12-09-2024, 02:56 PM
Just spit balling here. No reason to roll over and play dead just because the rules have changed. Change is constant. Success is earned by those who can deal with change.
There is no question that the transfer portal has had a disproportionate impact on Stanford football. Just seeing Yurocek playing for Georgia vs Texas was an unpleasant reminder of some of what we lost to the portal. I do think that Stanford has some options on how to benefit from the portal.
Remember Chase Beeler. He committed to Oklahoma because his mother would not sign his commitment to Stanford. He had not yet turned 18. So, he waited and transferred to Stanford after his first season at Oklahoma. He was 18 and able to make that decision. He became an All-American center playing for Stanford.
Every year we have recruits who don’t make the academic cut. They end up somewhere else despite their desire to attend Stanford. Why don’t we give them a message; “Do exceptionally well academically in your Freshman/Sophmore years and we will consider you for admittance.
For that matter, why not make public the strategy to consider academically qualified candidates at other schools. This could motivate some players to work harder, get better grades and test scores. Also, this could be attractive to motivated and talented players who are buried in the depth chart on teams with deep rosters.
Establish an NIL program to compensate players with the proviso that the funds are invested in a trust that matures when the player graduates or completes their professional football career. This would be a sensible way to prevent football players from standing apart from their classmates. Shedeur Sanders tooling around the Colorado campus in his Rolls Royce ($350k) or Tesla Cybertruck ($80k minimum) and gifting a $200k Maybach to one of his offensive lineman are examples of this separation.
There is no question that the transfer portal has had a disproportionate impact on Stanford football. Just seeing Yurocek playing for Georgia vs Texas was an unpleasant reminder of some of what we lost to the portal. I do think that Stanford has some options on how to benefit from the portal.
Remember Chase Beeler. He committed to Oklahoma because his mother would not sign his commitment to Stanford. He had not yet turned 18. So, he waited and transferred to Stanford after his first season at Oklahoma. He was 18 and able to make that decision. He became an All-American center playing for Stanford.
Every year we have recruits who don’t make the academic cut. They end up somewhere else despite their desire to attend Stanford. Why don’t we give them a message; “Do exceptionally well academically in your Freshman/Sophmore years and we will consider you for admittance.
For that matter, why not make public the strategy to consider academically qualified candidates at other schools. This could motivate some players to work harder, get better grades and test scores. Also, this could be attractive to motivated and talented players who are buried in the depth chart on teams with deep rosters.
Establish an NIL program to compensate players with the proviso that the funds are invested in a trust that matures when the player graduates or completes their professional football career. This would be a sensible way to prevent football players from standing apart from their classmates. Shedeur Sanders tooling around the Colorado campus in his Rolls Royce ($350k) or Tesla Cybertruck ($80k minimum) and gifting a $200k Maybach to one of his offensive lineman are examples of this separation.