One of the factors is being number 4 on this list.

Stanford has an athletics endowment that fully funds all of the athletic scholarships each year for 36 sports programs. And Stanford participates in just about every Director's cup sports except for skiiing and ice hockey, I believe.

They max out all of the NCAA allowed athletics scholarships, then they subsidize from the funds on this chart with academic scholarships to fill out all of their teams providing additional scholarships. They have a deliberate strategy to win the Director's Cup with the funding behind it.

Stanford is number 4 on this list. Duke is number 17. So Duke could make progress in this area following Stanford's model. The ACC has 9 members on this top 100. A big key to what Stanford does is the fully funded athletics scholarship endowment. It takes pressure off the annual fundraising. Once the scholarships are covered in the endowment, then work on covering all of the coaches salaries. All ACC schools need to work on building theirs up to full funding if they can.

In response to this post by HokieHill

Posted: 09/12/2017 at 6:59PM

Maybe wrong board but - Why I think Stanford excels at Director Cup -- HokieHill 09/12/2017 6:03PM

Re: Maybe wrong board but - Why I think Stanford excels at Director Cup -- surroundedbyhokies 09/13/2017 11:07AM

AccessUVA gives all students financial help based on need. This -- manassashoo 09/13/2017 07:08AM

This is a HUGE recruiting advantage for Olympic sports including baseball -- FlyFishingHokie 09/13/2017 08:48AM

Somehow this doesn't seem "legal" per NCAA guidelines -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2017 09:12AM

Its called money ** -- Mercury 09/18/2017 08:44AM

Same criteria for aid for ALL students, so yes it is legal. It helps -- manassashoo 09/13/2017 11:33AM

One of the factors is being number 4 on this list. -- HOO86 09/12/2017 6:59PM

Agree with all you say - but I was looking at it from athlete point of view -- HokieHill 09/12/2017 7:43PM

They use academic scholarships. -- HOO86 09/12/2017 7:52PM

Yes - they offer academic scholarships to everyone... -- HokieHill 09/12/2017 8:09PM

It is. My 500 number was arbitrary. -- HOO86 09/12/2017 8:37PM

Curious - are all of UVAs athletic programs fully funded? -- HokieHill 09/12/2017 8:31PM

Yes, but not by endowment. -- HOO86 09/12/2017 9:02PM

My best friend 's son was one of the best divers ever at UVA and he didn't -- CrystalCoveHokie 09/12/2017 8:39PM

Yep - Title IX - sons rarely get full schollys... -- HokieHill 09/12/2017 8:41PM

I've never understood why football is part of the Title IX equation. ** -- moonda 09/13/2017 10:38AM

And that's why it needs to be revised or removed. ** -- EDGEMAN 09/13/2017 09:15AM

Good observation. It may also have to do with the fact... -- Calamitous 09/12/2017 6:23PM

One of the factors is being number 4 on this list.

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