Recruiting needs to change...

One other thing about Stanford that I don't know is true about their undergraduates but I know is true about the law school. If you have student loans, you can defer repaying them (without no interest accruing) if you go to work for a non-profit institution after you graduate. And, if you work in the non-profit sector long enough, they can be forgiven. This is something an amazingly well endowed school can do. To me, it is a great policy.

I know one of the challenges for Stanford is admissions. They don't notify the possible recruits until June if they are accepted. I know of a couple of girls that went elsewhere because they were afraid if they weren't accepted they would miss other opportunities.

There was a girl a couple of years ago that was accepted and committed. She missed quite a bit of school for national team commitments during the fall of her senior year and one of her high school teachers gave her a "C" in a class. This brought her GPA down to a point that Stanford admissions rescinded their acceptance and she ended up at Santa Clara.

The pressure on student athletes and grades is incredible. That is why UP is blessed to have many Pilot fans on the faculty. They don't give anything away but at least they make it possible for the girls to travel and keep up their grades.