Great find @akhockey7 -- I think this article deserves its own thread
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/11/20/stanford-athletics-football-illusion-of-success/
Kaushik really does thread the needle here. We all generally know this, but he spells out so well how the Stanford Athletics Dept pats themselves on the back for Olympic sports success when we have a built in monopoly.
If you are an elite Fencer, why would you not get a free world-class education on the most beautiful campus in the world? Especially when you have no better options in terms of leveraging your athletic Fencing ability (money, fame, etc.)
Stanford Athletics is very much playing with fire in terms of letting MBB and Football fall this far. No major conference wants a Football team as bad as Stanford's has been this year
https://stanforddaily.com/2024/11/20/stanford-athletics-football-illusion-of-success/
Kaushik really does thread the needle here. We all generally know this, but he spells out so well how the Stanford Athletics Dept pats themselves on the back for Olympic sports success when we have a built in monopoly.
If you are an elite Fencer, why would you not get a free world-class education on the most beautiful campus in the world? Especially when you have no better options in terms of leveraging your athletic Fencing ability (money, fame, etc.)
Stanford Athletics is very much playing with fire in terms of letting MBB and Football fall this far. No major conference wants a Football team as bad as Stanford's has been this year
