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The school announced the decision in an open letter to the Stanford community on behalf of Muir, president Marc Tessier-Lavigne and provost Persis Drell. The letter stated that continuing to fund 36 athletic programs was "not sustainable" and that alternatives such as budget reductions and fundraising were "insufficient to meet the magnitude of the financial challenge before us. Each of the individuals associated with these programs will forever have a place in Stanford's history.

Stanford will honor all of its scholarship commitments and assist any athletes who wish to continue their careers elsewhere. Stanford cited an already dire situation before the coronavirus spread throughout the United States.

The letter gave several criteria for how the school chose which programs to cut, including fan interest, potential savings and the impact on Title IX compliance, as well as each sports' history at Stanford and their prospects for future success.

While Stanford is hardly alone in discontinuing athletic programs in recent months, it is the first to make such a high number of cuts. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. At the time of the original decision in July of , the university received heavy backlash after it announced the following sports would be discontinued :. Stanford initially cited unspecified "serious and growing" financial challenges as the reason behind the mass disintegration, though there was a promise of honoring student-athlete scholarships, even to those who committed to the school for those programs.

On Tuesday, the school said alumni rallied behind the cause to save the varsity programs. The original decision resulted in federal lawsuits from the athletes affected, as well as on-field protests such as blacking out the school's name and logo from uniforms.

The most notable example was championship wrestler Shane Griffith, who won a national championship in an all-black singlet and then also was seen wearing a hoodie that read "Keep Stanford Wrestling!

Stanford's Shane Griffith has become a national champion after the school made the decision to cut its wrestling program.