[Spiny_Norman]

I would still like to see evidence that someone high up in the university's administration actually has (i) a vision for what the future of college football should be, (ii) Stanford's place in that vision, and (iii) a willingness to lead the transition.


Will there be an NCAA? If there is to be a "super conference," how will its members be picked? How will non-football sports be funded? What will be the relationship between the athletic and academic enterprises in universities?



The passivity I see from our university is unbecoming.

Stanford's administration is so opaque, who knows what is going on. Stanford News Service posted an interview with Jerry Yang yesterday. BoT President commenting on all of the recent leadership changes at Stanford. An opportunity also to comment on the state of Athletics. But there was nothing. So we are left to try to read tidbits from other sources around the internet which may or may not be true.

However I think that Stanford is in a weak position to influence the future of college football, and the BoT, AD and their advisors know it. The drivers of college football right now (and therefore of college athletics) are the SEC, Big 10, ESPN and Fox. Stanford has a weak hand with all of them. If a super league or super conference was formed now for college football, Stanford would not be included. To be honest, I don't know that Stanford can do anything to change that situation. But Stanford is not giving in to my defeatist attitude and is trying to find a lifeline for both football and the rest of Athletics by pursuing membership in the ACC. I don't see passivity at all.

[Spiny_Norman]

I would still like to see evidence that someone high up in the university's administration actually has (i) a vision for what the future of college football should be, (ii) Stanford's place in that vision, and (iii) a willingness to lead the transition.


Will there be an NCAA? If there is to be a "super conference," how will its members be picked? How will non-football sports be funded? What will be the relationship between the athletic and academic enterprises in universities?



The passivity I see from our university is unbecoming.

Stanford's administration is so opaque, who knows what is going on. Stanford News Service posted an interview with Jerry Yang yesterday. BoT President commenting on all of the recent leadership changes at Stanford. An opportunity also to comment on the state of Athletics. But there was nothing. So we are left to try to read tidbits from other sources around the internet which may or may not be true.

However I think that Stanford is in a weak position to influence the future of college football, and the BoT, AD and their advisors know it. The drivers of college football right now (and therefore of college athletics) are the SEC, Big 10, ESPN and Fox. Stanford has a weak hand with all of them. If a super league or super conference was formed now for college football, Stanford would not be included. To be honest, I don't know that Stanford can do anything to change that situation. But Stanford is not giving in to my defeatist attitude and is trying to find a lifeline for both football and the rest of Athletics by pursuing membership in the ACC. I don't see passivity at all.