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Shocky1 said:

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the con artist is already dropping hints to donors at the oregon state game that chancellor christ is not gonna give him the millions necessary to buy out mark fox & therefore there's zero chance this might happen unless donors 100% fund the buyout which is very unlikely

even tho it wuz knowlton's stunning decision to extend fox's contract from 2024 to 2025 without consulting anybody, he is refusing to use athletic department dollars for this buyout as this could impact the funding for his $1,300,000+ annual salary & his olympic sports empire of dirt

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Deduct it from his salary. He extended Fox and increased the buyout by $1.9 million. He on contract for 7(?) more years? That is is $271K per year. He is paid $1.3 million per year, so he'd still make over $1 million per year.

I can't believe we pay Jim Knowlton $1.3 million per year. That is just SO….

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…..so Cal.

what it felt like during the cal's monster class era

This dude @StephenCurry30 is a damn ALIEN pic.twitter.com/SFVCOjUglc

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) December 5, 2022

the magic of cal basketball#

Alkiadt said:

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calumnus said:

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Shocky1 said:

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the con artist is already dropping hints to donors at the oregon state game that chancellor christ is not gonna give him the millions necessary to buy out mark fox & therefore there's zero chance this might happen unless donors 100% fund the buyout which is very unlikely

even tho it wuz knowlton's stunning decision to extend fox's contract from 2024 to 2025 without consulting anybody, he is refusing to use athletic department dollars for this buyout as this could impact the funding for his $1,300,000+ annual salary & his olympic sports empire of dirt

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Deduct it from his salary. He extended Fox and increased the buyout by $1.9 million. He on contract for 7(?) more years? That is is $271K per year. He is paid $1.3 million per year, so he'd still make over $1 million per year.

I can't believe we pay Jim Knowlton $1.3 million per year. That is just SO….

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…..so Cal.

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If we were paying top dollar for a really good AD, it would be money well spent, but...

Shocky1 said:

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the con artist is already dropping hints to donors at the oregon state game that chancellor christ is not gonna give him the millions necessary to buy out mark fox & therefore there's zero chance this might happen unless donors 100% fund the buyout which is very unlikely

even tho it wuz knowlton's stunning decision to extend fox's contract from 2024 to 2025 without consulting anybody, he is refusing to use athletic department dollars for this buyout as this could impact the funding for his $1,300,000+ annual salary & his olympic sports empire of dirt

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What is the 7 step plan when you are named AD shocky? I want to know how Cal can be saved

When being hard headed is beneficial: https://t.co/tHwhsY6wKf

— max homa (@maxhoma23) January 27, 2023

shocky's monster 2nd round farmer's open update:

max homa is not knocking his head against the wall of opportunity, he's 6 under par heading into the final 2 rounds after a dazzling 70 with 6 birdies (including 4 in the row from the 3rd thru the 6th) in extremely windy conditions along the coast...to tell the kinda person that max is can be revealed on the 18th par 5 finishing hole after a disappointing bunker shot which led to a par...instead of just existing the green he walked 20 yards across the green to shake hands will will zalatoris' caddie after he wuz done raking the right side bunker

colin morikawa is 5 under par & probably hitting the ball as well as anyone in the tournament other than 12 under par leader sam ryder...other than draining a 20 foot birdie putt on the opening hole, colin could not buy a putt today

byeong hun an is 4 under par & continues his excellent start/fine play in 2023

torrey pines high school grad michael kim is 1 under par & made the cut...michael rocked blue pants & bright gold/yellow shirt & looked sharp like a guy on coach walter's squad

james hahn missed the cut & got walked to his car, his move from north scottsdale to texas hill country is not paying off

tequila4kapp said:

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I am SO not surprised. I am convinced JK still believes in Fox and will naturally look for ways to keep him.

