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Report: Stanford announces it will reinstate nearly a dozen programs it was planning to cut
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Stanford won’t be cutting the nearly one dozen athletic programs it had planned to at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ann Killion of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Stanford University will be reinstating the 11 varsity programs it had initially planned to eliminate because of cost-cutting measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Per the report, Stanford did not return a request for comment but the school is expected to make an announcement on the situation later today. A meeting is also expected to take place with the coaches of those teams
The teams that Stanford had planned to cut were:
- Men’s & women’s fencing
- Field hockey
- Lightweight and men’s rowing
- Co-ed & women’s sailing
- Squash
- Synchronized swimming
- Men’s volleyball
- Wrestling
Stanford was one of many athletic departments to announce planned sports cuts because of the 2020 pandemic.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB