because they have a million NCAA championships and that is sort of their brand - elite athletics and elite scholarship.

Honestly, this scares the crap out of me in alot of ways. If Stanford is doing this, how many others now have cover to do the same thing? Look for a massive wave of gutting of athletic programs.

I'm a huge volleyball fan, so I am biased for sure. I really hate to see men's volleyball get cut. There is so much positive momentum with the men's game right now at the younger age groups. This is just bad news all the way around.