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tequila, seriously doubt that jk believes in the 3-17 fox, this is more about the con artist believing in retaining funding within the athletic department (hence his poorly received request for donor dollars to buyout the head coach) for his annual $1,300,000+ salary & empire of olympic sports that almost nobody cares about

con artist=a flim flam man in a suit that walks around with architectural plans for something that is never gonna get built while asking for money

Shocky1 said:

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Recruitment and DM’s are still open‼️ pic.twitter.com/mFoLkYV3Hz

— Chris Street (@christreet527) January 17, 2023

serious message to chris street:

chris, you should give much consideration to returning to berkeley as soon as possible to finish your berkeley degree & ensure a bright future

with summer school work included you should have close to 3 years of credits, get a year's worth of student loans (your football scholly is gone) & work your azz off to earn your diploma from the #1 ranked public university in the world

there's no point in looking back, let's focus on the future

rooting for you, chris

namaste

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fellow running back damien moore has also not yet signed with a school, timing is kinda starting to run out for enrolling at a new school in time for the critical spring ball

my earlier report that moore wuz a silent commit to the fightin' tedfords appears to be inaccurate

yeah the "follow ur dreams" crowd that tryna tell u to give up a degree from the #1 ranked public university in the world r not ur friends

back to school (gotta earn a berkeley degree)#

Choose wisely pic.twitter.com/4OcSq7Sosi

— Andre Carter (@mr_carter93) December 7, 2022

^

this (axl is not a dumb azz)#

Shocky1 said:

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JB was a Chieftain said:

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What is the 7 step plan when you are named AD shocky? I want to know how Cal can be saved

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jb, the following 7 step plan will be completed by future athletic director andrew mcgraw during his first 30 days in office after jk is walked to his car:

1) burn all of the con artist's hockey photos/signed trading cards and fake architectural renderings of his proposed $125,000,000+ quidditch facility in the dumpster behind haas

2) cut the following men's sports thereby creating the necessary male athlete count reductions to facilitate a comparable number (135 slots) of female reductions in compliance with title ix to rightsize knowlton's current empire of 30+ teams that are financially unsustainable:

men's rugby (58 roster slots): advise bully jack clark the rugby program will move forward as a club sport

baseball (36 roster slots): advise stu gordon why this needs to happen for the overall health of the athletic department & then repurpose evans diamond for greater university needs including expansion of rsf to ensure that the athletic needs of ALL berkeley students are met

soccer (28 roster slots): nobody gives a **** about this team

cross country (13 roster slots): currently an all white team that consistently loses to bay area division 3 schools, mark fox level of ineptitude

evaluate the termination of both track teams & the impact upon black student athletes gaining admissions opportunities to berkeley and the repurposing of edwards stadium

plz note that all affected student athletes will have their schollys honored thru graduation

3) terminate mark fox & advise doug goldman & the haas family that joe pasternak (who will hire theo robertson & richard midgely as assistant coaches & lou richie as an academic/life analyst) will be the next head coach and ask for their support in funding a much scaled back significantly less expensive men's & women's basketball only facility (bishop o'dowd just built a similar facility for $40,000,000) and also nil support for bears basketball players

4) terminate the employment of the following worthless bureaucrats:

teri mckeever: evil as **** she's gonna sue berkeley no matter what anyways

jennifer simon-o'neil: mckeever's enabler, runs the department's unsuccessful women's programs such as volleyball, basketball, field hockey, cross country, etc.

tom lowry: hired from the air force with an anti football bias

markeisha everrett: completely unqualified having never worked on the west coast or sold football/basketball tixs, abject failure to rightsize the 11 person communications dept to 2-3 staffers

5) set up advisory committees for football (shane vareen, jared goff, beastmode, etc.) & men's basketball (shareef abdur rahim, jason kidd, jaylen brown, etc.) to ensure both revenue producing teams receive the necessary funding for program excellence

6) make all football & men's basketball tickets free for students & gift them the best seats in the haas to ensure a future season tixs & major whale donor pipeline

7) appoint shocky as the recruiting/nutrition/movement director for the dance/cheer teams to ensure a solid team of curvy brunette yoga females with high gpas & tight azzs

https://instagr.am/p/B8FaO5vHD-f
the bears are off to the races (in cipriani's basement)#

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I would keep track and field (we have had football players who participate in T&F, so cutting the sport may impact recruiting, plus it will impact African-American admissions), rugby (our most successful program bar none (and isn't it self-funding); but add women's rugby for Title IX purposes), and soccer (most popular sport in the world).

