11-23-2022, 06:09 AM
This is the most interesting thread I've seen on this board since the Covid board, and it even has to do with Stanford Football. A lot to unpack here.
The announcement that Stanford will no longer use SAT/ACT in admissions decisions can't do anything but help Stanford recruiting in all sports, and this would seem to have a downstream effect on the ability to accept transfers from the portal.
This suggests the portal participation announcement goes hand-in-hand with eliminating the SAT/ACT from admissions. Like others have said, NIL plays a role in portal transfers if you want the best players. David Shaw certainly knows this, and if he has been talking to administration about this, the administration does too. Stanford fans and boosters from all sports are going to be clamoring to know how Stanford plans to implement transfer portal participation.
David Shaw bringing up all this stuff in a presser when 3-8 and facing enormous heat from his flagging performance, does beg the question about why he didn't raise this stuff as an issue in the off season when USC and Oregon were rebuilding their rosters overnight with cold blooded killer coaches backed by massive booster money. The devil's advocate position might be that Shaw had his focus on the program derailed because he was having to spend so much time he should have been coaching the team, on meeting with his bosses and influencers on the portal and NIL issues, which impact football more than any other sport. And he could claim he's falling on his sword for Stanford Football to save Stanford Athletics writ large. IF this is actually is the case, Shaw can claim victory on the portal/NIL stuff, he can say NOW I can really focus on turning our football program around, and have at least one solid leg to stand on. Because IF David Shaw is the one responsible for pushing Stanford to evolve to compete in the new college sports landscape, having one terrible football season will have been worth it, IMO.
At the same time, if Shaw did in fact lead Stanford to participate in this brave new world, it could also be a perfect opportunity to move him into a role where he actually is a liaison between the business of college sports and the university. He could represent Stanford Athletics in marketing agencies and board rooms across the country, learn what the market wants, bring that information to Stanford for its athletes, develop relationships for Stanford student athletes to cash in on vis-a-vis NIL, internships, staying on top of all things recruiting and NCAA regulations. He could even take on a prominent role developing the recruiting rules for the NCAA. Sounds like a more fun job than football coaching to me!
The announcement that Stanford will no longer use SAT/ACT in admissions decisions can't do anything but help Stanford recruiting in all sports, and this would seem to have a downstream effect on the ability to accept transfers from the portal.
This suggests the portal participation announcement goes hand-in-hand with eliminating the SAT/ACT from admissions. Like others have said, NIL plays a role in portal transfers if you want the best players. David Shaw certainly knows this, and if he has been talking to administration about this, the administration does too. Stanford fans and boosters from all sports are going to be clamoring to know how Stanford plans to implement transfer portal participation.
David Shaw bringing up all this stuff in a presser when 3-8 and facing enormous heat from his flagging performance, does beg the question about why he didn't raise this stuff as an issue in the off season when USC and Oregon were rebuilding their rosters overnight with cold blooded killer coaches backed by massive booster money. The devil's advocate position might be that Shaw had his focus on the program derailed because he was having to spend so much time he should have been coaching the team, on meeting with his bosses and influencers on the portal and NIL issues, which impact football more than any other sport. And he could claim he's falling on his sword for Stanford Football to save Stanford Athletics writ large. IF this is actually is the case, Shaw can claim victory on the portal/NIL stuff, he can say NOW I can really focus on turning our football program around, and have at least one solid leg to stand on. Because IF David Shaw is the one responsible for pushing Stanford to evolve to compete in the new college sports landscape, having one terrible football season will have been worth it, IMO.
At the same time, if Shaw did in fact lead Stanford to participate in this brave new world, it could also be a perfect opportunity to move him into a role where he actually is a liaison between the business of college sports and the university. He could represent Stanford Athletics in marketing agencies and board rooms across the country, learn what the market wants, bring that information to Stanford for its athletes, develop relationships for Stanford student athletes to cash in on vis-a-vis NIL, internships, staying on top of all things recruiting and NCAA regulations. He could even take on a prominent role developing the recruiting rules for the NCAA. Sounds like a more fun job than football coaching to me!