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To take a position contrary to most on this board, I believe Stanford should allow its football student-athletes to begin school early and take part in spring drills. This would fit with what top athletes want the most these days out of college: an express train to the NFL.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...remaining/

This will never happen for academic/Stanford experience reasons.

This will never happen as long as Shaw is around. How long that is, and what his successor decides to do, are both unknowns

It will not be his successor's call to make.  But of course, the administration is not entirely immovable.  I think it would be a heavy lift for someone to convince the administration to allow early entry for reasons that have already been articulated, but Shaw has been content to take "no" for an answer.

My best guess is that Shaw's successor, unless they come from within the program, will try hard to get it changed, and will fail.  But at least they will try.

BC

[BostonCard]

To take a position contrary to most on this board, I believe Stanford should allow its football student-athletes to begin school early and take part in spring drills. This would fit with what top athletes want the most these days out of college: an express train to the NFL.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footba...remaining/

This will never happen for academic/Stanford experience reasons.

This will never happen as long as Shaw is around. How long that is, and what his successor decides to do, are both unknowns

It will not be his successor's call to make.  But of course, the administration is not entirely immovable.  I think it would be a heavy lift for someone to convince the administration to allow early entry for reasons that have already been articulated, but Shaw has been content to take "no" for an answer.

My best guess is that Shaw's successor, unless they come from within the program, will try hard to get it changed, and will fail.  But at least they will try.

BC