[Goose]

there's been a lot of talk about "transfer slots" and such but fixing part of the problem ought to be as simple as admitting transfers who are judged able to do the work to graduate and be a productive member of the stanford community to replace those players who use the transfer portal to leave stanford.  the total number of available non student-athlete "transfer slots" shouldn't have any bearing on the number of transfer slots available for student-athletes to replace those who leave.  discard the admissions elitism and admit those transfers from the portal whom the coach wants or needs to replace players departing through the portal so long as admissions exercises its reasonable judgment and determines the prospective transfer player able to do the work to graduate, etc.  the "slots" already exist as the team has to be filled--and filled with talented, skilled athletes if stanford's goal of excellence in all things in which it endeavors is to hold water and be taken seriously.

that would be a partial fix for portal exits.  using the portal for regular recruiting and plugging holes should also be addressed but the standardfor admissions ought to be the same, imho.

The idea of splitting any kind of admission decision into "athlete" and "non-athlete" is already anathema to most of the University. One obvious problem is that it would discriminate by gender. Female non-athletes would not be eligible for spaces voluntarily relinquished by football players. IMO the coaches would possibly get some traction by pointing out they had lots of transfers out and needed help replacing those players. The admissions department could then chose to exercise their discretion in admissions to "help" a bit. Or not. A formal policy of "football slots for football players" is a total non-starter.

One might as well postulate that TT should be able to specify who gets admitted each year to play football as long as they appear to be "able to do the work". That policy might indeed make "excellence in all things" (especially football) much easier to accomplish. You would have the same chance of getting that as you would reserving slots in the transfer pool. None and less than none.

[Goose]

there's been a lot of talk about "transfer slots" and such but fixing part of the problem ought to be as simple as admitting transfers who are judged able to do the work to graduate and be a productive member of the stanford community to replace those players who use the transfer portal to leave stanford.  the total number of available non student-athlete "transfer slots" shouldn't have any bearing on the number of transfer slots available for student-athletes to replace those who leave.  discard the admissions elitism and admit those transfers from the portal whom the coach wants or needs to replace players departing through the portal so long as admissions exercises its reasonable judgment and determines the prospective transfer player able to do the work to graduate, etc.  the "slots" already exist as the team has to be filled--and filled with talented, skilled athletes if stanford's goal of excellence in all things in which it endeavors is to hold water and be taken seriously.

that would be a partial fix for portal exits.  using the portal for regular recruiting and plugging holes should also be addressed but the standardfor admissions ought to be the same, imho.

The idea of splitting any kind of admission decision into "athlete" and "non-athlete" is already anathema to most of the University. One obvious problem is that it would discriminate by gender. Female non-athletes would not be eligible for spaces voluntarily relinquished by football players. IMO the coaches would possibly get some traction by pointing out they had lots of transfers out and needed help replacing those players. The admissions department could then chose to exercise their discretion in admissions to "help" a bit. Or not. A formal policy of "football slots for football players" is a total non-starter.

One might as well postulate that TT should be able to specify who gets admitted each year to play football as long as they appear to be "able to do the work". That policy might indeed make "excellence in all things" (especially football) much easier to accomplish. You would have the same chance of getting that as you would reserving slots in the transfer pool. None and less than none.