12-02-2010, 09:01 PM
Well,
Baseball is a 3X sport, so baseball will be important too. Â
On the Women\'s side. Â Volleyball, Basketball and Softball are all 3X sports. Â Seriously! Â Why even bother.
What is curious is that the tagline is "Every Sport Counts". Â Of course, not every sport is equal, but really every sport does not count. Â There are 36 NCAA sports that could/should count, but Capital One is only tracking 26 in the tally.
So 10 sports don\'t count at all. Â The tagline should be, "Every sport counts, unless Stanford has a decent history then it doesn\'t count at all."
Men\'s Water polo! Â Never heard of it. Â Oh, does Stanford have one of the best programs? Â Oops!
Women\'s Water Polo! Â Huh, their is a girl version too. Â Oh, Stanford is one of the two great programs there? Â Hmmm..our bad.
Men\'s Volleyball! Is that a sport? Â Oh, is Stanford the current champ? Â Ooops.
Fencing! Â Hmm. Â Oh, Stanford finishes in the top 10? Â Missed that. Â Sorry!
Men\'s Gymnastics! Â Oh, Stanford does well in that too? Â Hmmmm.. Sorry again??
Women\'s Gymnastics! Â Is gymnastics big? Â Oh, Stanford is a top 5 program there. Â Hmmm... Our bad?
If they aren\'t going to count every sport, then the tagline is just wrong.
Baseball is a 3X sport, so baseball will be important too. Â
On the Women\'s side. Â Volleyball, Basketball and Softball are all 3X sports. Â Seriously! Â Why even bother.
What is curious is that the tagline is "Every Sport Counts". Â Of course, not every sport is equal, but really every sport does not count. Â There are 36 NCAA sports that could/should count, but Capital One is only tracking 26 in the tally.
So 10 sports don\'t count at all. Â The tagline should be, "Every sport counts, unless Stanford has a decent history then it doesn\'t count at all."
Men\'s Water polo! Â Never heard of it. Â Oh, does Stanford have one of the best programs? Â Oops!
Women\'s Water Polo! Â Huh, their is a girl version too. Â Oh, Stanford is one of the two great programs there? Â Hmmm..our bad.
Men\'s Volleyball! Is that a sport? Â Oh, is Stanford the current champ? Â Ooops.
Fencing! Â Hmm. Â Oh, Stanford finishes in the top 10? Â Missed that. Â Sorry!
Men\'s Gymnastics! Â Oh, Stanford does well in that too? Â Hmmmm.. Sorry again??
Women\'s Gymnastics! Â Is gymnastics big? Â Oh, Stanford is a top 5 program there. Â Hmmm... Our bad?
If they aren\'t going to count every sport, then the tagline is just wrong.