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From the article:

"A lot has been made of football coaches working with admissions to upgrade recruits without sacrificing academics.

But the women's basketball team remains held to Stanford's rigid acceptance standards. Cardinal coaches can only consider about five of the top 100 high school players, VanDerveer said. "

Is this implying that admissions lowers the standards for football players or that women's basketball players are held to a higher standard than other athletes?

It sure sounds to me as if Football gets more flexibility than WBB in admissions.  This year's WBB frosh all had 4.0 gpas.  You can't really say that about football.

[81alum]

From the article:

"A lot has been made of football coaches working with admissions to upgrade recruits without sacrificing academics.

But the women's basketball team remains held to Stanford's rigid acceptance standards. Cardinal coaches can only consider about five of the top 100 high school players, VanDerveer said. "

Is this implying that admissions lowers the standards for football players or that women's basketball players are held to a higher standard than other athletes?

It sure sounds to me as if Football gets more flexibility than WBB in admissions.  This year's WBB frosh all had 4.0 gpas.  You can't really say that about football.