I would cut gymnastics (seriously, who cares?), volleyball, swimming & diving.

Cutting baseball would be sad, but it may be inevitable.

southseasbear said:

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Shocky1 said:

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JB was a Chieftain said:

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What is the 7 step plan when you are named AD shocky? I want to know how Cal can be saved

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jb, the following 7 step plan will be completed by future athletic director andrew mcgraw during his first 30 days in office after jk is walked to his car:

1) burn all of the con artist's hockey photos/signed trading cards and fake architectural renderings of his proposed $125,000,000+ quidditch facility in the dumpster behind haas

2) cut the following men's sports thereby creating the necessary male athlete count reductions to facilitate a comparable number (135 slots) of female reductions in compliance with title ix to rightsize knowlton's current empire of 30+ teams that are financially unsustainable:

men's rugby (58 roster slots): advise bully jack clark the rugby program will move forward as a club sport

baseball (36 roster slots): advise stu gordon why this needs to happen for the overall health of the athletic department & then repurpose evans diamond for greater university needs including expansion of rsf to ensure that the athletic needs of ALL berkeley students are met

soccer (28 roster slots): nobody gives a **** about this team

cross country (13 roster slots): currently an all white team that consistently loses to bay area division 3 schools, mark fox level of ineptitude

evaluate the termination of both track teams & the impact upon black student athletes gaining admissions opportunities to berkeley and the repurposing of edwards stadium

plz note that all affected student athletes will have their schollys honored thru graduation

3) terminate mark fox & advise doug goldman & the haas family that joe pasternak (who will hire theo robertson & richard midgely as assistant coaches & lou richie as an academic/life analyst) will be the next head coach and ask for their support in funding a much scaled back significantly less expensive men's & women's basketball only facility (bishop o'dowd just built a similar facility for $40,000,000) and also nil support for bears basketball players

4) terminate the employment of the following worthless bureaucrats:

teri mckeever: evil as **** she's gonna sue berkeley no matter what anyways

jennifer simon-o'neil: mckeever's enabler, runs the department's unsuccessful women's programs such as volleyball, basketball, field hockey, cross country, etc.

tom lowry: hired from the air force with an anti football bias

markeisha everrett: completely unqualified having never worked on the west coast or sold football/basketball tixs, abject failure to rightsize the 11 person communications dept to 2-3 staffers

5) set up advisory committees for football (shane vareen, jared goff, beastmode, etc.) & men's basketball (shareef abdur rahim, jason kidd, jaylen brown, etc.) to ensure both revenue producing teams receive the necessary funding for program excellence

6) make all football & men's basketball tickets free for students & gift them the best seats in the haas to ensure a future season tixs & major whale donor pipeline

7) appoint shocky as the recruiting/nutrition/movement director for the dance/cheer teams to ensure a solid team of curvy brunette yoga females with high gpas & tight azzs

https://instagr.am/p/B8FaO5vHD-f
the bears are off to the races (in cipriani's basement)#

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I would keep track and field (we have had football players who participate in T&F, so cutting the sport may impact recruiting, plus it will impact African-American admissions), rugby (our most successful program bar none (and isn't it self-funding); but add women's rugby for Title IX purposes), and soccer (most popular sport in the world).

I would cut gymnastics (seriously, who cares?), volleyball, swimming & diving.

Cutting baseball would be sad, but it may be inevitable.

