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yeah rocky cummings & brady palmer from legoland high school r gonna build the world's 1st non sustainable that's not compliant any with building code standards dorm room in berkeley with 100% lego, wut could possibly go wrong??

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They are at different high schools. Cummings is at Carlsbad High School, Palmer is at Cathedral Catholic about 15 miles south of Carlsbad in San Diego.

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Dog's reaction to feedback on him from doggy daycare pic.twitter.com/1pzjGt8W63

— Wow Animals (@WOW_ANIMALS1) March 14, 2025

look sd, u gotta cut shockley some slack here, he didn't take any map making classes (tho he did ace astronomy 10!!) at berkeley & he just got some kinda confusing/perplexing feedback after today master teacher anton's 4:15 pm class at modern yoga

anyways can u do me a solid & tell me where's the best shrimp burritos in san diego county??

#JudgmentalMaps take on San Diego. pic.twitter.com/3h8GEXL6OS

— Roger Showley (@rogershowley) June 10, 2017

shocky's 2nd gf at cal wuz a curvy brunette yoga latina from national city y su madre made mi favorita comida!!...but then she dumped me with the lame azz excuse that she still loved me but that she wuz flunking outta berkeley & needed to focus on her studies...whatever

and then a year late she posed bottomless (clothes r for losers) for playboy's girls of the pac 10 issue

yeah shocky got walked to his car back in the day kinda like the cal football staff today but the sun will still rise tomorrow



gpas matter in berkeley (the struggle that must be)#

Yezzziirrr!!!#GoBears 🐻📈 pic.twitter.com/O5HWEy2WTB

— Marshall Cherrington (@MWCherrington) June 30, 2025

heavy is the head that wears the crown#

https://instagr.am/p/DLUn369tSk5
callixte alzas update: the WORLD class 2026 cal commit from france (saint cloud, west of paris) wuz a quarterfinalist in the 2025 british amateur & is currently competing at (one of the 4 final stage qualifying sites) royal cinque ports along the coast in southeast england for a spot in the 2025 british open to be held in july at royal portrush in northern ireland

callixte est magnifique!!

shocky would luv to tee it up with callixte at my beloved golf de morfontaine which is without doubt the best golf course in continental europe with a parisian romantic vibe (no pro shop, no caddies, no golf carts, everybody walks with their bag over their shoulder or with a push trolley, doggy dogs are welcome with water dishes on the course) & a world top 25 golf course

https://instagr.am/p/C_n5OP4NC6y


the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (including schulzie's favorite hotel in the world, the george v)

Wilson is quietly rebuilding the program.

^ agreed alex, u & marie endowing the cal men's golf head coaching position ensures this foundation is financially solid

honestly think that if zinqin zhou, xihuan chang & callixte alzas all play together to their unlimited (pga tour) upsides with charlie bundy & sihao cong continuing their hard work ascensions that the california golden bears will be competing for a 2026 ncca championship!!

https://instagr.am/p/DCw_bwAysdN
MAJOR announcement by the cal ticketing office, the bench student season tickets are now being sold for football & men's basketball games for an annual cost of $125
https://calbears.com/sports/2023/8/10/the-bench-student-section.aspx

this is an abject FAILURE decision by markeisha everrett & presumably with ron rivera's approval (if he truly has the keys to anything) that's gonna limit the magic of cal football to those from affluent pebble beach families on 17 mile drive while ******* over the poor azz kids from seaside

berkeley has a record setting number of 1st in family college students with crushing/staggering student loan debt that are from very low socioeconomic backgrounds that worked their azzs off to achieve 4.5+ gpas & earn admission/schollys to the #1 ranked public university in the world...many of them also worked part time jobs in high school & did not go to high school football games (just like 99%+ of all incoming international students have never attended an american football game) like the rich kids at legoland & stinson beach high schools

poor as **** kids who grew up on the 2nd floor over a laundry in san francisco like my berkeley grad moms back in the day will NEVER be able to afford going to cal football games & honestly this is gonna cost the program thousands of potential future fans/donors that will NOT be imprinted with cal football during their collegiate days

