[Softball Fan]

I agree d4cohn.  If Stanford were to join the MWC or all of the MWC teams were added to the PAC 4 outcasts, almost all Olympic sports would fairly quickly drop from national prominence.  I'll use the sport I'm most passionate about as an example; WVB.  The current Stanford WVB team playing many of the MWC teams would be like the varsity playing the freshmen team.  The Stanford players would become disinterested due to the lack of competition.  Many elite recruits would start exploring other opportunities in future years.

My first choice would be some Olympic sports join the ACC and the football team can go independent or somewhere to their liking.  My course of action would be to:

1.) Ask the coaches of all Stanford's Olympic sports teams if the ACC would be a good fit for their sport.  I would only want to involve the teams that would want to go to the ACC.  It would be the ideal fit for WVB for many reasons.  I would be willing to bet if you asked the WVB players if they want to play in the ACC with the travel implications or the MWC, every player on the roster would prefer the ACC and deal with the travel.

2.) A solution for some of Stanford's sports will require outside the box thinking by those at Stanford in charge.  I would first approach ND and get their support which I suspect they would be glad to do.  The chance for teams like ND, Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, etc. to play nationally prominent Stanford WVB every season should be appealing to them.

3.) If having the football team in one conference and other sports in a different conference violates some NCAA rule, I would petition them to change the rule.  The emphasis being on creativity for a changing college sports landscape.

4.) Appeal to Stanford alums to donate to their sport of interest.  For example Jim Belardi has a daughter who currently plays on the WVB and beach volleyball teams.  He is the guy who made the Belardi pool at the Avery Aquatic Center happen.  I would not ask the ACC for any distribution to allow some Stanford sports to join their conference.

Yes, I know the possibility of this happening is between slim and none.  I would at least explore it to see if it goes anywhere.  The alternative is Stanford sports across the board gradually fading from the national scene which is probably where things will end up.

[Softball Fan]

I agree d4cohn.  If Stanford were to join the MWC or all of the MWC teams were added to the PAC 4 outcasts, almost all Olympic sports would fairly quickly drop from national prominence.  I'll use the sport I'm most passionate about as an example; WVB.  The current Stanford WVB team playing many of the MWC teams would be like the varsity playing the freshmen team.  The Stanford players would become disinterested due to the lack of competition.  Many elite recruits would start exploring other opportunities in future years.

My first choice would be some Olympic sports join the ACC and the football team can go independent or somewhere to their liking.  My course of action would be to:

1.) Ask the coaches of all Stanford's Olympic sports teams if the ACC would be a good fit for their sport.  I would only want to involve the teams that would want to go to the ACC.  It would be the ideal fit for WVB for many reasons.  I would be willing to bet if you asked the WVB players if they want to play in the ACC with the travel implications or the MWC, every player on the roster would prefer the ACC and deal with the travel.

2.) A solution for some of Stanford's sports will require outside the box thinking by those at Stanford in charge.  I would first approach ND and get their support which I suspect they would be glad to do.  The chance for teams like ND, Duke, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, etc. to play nationally prominent Stanford WVB every season should be appealing to them.

3.) If having the football team in one conference and other sports in a different conference violates some NCAA rule, I would petition them to change the rule.  The emphasis being on creativity for a changing college sports landscape.

4.) Appeal to Stanford alums to donate to their sport of interest.  For example Jim Belardi has a daughter who currently plays on the WVB and beach volleyball teams.  He is the guy who made the Belardi pool at the Avery Aquatic Center happen.  I would not ask the ACC for any distribution to allow some Stanford sports to join their conference.

Yes, I know the possibility of this happening is between slim and none.  I would at least explore it to see if it goes anywhere.  The alternative is Stanford sports across the board gradually fading from the national scene which is probably where things will end up.