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baseball and softball have stand alone dedicated fields. At least soccer plays in Edwards.

southseasbear said:

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Shocky1 said:

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JB was a Chieftain said:

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What is the 7 step plan when you are named AD shocky? I want to know how Cal can be saved

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jb, the following 7 step plan will be completed by future athletic director andrew mcgraw during his first 30 days in office after jk is walked to his car:

1) burn all of the con artist's hockey photos/signed trading cards and fake architectural renderings of his proposed $125,000,000+ quidditch facility in the dumpster behind haas

2) cut the following men's sports thereby creating the necessary male athlete count reductions to facilitate a comparable number (135 slots) of female reductions in compliance with title ix to rightsize knowlton's current empire of 30+ teams that are financially unsustainable:

men's rugby (58 roster slots): advise bully jack clark the rugby program will move forward as a club sport

baseball (36 roster slots): advise stu gordon why this needs to happen for the overall health of the athletic department & then repurpose evans diamond for greater university needs including expansion of rsf to ensure that the athletic needs of ALL berkeley students are met

soccer (28 roster slots): nobody gives a **** about this team

cross country (13 roster slots): currently an all white team that consistently loses to bay area division 3 schools, mark fox level of ineptitude

evaluate the termination of both track teams & the impact upon black student athletes gaining admissions opportunities to berkeley and the repurposing of edwards stadium

plz note that all affected student athletes will have their schollys honored thru graduation

3) terminate mark fox & advise doug goldman & the haas family that joe pasternak (who will hire theo robertson & richard midgely as assistant coaches & lou richie as an academic/life analyst) will be the next head coach and ask for their support in funding a much scaled back significantly less expensive men's & women's basketball only facility (bishop o'dowd just built a similar facility for $40,000,000) and also nil support for bears basketball players

4) terminate the employment of the following worthless bureaucrats:

teri mckeever: evil as **** she's gonna sue berkeley no matter what anyways

jennifer simon-o'neil: mckeever's enabler, runs the department's unsuccessful women's programs such as volleyball, basketball, field hockey, cross country, etc.

tom lowry: hired from the air force with an anti football bias

markeisha everrett: completely unqualified having never worked on the west coast or sold football/basketball tixs, abject failure to rightsize the 11 person communications dept to 2-3 staffers

5) set up advisory committees for football (shane vareen, jared goff, beastmode, etc.) & men's basketball (shareef abdur rahim, jason kidd, jaylen brown, etc.) to ensure both revenue producing teams receive the necessary funding for program excellence

6) make all football & men's basketball tickets free for students & gift them the best seats in the haas to ensure a future season tixs & major whale donor pipeline

7) appoint shocky as the recruiting/nutrition/movement director for the dance/cheer teams to ensure a solid team of curvy brunette yoga females with high gpas & tight azzs

https://instagr.am/p/B8FaO5vHD-f
the bears are off to the races (in cipriani's basement)#

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I would keep track and field (we have had football players who participate in T&F, so cutting the sport may impact recruiting, plus it will impact African-American admissions), rugby (our most successful program bar none (and isn't it self-funding); but add women's rugby for Title IX purposes), and soccer (most popular sport in the world).

I would cut gymnastics (seriously, who cares?), volleyball, swimming & diving.

Cutting baseball would be sad, but it may be inevitable.

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what would cutting swimming get you? Incredible facility, and highly supported/endowed....extended branding at the Olympics and in the NCAA's as a bonus.
I more or less like keeping soccer, but the world popularity and it's tie-in to it's existence at Cal means very little, unless we somehow see the attendance improving, revenue improving in the new TV world...but I'm skeptical...

