Ok, Stanford had their weekly press conference before Saturday's season ending game against BYU. Watch that here.
Injuries: Kendall Williamson, Patrick Fields, and Jake Hornibrook are out. Kyu Blu Kelly is questionable. They'll see how his movement is over the next couple of days.
Shaw then lead with talking about what I had already been tipped off about after the Utah game. The NIL and transfer portal changes they hope to make at an administrative level. They are being methodical about things, but at the same time eager to get to work on making waves in this new era. As I said after the Utah game, the former player who tipped me off this was pretty excited. Couple of details I've learned, $10,000 minimum for each player. Major boosters along with John Elway and Andrew Luck have really been pushing for this. So there are so major names pushing this through and making this happen. The team just had a meeting about this so the players have all been briefed.
As for how the transfer portal will work, Shaw said it's about being more flexible with admitting guys who do have good grades in college and then also are a good fit with their all-around mission and community. So, I'm sure interviews will play a role in the process as well as GPAs. I did ask about the junior college route since I went to Foothill College and I know California has a lot of really good junior colleges.. Shaw said the junior college landscape has changed and he's not sure how many of those guys they'll add. It's not something they've talked about as an administration specifically. But, it is a pool that they do keep their eyes on.
Honestly, I really don't know much about the details of how administration is going to be more flexible beyond the fact that it's going to be easier for guys to get admitted as transfers. That doesn't mean lowering their academic standards per se. One possibility is being more flexible with course reciprocity. Stanford has a lot of unique academic courses and one thing that could help with that is being more flexible in allowing classes at other schools to count towards requirements at Stanford. That's just a guess, but I would imagine if they're going to be more flexible with transfers, course reciprocity will be something they're gonna have to be more flexible with.
I'll add more of my thoughts in here later once I get my notes on the entire press conference up, but I wanted to lead this thread off with more information or at least as much as I know. Also, we've had additional thread going that is on the same topic as well. @anurag41 had some interesting information to pass on in that thread about how the $10K minimum will be dished out and how they plan to help out franchise players. Check that out here if you have not already done so.
Injuries: Kendall Williamson, Patrick Fields, and Jake Hornibrook are out. Kyu Blu Kelly is questionable. They'll see how his movement is over the next couple of days.
Shaw then lead with talking about what I had already been tipped off about after the Utah game. The NIL and transfer portal changes they hope to make at an administrative level. They are being methodical about things, but at the same time eager to get to work on making waves in this new era. As I said after the Utah game, the former player who tipped me off this was pretty excited. Couple of details I've learned, $10,000 minimum for each player. Major boosters along with John Elway and Andrew Luck have really been pushing for this. So there are so major names pushing this through and making this happen. The team just had a meeting about this so the players have all been briefed.
As for how the transfer portal will work, Shaw said it's about being more flexible with admitting guys who do have good grades in college and then also are a good fit with their all-around mission and community. So, I'm sure interviews will play a role in the process as well as GPAs. I did ask about the junior college route since I went to Foothill College and I know California has a lot of really good junior colleges.. Shaw said the junior college landscape has changed and he's not sure how many of those guys they'll add. It's not something they've talked about as an administration specifically. But, it is a pool that they do keep their eyes on.
Honestly, I really don't know much about the details of how administration is going to be more flexible beyond the fact that it's going to be easier for guys to get admitted as transfers. That doesn't mean lowering their academic standards per se. One possibility is being more flexible with course reciprocity. Stanford has a lot of unique academic courses and one thing that could help with that is being more flexible in allowing classes at other schools to count towards requirements at Stanford. That's just a guess, but I would imagine if they're going to be more flexible with transfers, course reciprocity will be something they're gonna have to be more flexible with.
I'll add more of my thoughts in here later once I get my notes on the entire press conference up, but I wanted to lead this thread off with more information or at least as much as I know. Also, we've had additional thread going that is on the same topic as well. @anurag41 had some interesting information to pass on in that thread about how the $10K minimum will be dished out and how they plan to help out franchise players. Check that out here if you have not already done so.
