Currently Cardinal, 7/19: Stanford’s open letter receives open response back

Photo by David Madison/Getty ImagesYou may have read it a dozen times by now, and seen a dozen different kinds of reactions. One thing is for sure, however, and that is that everyone has their own response to the Stanford Cardinal athletics department’s decision to cut 11 sports.

One of those reactions is one of concern. If Stanford has to cut 11 sports, what’s going to save the small school programs or even the big Power-5, major college athletic programs if the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the collegiate athletics landscape?

There are multiple reports of small schools losing millions if football alone doesn’t come back. For instance, if the rest of the Power-5…