[Bampa]

In the past, I've followed recruiting closely, excited when a top recruit committed to Stanford, and assumed this was great because I'd get to see this player develop over four years. Now??? With three WBB Stanford players now in the portal, including two of this year's highly rated freshmen, I'm starting to have less interest. If a player commits, joins the team and then leaves after only a year, was she ever really a part of the Stanford WBB story? I think the team may lose fans because of what's happening, not just players.  A potential side effect, and with our waning fan base, this is another problem.

I might be one of those fans. 
I have followed Stanford sports for a long time. However, I really don't like the transfer portal and NIL. I am old school and support the Student Athlete concept, which seems to be fading...I "may" be fading also. Hard to believe I said that...time will tell.

[Bampa]

In the past, I've followed recruiting closely, excited when a top recruit committed to Stanford, and assumed this was great because I'd get to see this player develop over four years. Now??? With three WBB Stanford players now in the portal, including two of this year's highly rated freshmen, I'm starting to have less interest. If a player commits, joins the team and then leaves after only a year, was she ever really a part of the Stanford WBB story? I think the team may lose fans because of what's happening, not just players.  A potential side effect, and with our waning fan base, this is another problem.

I might be one of those fans. 
I have followed Stanford sports for a long time. However, I really don't like the transfer portal and NIL. I am old school and support the Student Athlete concept, which seems to be fading...I "may" be fading also. Hard to believe I said that...time will tell.