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— Cal Football (@CalFootball) January 27, 2023

#Committed@weberstatefb @Matty_AhYou @mmental7 @gnduff @weberstate @Tana_Vea @CoachBrentMyers @skyler_ridley @vcspreps @TheAcornSports @vcstar @247Sports @D805legend @CoachPete_4407 @WeberHQ @WeberStateWkly pic.twitter.com/yxU5Qnvsnk

— Carson Mott (@MottCarson) January 24, 2023

former high gpa/high character 2023 cal commit who like a lotta casual fans didn't know the difference between a conditional offer & an actionable offer

Back @CalFootball this Friday! #GoBears #Cal @MikeBloesch @MWCherrington pic.twitter.com/mKMNH0c6Yj

— Gibson Pyle (@PyleGibson) January 25, 2023

cal's monster offensive line recruiting update:

welcome to the #1 ranked public university in the world this morning to 6'5" 290 lbs high priority 2024 smashmouth high motor mauler gibson pyle from klein cain high school in spring texas that's gonna graduate early this december

gibson is not a dumb azz, he got a 4.67 gpa

Junior Season Highlights! One more season to go, and graduate early! Hudl link in bio. @KLEINCAINFB #ReignCain #CO2024 #TXHSFB #hsfb pic.twitter.com/SUFAD0ofBD

— Gibson Pyle (@PyleGibson) November 22, 2022

mbBear said:

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southseasbear said:

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Shocky1 said:

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JB was a Chieftain said:

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What is the 7 step plan when you are named AD shocky? I want to know how Cal can be saved

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jb, the following 7 step plan will be completed by future athletic director andrew mcgraw during his first 30 days in office after jk is walked to his car:

1) burn all of the con artist's hockey photos/signed trading cards and fake architectural renderings of his proposed $125,000,000+ quidditch facility in the dumpster behind haas

2) cut the following men's sports thereby creating the necessary male athlete count reductions to facilitate a comparable number (135 slots) of female reductions in compliance with title ix to rightsize knowlton's current empire of 30+ teams that are financially unsustainable:

men's rugby (58 roster slots): advise bully jack clark the rugby program will move forward as a club sport

baseball (36 roster slots): advise stu gordon why this needs to happen for the overall health of the athletic department & then repurpose evans diamond for greater university needs including expansion of rsf to ensure that the athletic needs of ALL berkeley students are met

soccer (28 roster slots): nobody gives a **** about this team

cross country (13 roster slots): currently an all white team that consistently loses to bay area division 3 schools, mark fox level of ineptitude

evaluate the termination of both track teams & the impact upon black student athletes gaining admissions opportunities to berkeley and the repurposing of edwards stadium

plz note that all affected student athletes will have their schollys honored thru graduation

3) terminate mark fox & advise doug goldman & the haas family that joe pasternak (who will hire theo robertson & richard midgely as assistant coaches & lou richie as an academic/life analyst) will be the next head coach and ask for their support in funding a much scaled back significantly less expensive men's & women's basketball only facility (bishop o'dowd just built a similar facility for $40,000,000) and also nil support for bears basketball players

4) terminate the employment of the following worthless bureaucrats:

teri mckeever: evil as **** she's gonna sue berkeley no matter what anyways

jennifer simon-o'neil: mckeever's enabler, runs the department's unsuccessful women's programs such as volleyball, basketball, field hockey, cross country, etc.

tom lowry: hired from the air force with an anti football bias

markeisha everrett: completely unqualified having never worked on the west coast or sold football/basketball tixs, abject failure to rightsize the 11 person communications dept to 2-3 staffers

5) set up advisory committees for football (shane vareen, jared goff, beastmode, etc.) & men's basketball (shareef abdur rahim, jason kidd, jaylen brown, etc.) to ensure both revenue producing teams receive the necessary funding for program excellence

6) make all football & men's basketball tickets free for students & gift them the best seats in the haas to ensure a future season tixs & major whale donor pipeline

7) appoint shocky as the recruiting/nutrition/movement director for the dance/cheer teams to ensure a solid team of curvy brunette yoga females with high gpas & tight azzs

https://instagr.am/p/B8FaO5vHD-f
the bears are off to the races (in cipriani's basement)#

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I would keep track and field (we have had football players who participate in T&F, so cutting the sport may impact recruiting, plus it will impact African-American admissions), rugby (our most successful program bar none (and isn't it self-funding); but add women's rugby for Title IX purposes), and soccer (most popular sport in the world).

