11-05-2022, 06:25 PM
For a majority of the Stanford community, football is just another part of sportsball but also something to worry about because of CTE.
I think if there was a vote football would squeak by, but if the option was to quit playing football but throw some more “support” to basketball and other sports, well…
The best solutions-oriented response I have to this mess is to educate everyone at Stanford on the financial importance of a healthy football program when it comes to providing enough support overall to Stanford athletes (yes, this is true even at $tanford). I believe that there is still enough general support for athletics among the Stanford population for this sort of appeal to be at least somewhat effective. If not…
These are uncertain times and no one should feel especially confident that football won’t fall even lower on the priority list, though Stanford is not interested in being a leader as far as completely disinvesting in the sport (for obvious financial reasons, if nothing else), imo.
I think if there was a vote football would squeak by, but if the option was to quit playing football but throw some more “support” to basketball and other sports, well…
The best solutions-oriented response I have to this mess is to educate everyone at Stanford on the financial importance of a healthy football program when it comes to providing enough support overall to Stanford athletes (yes, this is true even at $tanford). I believe that there is still enough general support for athletics among the Stanford population for this sort of appeal to be at least somewhat effective. If not…
These are uncertain times and no one should feel especially confident that football won’t fall even lower on the priority list, though Stanford is not interested in being a leader as far as completely disinvesting in the sport (for obvious financial reasons, if nothing else), imo.