Dear Editor,

My 9-year-old son and I were just turned away from Stanford baseball game yesterday because we brought a youth football. Ironically, we were there to meet with a visiting star quarterback prospect from Seattle and his family with whom we are deep friends.
This may seem a trivial item, but my sophomore son and I were turned away from a Stanford football game last year with a Stanford football.

I think the University needs to quickly reconsider this. In modern time-pressure times, much of parent/child sports attendance is to share love of sports, to do like the collegiates do, to get up and share exercise at halftime or seventh-inning stretch.
Stanford Athletics needs to actively welcome alumni and area residents to fill stadiums, not shun them.

Mark Breier ‘81, MBA ‘85, J.E. Wallace Sterling Award Winner, Stanford Alumni Board Emeritus, Former Daily Columnist