A lot of that had to do with the fact they sponsored 36 sports.

Hard for anyone to compete against that.

It's funny, schools used to be able to fund all kinds of athletic programs prior to bigtime money/tv contracts. Now they spend so much that most schools can only afford the minimum required to stay at D-1

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Posted: 07/10/2020 at 11:41AM

Stanford just cut Wresting along with 10 other sports. -- HOKIE MAGIC 07/08/2020 1:21PM

Terrible news. Emerging West Coast with an excellent, young nucleus. -- VTDante 07/08/2020 3:51PM

Brutal -- AllenHokie732 07/08/2020 2:47PM

We should e reaching out to their 141... -- VPIGUY 07/08/2020 1:52PM

What about Shane Griffith ... -- KCDale 07/08/2020 1:56PM

That would be sweet -- Rokie08 07/08/2020 3:00PM

He is an east coast kid .. -- KCDale 07/08/2020 3:04PM

Yes, he and Mekhi have history. -- Rokie08 07/08/2020 3:25PM

$27.7 billion Endowment and the cut wrestling -- OrangeHokieFan 07/08/2020 1:44PM

They mentioned that in the press release. -- HOKIE MAGIC 07/08/2020 4:24PM

Most endowments have strict rules as to what the funds -- GreenvilleVT 07/08/2020 8:48PM

Interest(4%) on $25B would support 20,000 students at $50K per year, shame! ** -- wasris 07/08/2020 6:56PM

There is no 4% interest available anywhere. ** -- HokieJack 07/09/2020 6:25PM

There is, when you are a $25B client -- jewilso2 07/11/2020 5:33PM

Thing is...their primary cost is scholarships which the university dictates ** -- AirborneHokie96 07/08/2020 5:33PM

Yep, exactly. ** -- HOKIE MAGIC 07/08/2020 5:34PM

Endowments generally aren’t used to fund -- GreenvilleVT 07/08/2020 8:49PM

That is not exactly true........ -- VTScoop 07/08/2020 10:05PM

Athletic endowments correct. But the larger core endowments -- GreenvilleVT 07/09/2020 08:23AM

No doubt on the breakdown......the athletic portion at VT is $70M out -- VTScoop 07/09/2020 10:23AM

$400-500M endowment for sports ** -- AirborneHokie96 07/08/2020 3:10PM

Yet our tax $$ indirectly/directly go to a university with $B in the bank?? ** -- wasris 07/08/2020 3:07PM

Wow ... -- KCDale 07/08/2020 1:36PM

Stanford had 36 total sports, something had to give. -- HOKIE MAGIC 07/08/2020 1:42PM

Were they not one of the consistent schools leading the Capital One Cup? -- HokieRat 07/08/2020 1:55PM

Stanford has won the Director's Cup 25 straight years. -- Will Stewart

07/09/2020 10:36AM

They give full ride financial aid to a lot of their student-athletes -- UpperQuad 07/10/2020 1:33PM

I don;t think this is exactly accurate. -- Hokie Flyer 07/11/2020 09:48AM

Some big endowment schools like Stanford have "no loans" policies -- UpperQuad 07/11/2020 1:35PM

I am familiar with the "no loan" policyaybe there is a work around, but... -- Hokie Flyer 07/11/2020 3:33PM

Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Princeton have higher income ceilings -- UpperQuad 07/12/2020 01:35AM

Agreed, but I do think the attraction to career athletes is mitigated. -- Hokie Flyer 07/12/2020 08:47AM

A lot of that had to do with the fact they sponsored 36 sports. -- HokieToph 07/10/2020 11:41AM

Football and TV contracts are killing NCAA Athletic programs -- VictoryTurkey 07/10/2020 12:29PM

They were -- AllenHokie732 07/08/2020 2:59PM

A lot of that had to do with the fact they sponsored 36 sports.

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