(02-12-2026, 03:38 PM)hoopy Wrote: If Nunu and Talana are injured why are they not on the bench? We don't see them in any videos.
The other two are. I can't remember another time when injured players just disappear.
I wonder if something else is going on.
I wonder this too. If Nunu is in concussion and staying away from loud noice, that makes some sense. Hoping everything is alright with Talana. Agreed it's weird neither seems to be around the program at all right now either in practice or on the bench at games.
It's fine if Stanford chooses to not disclose injuries or personal matters. But every other program in the country does so it can be made public. It happens all the time. Clearly it's a choice the coaches or WBB program made. In acting so privy, it just leads to be more wild speculation of what may or may not be going on with players. I disagree with the constant secrecy.
All in all, we are all just hoping for the best with Talana and Nunu. I hope to see them both in uniform again this season whether that's realistic or not.
(02-11-2026, 01:47 PM)BobK Wrote: Well each power 4 school has a limit to pay athletes about $20M
I’m not going to get into details however football gets the majority. However the money raised for WBB thru Lifetime Cardinal was significant. It was transferred to Stanford when the rules about schools paying players was approved. Stanford is paying some to me excellent money.
NIL is seperate from the school payout. And in some cases it’s brobdingnagian for athletes , For Stanford athletes I have no clue. However Stanford WBB has had a person working on NIL for a year and a half or more. And as we all know just added a GM and NIL part of her duties.
Maybe the problem is money or lack of to the 3 entering next season. And thus hurt recruiting. I don’t know. My bottom line the problem this season is not money
agree with this. collective is not the issue this season. lifetime cardinal had raised (i want to say between 1.5-2.25mil) to use for the WBB roster this season hence we retained our top players and had a great recruiting class come in.
if we want to talk about being invested in the WBB program, tara in her coaching final years was making at least 2.3milion a year herself maybe more. kate pay is on a much much much cheaper contract and rightly so. even spending 1.5-2 million on a head coach would find stanford an elite coach.
