various media and I've seen street hangers and a building mural as far north as Redwood City on El Camino. People know Stanford is there; they choose not to engage. I was doing some project work this afternoon with a colleague at another firm who is a rabid Bear Backer. In response to all this, we've committed to watching at least two games at Memorial and two games at Stanford, with wives in tow. It will be 3:1 Cal to Stanford ratio in this group, but we're going out in a blaze of something. Traffic, probably.

Stanford is not Nebraska. One of my staff is a long-time Husker fan. Loves college football. Sent his daughter to Oregon and turned into an obnoxious Duck fan.  If I threatened him with watching a game on the Farm or losing employment, he'd choose the latter.  Long ago he went to a Stanford game and said everyone there including the PA announcer made sure he knew he didn't belong there.

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In retrospect, I can imagine if a few bad events happened in a row, the community could become antagonistic to the school, both by the government and the people. (Sorta how the CardBoard community thinks of USC.)  Thankfully, that hasn't happened.

Community support of athletics, even if bought by giving free tickets for WBB games to Girl Scout troops, etc., has a value beyond future ticket sales.   I presume Stanford must be working hard to get publicity for the athletic teams.  But, IMO, the Bay Area Pro Sports grab all the air time on TV News and almost all the print columns.  I've noticed the SF Chronicle has paid more attention in the past year than the SJMN.  It may not be that much attention, but it is some.

Stanford is not Nebraska, but it helps to have the support of the local communities.  (That support doesn't necessarily require football, but athletics can help.)

The Cities of Menlo Park and Palo Alto and the Counties of San Mateo and (in particular) Santa Clara can be quite antagonistic toward Stanford, as can the local populace. Some of it is probably the rare football traffic inconvenience, but a lot of it is Stanford is a major landowner/developer. I don't see that changing irrespective of which conference hosts Stanford, if a conference hosts Stanford.

Stanford advertises in various media and I've seen street hangers and a building mural as far north as Redwood City on El Camino. People know Stanford is there; they choose not to engage. I was doing some project work this afternoon with a colleague at another firm who is a rabid Bear Backer. In response to all this, we've committed to watching at least two games at Memorial and two games at Stanford, with wives in tow. It will be 3:1 Cal to Stanford ratio in this group, but we're going out in a blaze of something. Traffic, probably.

Stanford is not Nebraska. One of my staff is a long-time Husker fan. Loves college football. Sent his daughter to Oregon and turned into an obnoxious Duck fan.  If I threatened him with watching a game on the Farm or losing employment, he'd choose the latter.  Long ago he went to a Stanford game and said everyone there including the PA announcer made sure he knew he didn't belong there.