[martyup]

Wow. This piece in National Review levels a devastating case against Stanford's decision to cut the sports:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/w...ge-sports/

-m.

This is especially enlightening:

The claims about cuts’ being necessary to diversify the student turn out to be bunk too. For a start, athletics have long been recognized as a bridge builder into underserved communities. And many of these teams are already far more diverse than the overall student body. Nearly half of Stanford’s wrestling team, for instance, are either first-generation collegians or from low-income households, compared to just 17 percent in the school overall. The teams Stanford is poised to cut also represent fully half of the Asian student-athletes on campus.

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I would rather we call them the "Outcast 11" because they have not and will not be forgotten.

[martyup]

Wow. This piece in National Review levels a devastating case against Stanford's decision to cut the sports:

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/w...ge-sports/

-m.

This is especially enlightening:

The claims about cuts’ being necessary to diversify the student turn out to be bunk too. For a start, athletics have long been recognized as a bridge builder into underserved communities. And many of these teams are already far more diverse than the overall student body. Nearly half of Stanford’s wrestling team, for instance, are either first-generation collegians or from low-income households, compared to just 17 percent in the school overall. The teams Stanford is poised to cut also represent fully half of the Asian student-athletes on campus.

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I would rather we call them the "Outcast 11" because they have not and will not be forgotten.