and then when many of these currently poor as **** students build generational wealth in a vast variety of ways including venture capital start ups then the university will ask them to donate and these solicitations are gonna be ignored/deleted

not offering FREE tixs to all berkeley students for all gamedays is not only out of character for a PUBLIC university but also 99% locks in the cal men's basketball program which is in an alligator roll death spiral since the termination of cal's monster class to another 16th (only ahead of stanford) attendance ranking among acc teams



yeah ron & the players are gonna look up at the stands at the september 6th texas southern game & see 40,000+ empty/unoccupied seats along with blue tarps everywhere & wonder why there's NO ENERGY in the stadium

pic.twitter.com/PtF5PkkBJa

— The Open (@TheOpen) July 1, 2025

2025 british open final qualifying (36 holes):

congrats to last year's berkeley grad sampson zheng shooting a 68 & 69 today and finishing 2nd at west lancashire in liverpool to earn an invitation to next month's british open along with collin morikawa & byeong ben an

also strong playing (but perhaps disappointing to him) by callixte alzas shooting a 74 & 77 at royal cinque ports in trying to qualify for his 1st major championship as one of the youngest competitors...callixte, this is only the debut of your many future major championships on the biggest stages in golf amie!!

michael kim will need a top 5 to 10 performance at the john deere this week to qualify as a top 50 ranked player in the world (currently ranked #55 in the official rankings)...max homa (paired with rickie fowler for the first 2 rounds) needs a victory to get invited to royal portrush on the blustery north irish seas

https://instagr.am/p/CuxKIOEIazx

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yeah rocky cummings & brady palmer from legoland high school r gonna build the world's 1st non sustainable that's not compliant any with building code standards dorm room in berkeley with 100% lego, wut could possibly go wrong??

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They are at different high schools. Cummings is at Carlsbad High School, Palmer is at Cathedral Catholic about 15 miles south of Carlsbad in San Diego.

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Dog's reaction to feedback on him from doggy daycare pic.twitter.com/1pzjGt8W63

— Wow Animals (@WOW_ANIMALS1) March 14, 2025

look sd, u gotta cut shockley some slack here, he didn't take any map making classes (tho he did ace astronomy 10!!) at berkeley & he just got some kinda confusing/perplexing feedback after today master teacher anton's 4:15 pm class at modern yoga

anyways can u do me a solid & tell me where's the best shrimp burritos in san diego county??

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I generally go for fish tacos, and haven't had many shrimp burritos, but the Surfin' California Burrito at Lucha Libre (shrimp, carne asada, french fries) is pretty good.

I would like to thank my family, friends, and coaches for supporting me throughout this whole process. After thinking this through and talking with my family I would like to announce my commitment to the University of California !!! 🐻🐻 #GoBears @CalFootball pic.twitter.com/kOGYJhBakm

— Mason Lewis (@Lew32M) July 1, 2025

KAAAABBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!

welcome 2026 3.7 gpa 6' 197 lbs physical defensive back mason lewis from basha high school in the east valley to the california golden bears football program!!

#UANext Los Angeles
Basha DB/ATH Mason Lewis had more interceptions than completions given up in the reps I saw!! pic.twitter.com/XDN1p9ObyQ

— Just Chilly (@JUSTCHILLY) May 4, 2025

mason, ur future summers r gonna be a lot cooler with the pacific ocean coastal breezes in berkeley brah plus u gotta opportunity to develop as the next NFL taker from cal!!

https://instagr.am/p/DBcQn0uNrPh
the university of california, berkeley=#1 ranked public university in the world (including chandler fashion square)

https://instagr.am/p/DKfKUBLJjzg
thx sd for the culinary recommendation, will report back to u amigo

We DON’T need you if you’re not ALL IN!

GO BEARS🐻

— Artem Korchagin (@ArtemKorchagin0) June 30, 2025

4.1 gpa 6'5" 310 lbs artem korchagin is shocky's favorite player in the 2026 class#

Happy July 1! Has anybody played golf with Jimmy recently?