I would cut gymnastics (seriously, who cares?), volleyball, swimming & diving.

Cutting baseball would be sad, but it may be inevitable.

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what would cutting swimming get you? Incredible facility, and highly supported/endowed....extended branding at the Olympics and in the NCAA's as a bonus.
I more or less like keeping soccer, but the world popularity and it's tie-in to it's existence at Cal means very little, unless we somehow see the attendance improving, revenue improving in the new TV world...but I'm skeptical...

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Of course I'm speaking personally. I can't imagine going to an aquatics complex to watch live swimming or waterpolo. At least with diving, the action occurs outside the water. How many students and alumni attend these events?

Soccer is a growing sport in this country (and, as I said, the #1 sport in the world). And its far more interesting to watch in person than swimming, diving, waterpolo, volleyball, etc. (Though I admit that's my personal bias.)

Jalonso510 said:

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southseasbear said:

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Shocky1 said:

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JB was a Chieftain said:

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What is the 7 step plan when you are named AD shocky? I want to know how Cal can be saved

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jb, the following 7 step plan will be completed by future athletic director andrew mcgraw during his first 30 days in office after jk is walked to his car:

1) burn all of the con artist's hockey photos/signed trading cards and fake architectural renderings of his proposed $125,000,000+ quidditch facility in the dumpster behind haas

2) cut the following men's sports thereby creating the necessary male athlete count reductions to facilitate a comparable number (135 slots) of female reductions in compliance with title ix to rightsize knowlton's current empire of 30+ teams that are financially unsustainable:

men's rugby (58 roster slots): advise bully jack clark the rugby program will move forward as a club sport

baseball (36 roster slots): advise stu gordon why this needs to happen for the overall health of the athletic department & then repurpose evans diamond for greater university needs including expansion of rsf to ensure that the athletic needs of ALL berkeley students are met

soccer (28 roster slots): nobody gives a **** about this team

cross country (13 roster slots): currently an all white team that consistently loses to bay area division 3 schools, mark fox level of ineptitude

evaluate the termination of both track teams & the impact upon black student athletes gaining admissions opportunities to berkeley and the repurposing of edwards stadium

plz note that all affected student athletes will have their schollys honored thru graduation

3) terminate mark fox & advise doug goldman & the haas family that joe pasternak (who will hire theo robertson & richard midgely as assistant coaches & lou richie as an academic/life analyst) will be the next head coach and ask for their support in funding a much scaled back significantly less expensive men's & women's basketball only facility (bishop o'dowd just built a similar facility for $40,000,000) and also nil support for bears basketball players

4) terminate the employment of the following worthless bureaucrats:

teri mckeever: evil as **** she's gonna sue berkeley no matter what anyways

jennifer simon-o'neil: mckeever's enabler, runs the department's unsuccessful women's programs such as volleyball, basketball, field hockey, cross country, etc.

tom lowry: hired from the air force with an anti football bias

markeisha everrett: completely unqualified having never worked on the west coast or sold football/basketball tixs, abject failure to rightsize the 11 person communications dept to 2-3 staffers

5) set up advisory committees for football (shane vareen, jared goff, beastmode, etc.) & men's basketball (shareef abdur rahim, jason kidd, jaylen brown, etc.) to ensure both revenue producing teams receive the necessary funding for program excellence

6) make all football & men's basketball tickets free for students & gift them the best seats in the haas to ensure a future season tixs & major whale donor pipeline

7) appoint shocky as the recruiting/nutrition/movement director for the dance/cheer teams to ensure a solid team of curvy brunette yoga females with high gpas & tight azzs

https://instagr.am/p/B8FaO5vHD-f
the bears are off to the races (in cipriani's basement)#

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I would keep track and field (we have had football players who participate in T&F, so cutting the sport may impact recruiting, plus it will impact African-American admissions), rugby (our most successful program bar none (and isn't it self-funding); but add women's rugby for Title IX purposes), and soccer (most popular sport in the world).

