Stanford cuts 11 varsity sports

[1duluth1]

CBSsports.com
Stanford cuts 11 varsity sports from athletics department due to 'limited financial resources'

Stanford University announced Wednesday that it will cut nearly one-third of its Division I sports programs at the end of the 2020-21 academic year as the COVID-19 crisis has threatened to worsen an already existing athletics department deficit. The move will affect more than 240 student-athletes and 22 coaches, according to a letter from school leadership...

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[WVUALLEN]

What happens when all college sports are cancelled this fall?

Will coaches be let go because they can no longer pay them.

 

[locustwv]

It may never get back to normal after all this dumb shit!!!

 

[MichiganHerd]

This is why Stanford always wins the directors cup. Now, without ping pong, lawn darts, and bocce ball, maybe another school may end up dethroning them.

 

[Buster68]

If this move is due to finances, it is about as hypocritical as it gets. Stanford has an endowment large enough to fund a developed country.

 

[oceantide83]

Isn't that discriminatory against the programs that got cut?

 

[MountaineerWV]

It may never get back to normal after all this dumb shit!!!

It's the plan. Nothing will ever be "normal" again. Control is the ultimate end to it.

 

[SKYHAWKBALL]

They have to be able to pay for all those social workers and the safe spaces for snowflake students...