Stanford, what I am hearing out hear

nycgobears said:

Fuck Stanfurd. I’ve been waiting for Shaw to start slipping and he just fell the fuck down.

But they do it the right way. No mercenaries allowed.

RaceBannon said:

http://twitter.com/dckftrilstrted/status/1207468562152951808?s=19

In a fucking heartbeat, yes.

If I'm reading the situation correctly, this is entirely an issue with Stanford players qualifying for grad school there. Twelve out of the 13 in the portal will have graduated and are looking for grad transfers. I believe Stanford makes them actually qualify for and get accepted into a graduate program to stay a fifth year. I'm guessing the graduate programs there probably aren't too keen on easing requirements for jocks. Or too keen on jocks in general.

I'd be curious to see if this is a problem going back to previous years and, if not, what's changed. I don't think it's as simple as "every senior on the team wants to leave because they hate it."

Costello is legit good, and UW is a few scholarships shy of 85. I'm not sure the short term benefits of going the mercenary route are worth the future implications with recruiting and whatnot. I also think the whole grad transfer program in general is shitty and should be amended with some kind of rule that players take a full course load for the entire year in their graduate program of choice or both the player and school face stiff penalties.

UWhuskytskeet said:

Isn't there something about UW that prevents grad transfers? I can't remember the last one.

I think the something was Pete.