[81alum]

Is there a billionaire alum, similar to John Arrillaga, who could just endow athletics with enough to replace the TV revenue that we would lose by being independent or playing in a non power-4 conference?  Couldn't we regularly get our old Pac 12 partners and Notre Dame on the football schedule?  And if our coaching and facilities and matchups are as good as any power 4 school, what does it matter?

In short, does Stanford have the resources necessary to buy ourselves out of this mess?  All the coaches and athletic scholarships are payed for out of endowments already, no?  That is more than a start....

[81alum]

Is there a billionaire alum, similar to John Arrillaga, who could just endow athletics with enough to replace the TV revenue that we would lose by being independent or playing in a non power-4 conference?  Couldn't we regularly get our old Pac 12 partners and Notre Dame on the football schedule?  And if our coaching and facilities and matchups are as good as any power 4 school, what does it matter?

In short, does Stanford have the resources necessary to buy ourselves out of this mess?  All the coaches and athletic scholarships are payed for out of endowments already, no?  That is more than a start....