[gailtate]

There are minimum NCAA academic requirements for eligibility and transfer rules. How about we follow those rules and not try to fight with one arm tied behind our backs.

Maybe because Stanford is primarily a university with a football team, not primarily a football team that is based on a university campus?

I have no problem with your statement. But then we should leave the Pac-12 and form a west coast Ivy League or discontinue the program indefinitely.

And how many dozen people are interested in watching a Stanford team even worse than we see today play Ivy League ball in the future? Maybe Paly High will open their facilities for it. Message: No big-time football = No big-time sports. It's the road to M.I.T.

[gailtate]

There are minimum NCAA academic requirements for eligibility and transfer rules. How about we follow those rules and not try to fight with one arm tied behind our backs.

Maybe because Stanford is primarily a university with a football team, not primarily a football team that is based on a university campus?

I have no problem with your statement. But then we should leave the Pac-12 and form a west coast Ivy League or discontinue the program indefinitely.

And how many dozen people are interested in watching a Stanford team even worse than we see today play Ivy League ball in the future? Maybe Paly High will open their facilities for it. Message: No big-time football = No big-time sports. It's the road to M.I.T.