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Date Posted: 13:34:18 01/07/25 Tue
Stanford, like Harvard and Princeton, is in a tough spot, because those three schools try to win at everything. If Stanford gets into The NIL Game is a serious way, the dollar signs are going to get big in a hurry.
In every sport, Stanford will be up against the most maniacal fan/alumni base in that sport. In football, Stanford will be up against the IPTAY Association at Clemson. In basketball, the boosters at Carolina and Duke. In water polo, the deep-pocketed alumni at USC, UCLA and Pepperdine.
At some point, this will affect Stanford's general fundraising from alumni. If I'm a Cardinal fan and I've just written a big check so that our guys in helmets and pads can be competitive against Florida State and SMU, I'm not writing another big one to fund the physics department.
I don't think this is a winnable game, nor do I think that a serious institution of higher learning should want to win it.
The NIL Game is one in which you will always be competing against the least common denominator in a given sport. In life, choose spheres of competition where you are competing against THE BEST (which is realistic for your level of skill and resources), not the least.
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