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- 07/08/2020 at 12:36 PM #125944
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  Tony (admin)
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  Stanford is dropping 11 varsity sports at end of 2020-21 — men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, coed and women’s sailing, squash, men’s volleyball, wrestling and synchronized swimming.
- 07/08/2020 at 1:15 PM #125945
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  UtesRule
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  Wow!!! Stanford probably had one of the largest athletics programs in the country, in guessing.
  - 07/08/2020 at 2:29 PM #125946
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    SkinyUte
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    Don’t have the data, but I would highly doubt that they’re one of the largest.
    
    Sports has always felt like an afterthought to academics for Stanford.
    - 07/08/2020 at 3:49 PM #125947
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      UteThunder
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      No, they are (were?) one of the largest. It is a large factor in why they perform so well in the Athletic Director’s Cup. They had a bunch of obscure sports to help them earn points.
      - 07/08/2020 at 4:09 PM #125949
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        SkinyUte
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        Thanks, I was not aware of that.
        
        I was mistakenly thinking athletic budgets, not number of sports. Hence my skepticism.
    - 07/08/2020 at 4:05 PM #125948
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      PhiladelphiaUte
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      Prior to dropping those 11 varsity sports, they’d fielded 36. That IS one of the largest athletic programs in the country that fields an FBS team.
      
      Other large athletic depts: Ohio St, Penn St, Michigan, Navy, Air Force, Boston College, and North Carolina.