[terry]

Stanford seems to be doing pretty well in football these days without offering the winter enrollment. So, as long as the success continues without it, I don't expect winter enrollment to become an option any time soon.

I don't think Stanford will ever adopt a "football exception" to its normal rule prohibiting freshmen from enrolling in mid-year. The idea that football players generally are treated like other students is an important value. If Stanford were to revisit the policy for everyone, then of course football players could take advantage of that. But I don't think that's very likely.

I believe incoming football players may be allowed to take a class or two in summer quarter, which is not really part of the regular academic year. I think that's as far as Stanford will go for football players.

I think the advantage of early enrollment is not clear. When Steve Sarkisian was at U.S.C., he talked about players who enroll early:

"It is a nice head start for him. But I don't think that's going to be the ultimate in making that kid a great player or not. Is it the overriding advantage to playing early? I can't say that it is. Ultimately, in the end, the best guys are going to play. I don't think being here early is that big of a difference."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/st...id=2954864

[terry]

Stanford seems to be doing pretty well in football these days without offering the winter enrollment. So, as long as the success continues without it, I don't expect winter enrollment to become an option any time soon.

I don't think Stanford will ever adopt a "football exception" to its normal rule prohibiting freshmen from enrolling in mid-year. The idea that football players generally are treated like other students is an important value. If Stanford were to revisit the policy for everyone, then of course football players could take advantage of that. But I don't think that's very likely.

I believe incoming football players may be allowed to take a class or two in summer quarter, which is not really part of the regular academic year. I think that's as far as Stanford will go for football players.

I think the advantage of early enrollment is not clear. When Steve Sarkisian was at U.S.C., he talked about players who enroll early:

"It is a nice head start for him. But I don't think that's going to be the ultimate in making that kid a great player or not. Is it the overriding advantage to playing early? I can't say that it is. Ultimately, in the end, the best guys are going to play. I don't think being here early is that big of a difference."

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/st...id=2954864