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The only fact about the draconian measures publicly championed by Muir is that no one believes his stated rationale for the cuts, which was that Stanford lacked the resources to field top notch teams in sports like field hockey and wrestling.

“We made this decision only after exhausting all viable alternatives. It recently became painfully clear that we would not remain financially stable and support 36 varsity sports at a nationally competitive level, which is what we so desire.”

https://stanforddaily.com/2020/07/08/spo...ions-muir/



Muir chose to put his name on that lie, so the “rest of the story” is irrelevant to how he’ll be viewed forever by Stanford sports fans.

[needle]

The only fact about the draconian measures publicly championed by Muir is that no one believes his stated rationale for the cuts, which was that Stanford lacked the resources to field top notch teams in sports like field hockey and wrestling.

“We made this decision only after exhausting all viable alternatives. It recently became painfully clear that we would not remain financially stable and support 36 varsity sports at a nationally competitive level, which is what we so desire.”

https://stanforddaily.com/2020/07/08/spo...ions-muir/



Muir chose to put his name on that lie, so the “rest of the story” is irrelevant to how he’ll be viewed forever by Stanford sports fans.