Amongst many other sports.
Going to be some good wrestlers that come out of there. This is horrible. Real Woods...come on down.
Going to be some good wrestlers that come out of there. This is horrible. Real Woods...come on down.
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That sucks..Amongst many other sports.
Going to be some good wrestlers that come out of there. This is horrible. Real Woods...come on down.
Wow. This is a huge bummer. I didn’t see it coming at all with Stanford.
At $27.7 billion, Stanford has the fourth largest endowment fund in America. If a school that wealthy feels the need to cut financial support for Olympic sports, there can only be more such choices made down the road by other institutions.
Endowments are often tied to very specific areas at the request of the donor. Stanford can’t just dip into the returns cookie jar for whatever they want. You would need to see the details of their endowments in order to determine if any of it could be used towards the 11 sports that are being cut.
Endowments are often tied to very specific areas at the request of the donor. Stanford can’t just dip into the returns cookie jar for whatever they want. You would need to see the details of their endowments in order to determine if any of it could be used towards the 11 sports that are being cut.
Stanford will discontinue 11 of our varsity sports programs at the conclusion of the 2020-21 academic year: men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling.
I don’t see how college wrestling survives this. I doubt we will have a season this year, and it may be gone completely after that.
This is just awful.
Wait, AND synchronized swimming?! NOOOOOO!!!!
Not sure that's a totally serious post from Izzy, but if Real values a stanford degree over a college wrestling career, that could be a legit move. Train MMA while getting your degree and leave wrestling behind. Would be such a shame as he had a great freshman campaign.
Yep, no self-awareness. Spot on.Substitute wrestling for synchronized swimming and you have the reaction of 99% of college sports fans out there when wrestling programs get dropped. Outside of the wrestling community and people who absolutely love non-revenue sports, no one gives a sh*t when wrestling programs are dropped. As much as we don't want to admit it, wrestling at the NCAA level is incredibly expendable to the institutions that sponsor it.
Not sure that's a totally serious post from Izzy, but if Real values a stanford degree over a college wrestling career, that could be a legit move. Train MMA while getting your degree and leave wrestling behind. Would be such a shame as he had a great freshman campaign.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...wftHr1oeZ7xu1yesitySghv7loRdKgDABCWhZpJLxZ_yg
Did not want to start another thread with bad news. I know this isn't Wrestling but this is not good!
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...wftHr1oeZ7xu1yesitySghv7loRdKgDABCWhZpJLxZ_yg
Did not want to start another thread with bad news. I know this isn't Wrestling but this is not good!
You're right GG. That Director's Cup was a something they promoted a lot.I know and understand this. However, wealth is wealth. No, the athletic department may not have direct access to endowment money, but eliminating eleven sports is a red flag. Plus, Stanford has prided itself for years at offering more athletic opportunities than most other schools in America. They have won the Directors' Cup for the last 25 years.
Looks like this is likely.Yeah, there won’t be any college sports until fall 2021.
Substitute wrestling for synchronized swimming and you have the reaction of 99% of college sports fans out there when wrestling programs get dropped. Outside of the wrestling community and people who absolutely love non-revenue sports, no one gives a sh*t when wrestling programs are dropped. As much as we don't want to admit it, wrestling at the NCAA level is incredibly expendable to the institutions that sponsor it.
I thought that too until wrestling almost got eliminated from the Olympics. There was an outpouring of support for wrestling from outside the niche fanbase. MMA has really helped with the level of interest. It comes down to dollars, and the Covid boogie man is going to continue to sap American dollars for the foreseeable future.
where are those voices now? Where are their dollars? Their boycotts and petitions?
Can you imagine the outrage if swimming was dropped from the Olympics? Now compare it to the outrage when “Random d1 university” drops swimming. Apples to oranges.
I thought that too until wrestling almost got eliminated from the Olympics. There was an outpouring of support for wrestling from outside the niche fanbase. MMA has really helped with the level of interest. It comes down to dollars, and the Covid boogie man is going to continue to sap American dollars for the foreseeable future.
Because this round just started. You lost all credibility equating synchronized swimming to wrestling.
A wrestling program gets dropped pretty much every year and they say nothing. Haven’t we lost like 100 programs in the last 30 years? Wouldn’t they have spoken up or some something by now?
I didn’t compare wrestling to synchronized swimming I compared public reaction to the sports as the same. And I would bet the Olympic viewership levels for the two sports is not far off.
And don’t worry, I won’t lose any sleep about whether you think I have any credibility.
Ok, you're right. The the public reaction would be the same for cancelling synchronized swimming compared to wrestling from the Olympics.