[donkey687]

Are we likely to hear news today of any decision made? Perhaps sad news in a classic Friday news dump?

The Forgotten 11 Issue feels forgotten. Does anyone have any info on when or even if the Board of Trustees is going to make any statement?



But I was a bit puzzled by the BOT's decision to re-examine the issue. 

I think MTL was part of the driver for re-evaluation as I don't think this is the Board going against MTL.
The reason why MTL and the BOT are re-evaluating it is two-fold
1) The uproar was surprising and bigger than expected. Lots of bad press. Thousands of disgruntled alumni have signed a petition. Hundreds of donors vowing to cut out Stanford including some big donors.

2) The facts have changed. This was sold to BOT as financially necessary. The 36 strong group led by Adam Keefe and others put forth a compelling argument that this was not financially necessary. Plus, the endowment is way up.

I don't know what is going to happen and what the timeframe is but I heard it may be a couple of weeks for a final decision which is not a good sign for the 36 strong effort.  The longer the delay, the harder it becomes to salvage these sports. All 11 sports lost one recruiting year when all offers to the Class of '21 were rescinded, and they are about to lose another one.

MTL and BOT are in a tough spot.  They look bad with whatever decision they make. I expect litigation will result if it isn't overturned. It could get uglier.

[donkey687]

Are we likely to hear news today of any decision made? Perhaps sad news in a classic Friday news dump?

The Forgotten 11 Issue feels forgotten. Does anyone have any info on when or even if the Board of Trustees is going to make any statement?



But I was a bit puzzled by the BOT's decision to re-examine the issue. 

I think MTL was part of the driver for re-evaluation as I don't think this is the Board going against MTL.
The reason why MTL and the BOT are re-evaluating it is two-fold
1) The uproar was surprising and bigger than expected. Lots of bad press. Thousands of disgruntled alumni have signed a petition. Hundreds of donors vowing to cut out Stanford including some big donors.

2) The facts have changed. This was sold to BOT as financially necessary. The 36 strong group led by Adam Keefe and others put forth a compelling argument that this was not financially necessary. Plus, the endowment is way up.

I don't know what is going to happen and what the timeframe is but I heard it may be a couple of weeks for a final decision which is not a good sign for the 36 strong effort.  The longer the delay, the harder it becomes to salvage these sports. All 11 sports lost one recruiting year when all offers to the Class of '21 were rescinded, and they are about to lose another one.

MTL and BOT are in a tough spot.  They look bad with whatever decision they make. I expect litigation will result if it isn't overturned. It could get uglier.