I would cut gymnastics (seriously, who cares?), volleyball, swimming & diving.

Cutting baseball would be sad, but it may be inevitable.

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Aren't we consistently among the best in the world in swimming? We can't cut sports where we are winning national championships and sending people to the olympics on a regular basis.

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Good point. Still, who watches live or even on TV?

Shocky1 said:

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https://instagr.am/p/COG8EXLM20a
2024 cal's monster offensive line recruiting summary:

in addition to the recruitments of all world tackle manasse itete from modesto christian & high priority early december grad/today's unofficial visitor gibson pyle from klein cain, the staff has extended offers this week to the following 6 offensive line prospects

the goal is to get as many of them as possible to attend cal's 2023 junior day on march 4th at memorial stadium to compete against other high upside prospects & also gauge reciprocal interest at that time, then a 2024 o-line big board will be constructed

6'6" 260 lbs blake frazier from vandegrift high school in austin, 3.93 gpa & 81 inch wingspan

Thank you @TexasFootball for the amazing weekend! @CoachSark @KJJFlood pic.twitter.com/rhN2y34Lhv

— Blake Frazier (@_BlakeFrazier) January 24, 2023

6'7" 295 lbs joshua glanz from eastlake high school in chula vista

Bay Area where you at?!? 🚨@MWCherrington @Angus_McClure @CalFootball #GoBears pic.twitter.com/Ww0gyt3KDd

— Joshua Glanz (@josh_glanz) September 1, 2022

6'5" 330 lbs eugene brooks from sierra canyon in chatsworth, 3.3 gpa

pic.twitter.com/UAX1TaMBK0

— eugene L. brookss IV (@eugenebrooksss) September 1, 2022

6'4" 317 lbs preston taumau from aiea high school in hawaii

We play BIG!! (OT) @PrestonTaumua (QB) @EzekielOlie (WR) @JaydenChanel23 @CoachKaai @Brettarce84 @CoachOmura @nastin808 @UH_SClapham pic.twitter.com/zEKRc8jhBT

— A-Town Media (@atown_media) January 10, 2023

6'5" 272 lbs filiva a saluni from kahuku high school in hawaii, may go on a mission before college

Some spirited one on one reps tonight between Kahuku (Hawaii) RT Filiva'a Saluni and St Louis DE Anelu Lafaele pic.twitter.com/oSprWzQQy6

— Greg Biggins (@GregBiggins) January 20, 2023

6'5" 295 lbs nuku mafi from west high school in salt lake city, 3.7 gpa

#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/8OPKfDwlV6

— Nuku Mafi (@NukuMafi68) September 9, 2022

in coaches mike bloesch & mike saffell we trust (cal's monster offensive line)#

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whatever you do, land Preston

southseasbear said:

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mbBear said:

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southseasbear said:

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Shocky1 said:

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JB was a Chieftain said:

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What is the 7 step plan when you are named AD shocky? I want to know how Cal can be saved

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jb, the following 7 step plan will be completed by future athletic director andrew mcgraw during his first 30 days in office after jk is walked to his car:

1) burn all of the con artist's hockey photos/signed trading cards and fake architectural renderings of his proposed $125,000,000+ quidditch facility in the dumpster behind haas

2) cut the following men's sports thereby creating the necessary male athlete count reductions to facilitate a comparable number (135 slots) of female reductions in compliance with title ix to rightsize knowlton's current empire of 30+ teams that are financially unsustainable:

men's rugby (58 roster slots): advise bully jack clark the rugby program will move forward as a club sport

baseball (36 roster slots): advise stu gordon why this needs to happen for the overall health of the athletic department & then repurpose evans diamond for greater university needs including expansion of rsf to ensure that the athletic needs of ALL berkeley students are met

soccer (28 roster slots): nobody gives a **** about this team

cross country (13 roster slots): currently an all white team that consistently loses to bay area division 3 schools, mark fox level of ineptitude

evaluate the termination of both track teams & the impact upon black student athletes gaining admissions opportunities to berkeley and the repurposing of edwards stadium

plz note that all affected student athletes will have their schollys honored thru graduation

