Another bad omen for college sports.
Today Stanford dropped 11 sports.
According to the NY Times,Stanford has a $ 26.5 billion endowment.
So its not like the don't have the money to weather the pandemic.
What's really odd is they've won the N.C.A.A.'s Director's Cup 25 years in a row.
Stanford had 36 sports before the cuts.
That's not the issue.
The sports Stanford eliminated had produced a number of
Olympic Athletes,including medalists.
Stanford provided both a superior academic environment,as well as the ability
for these individuals to participate in college athletics.
Stanford was a leader in these sports programs.
As I posted,they've won the N.C.A.A.'s Director's Cup 25 years in a row.
Stanford says its based on anticipated financial loses,for a 3 year period,due to the pandemic.
However,they have a $26.5 billion endowment.
So a number of current and former athletes are asking if this is the real reason,or if there was some other motivation.