[BostonCard]

Apologies if it has already been posted.  CAPER (The Committee on Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation), which is made up of faculty students and staff, put out the following statement:

CAPER's Statement

Not surprisingly, they make the case for continued involvement in collegiate athletics. I don't have an issue with it per se, but while they recognize that "For the university, college athletics has changed markedly in recent years, and in ways that create meaningful new challenges and opportunities for Stanford," but while they argue "We should not set aside our identity and core values as we meet those challenges" they don't seem to acknowledge that some of the challenges may be anathema to "our identity and core values". What to do if the two become impossible to reconcile is unaddressed.

BC

[BostonCard]

Apologies if it has already been posted.  CAPER (The Committee on Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation), which is made up of faculty students and staff, put out the following statement:

CAPER's Statement

Not surprisingly, they make the case for continued involvement in collegiate athletics. I don't have an issue with it per se, but while they recognize that "For the university, college athletics has changed markedly in recent years, and in ways that create meaningful new challenges and opportunities for Stanford," but while they argue "We should not set aside our identity and core values as we meet those challenges" they don't seem to acknowledge that some of the challenges may be anathema to "our identity and core values". What to do if the two become impossible to reconcile is unaddressed.

BC

[needle]

Notable only in advocating for university financial support if athletics can’t be self sustaining. 

Mentioning increased transfers in all of college athletics while saying nothing about how Stanford should respond as in institution. Not very helpful.

[needle]

Notable only in advocating for university financial support if athletics can’t be self sustaining. 

Mentioning increased transfers in all of college athletics while saying nothing about how Stanford should respond as in institution. Not very helpful.

[qwerty49]

Well, not surprising at all.  An obvious try to lay a "foundation statement" that can justify whatever happens down the road.  But embarrassingly vague, almost assuredly by design.

As a University, our concept of "reality" is hopelessly bound by bureaucratic and academic tradition.  Need more emphasis on innovation, on adaptation and creativity.  Too many sacred cows, too much of the status quo taken for granted.  And Not Invented Here -- seemingly too proud to take a look at what's going on around us and wonder if we could possibly learn something from it.

[qwerty49]

Well, not surprising at all.  An obvious try to lay a "foundation statement" that can justify whatever happens down the road.  But embarrassingly vague, almost assuredly by design.

As a University, our concept of "reality" is hopelessly bound by bureaucratic and academic tradition.  Need more emphasis on innovation, on adaptation and creativity.  Too many sacred cows, too much of the status quo taken for granted.  And Not Invented Here -- seemingly too proud to take a look at what's going on around us and wonder if we could possibly learn something from it.