3) terminate mark fox & advise doug goldman & the haas family that joe pasternak (who will hire theo robertson & richard midgely as assistant coaches & lou richie as an academic/life analyst) will be the next head coach and ask for their support in funding a much scaled back significantly less expensive men's & women's basketball only facility (bishop o'dowd just built a similar facility for $40,000,000) and also nil support for bears basketball players

4) terminate the employment of the following worthless bureaucrats:

teri mckeever: evil as **** she's gonna sue berkeley no matter what anyways

jennifer simon-o'neil: mckeever's enabler, runs the department's unsuccessful women's programs such as volleyball, basketball, field hockey, cross country, etc.

tom lowry: hired from the air force with an anti football bias

markeisha everrett: completely unqualified having never worked on the west coast or sold football/basketball tixs, abject failure to rightsize the 11 person communications dept to 2-3 staffers

5) set up advisory committees for football (shane vareen, jared goff, beastmode, etc.) & men's basketball (shareef abdur rahim, jason kidd, jaylen brown, etc.) to ensure both revenue producing teams receive the necessary funding for program excellence

6) make all football & men's basketball tickets free for students & gift them the best seats in the haas to ensure a future season tixs & major whale donor pipeline

7) appoint shocky as the recruiting/nutrition/movement director for the dance/cheer teams to ensure a solid team of curvy brunette yoga females with high gpas & tight azzs

https://instagr.am/p/B8FaO5vHD-f
the bears are off to the races (in cipriani's basement)#

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I would keep track and field (we have had football players who participate in T&F, so cutting the sport may impact recruiting, plus it will impact African-American admissions), rugby (our most successful program bar none (and isn't it self-funding); but add women's rugby for Title IX purposes), and soccer (most popular sport in the world).

I would cut gymnastics (seriously, who cares?), volleyball, swimming & diving.

Cutting baseball would be sad, but it may be inevitable.

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what would cutting swimming get you? Incredible facility, and highly supported/endowed....extended branding at the Olympics and in the NCAA's as a bonus.
I more or less like keeping soccer, but the world popularity and it's tie-in to it's existence at Cal means very little, unless we somehow see the attendance improving, revenue improving in the new TV world...but I'm skeptical...

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Of course I'm speaking personally. I can't imagine going to an aquatics complex to watch live swimming or waterpolo. At least with diving, the action occurs outside the water. How many students and alumni attend these events?

Soccer is a growing sport in this country (and, as I said, the #1 sport in the world). And its far more interesting to watch in person than swimming, diving, waterpolo, volleyball, etc. (Though I admit that's my personal bias.)

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Olympic Swimming always gets good ratings. Water Polo used to have big crowds at Cal, standing room only, when played before a home football game in the morning. And yes, I have become a soccer fan in recent years, but, if you want to go there, most college soccer is the equivalent of Single A baseball, when you consider the guys turning pro, and/or going to academies. And if you are being specific to Cal, dropping volleyball gives back more indoor space time, but giving up T+F and soccer, would free up an incredible amount of property. Again, not sure what giving up swimming buys you...literally.
But, all that said, and again, just my opinion, "who is watching" has nothing to with the overall structure of college sports, Title IX. et. al. And I get that many here would be fine if it was just football and basketball, period. Different philosophy, different discussion.
By the way: rowing is very difficult to watch...but huge traditional sport for Cal...and again, a lot of money support.

Polodad said:

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Responding to the question how many attend swimming and water polo events, about the same number that attend basketball games.

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More.

oski003 said:

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Polodad said:

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Responding to the question how many attend swimming and water polo events, about the same number that attend basketball games.

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Cal basketball gets 4,000-5000 paid attendance per game when lousy. 10k when good. Spieker holds 900 but can be maxed out to 2500 with temporary seating. Not the same.

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Are there really that many people going to see basketball games this year?