^ colorado, apparently this week's colorado springs senior league hockey all star golf outing didn't go very well or something

⛳️😵🥊 What are these golfers fighting over?

(Via: badbradgolf/IG) pic.twitter.com/VIEJeufF40

— NUCLR GOLF (@NUCLRGOLF) June 27, 2025

fun fact: shockley luvs the cute headgear & facial expressions of the young girl on the nyc subway train at the end of this song!!

so real pic.twitter.com/hlvPgQbLzX

— kira 👾 (@kirawontmiss) June 28, 2025

wut/'s ur gpa brah??#

cal athletics sports endowments update:

aqua man ned (far right in the floor seats with the dark blue sweater drapped around his neck, good guy but often annoyed shocky wuz blocking his views back in the day) & carol (more cheerful than her husband, a real fashionista particularly with her sparkly shoes) spieker are donating $26,000,000 to endow the men's polo water and men's swimming/diving teams

there are now 5 programs endowed: men's & women's golf, rugby, men's water polo and men's swimming/diving

the next programs likely to fundraise endowments are the rowing & tennis programs

chancellor lyons has set a target date of june 2027 for all men's non revenue sports to become endowed, there's minimal financial support (with almost no fanbases) for baseball, men's soccer, men's gymnastics and the men's track & field/cross country programs which will hopefully result in the crushing/staggering debt driven athletic department rightsizing with these sports cut and both evans field & edwards stadium repurposed for the greater good of the university

"sit the **** down, shocky!!"#

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cal athletics sports endowments update:

aqua man ned (far right in the floor seats with the dark blue sweater drapped around his neck, good guy but often annoyed shocky wuz blocking his views back in the day) & carol (more cheerful than her husband, a real fashionista particularly with her sparkly shoes) spieker are donating $26,000,000 to endow the men's polo water and men's swimming/diving teams

there are now 5 programs endowed: men's & women's golf, rugby, men's water polo and men's swimming/diving

the next programs likely to fundraise endowments are the rowing & tennis programs

chancellor lyons has set a target date of june 2027 for all men's non revenue sports to become endowed, there's minimal financial support (with almost no fanbases) for baseball, men's soccer, men's gymnastics and the men's track & field/cross country programs which will hopefully result in the crushing/staggering debt driven athletic department rightsizing with these sports cut and both evans field & edwards stadium repurposed for the greater good of the university

"sit the **** down, shocky!!"#

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Let me try to provide some context. If there is one take away from the failure that was the Christ/Knowlton regime it was their failure to understand that if the football team doesn't succeed in providing Cal access to a power conference in the future, a lot of the "Olympic" teams won't be able to achieve elite success regardless of what happens with the endowment of these specific Olympic teams. While I salute those folks endowing these Olympic sports, I just hope they appreciate the ceiling to the benefit of their generosity without a successful football program. That is why this supporter of the golf team has moved his support to funding the football program.

alex, you bring up a very interesting point re: the olympic sports fundraising cannibalizing the football & men's basketball programs

the christ/knowlton regime (which has thankfully ended, hopefully the evil as **** jennifer simon-o'neil & lazy azz non innovative markeisha everrett are next to be shown the door) has seen the prioritization of a new women's softball stadium & a new women's sand volleyball facility along with a new tennis complex instead of fully funding the football program or building the critically needed basketball practice facility

and now chancellor lyons is directing the athletic department staff to fundraise for sports that really nobody gives 2 ***** about instead of football & basketball like virtually every other d1 university in the united states

silver medalist discus thrower mykolas alekana is transferring to oregon, both of cal's mens & women's track/cross county programs need to be shuttered NOW not in june of 2027

ur 100% on the money, if football is relegated to the bay coast football conference with annual rivalry games with cal poly the entire athletic department is gonna be financially unsustainable (except for the 5 programs that are already endowed) & memorial stadium will be converted to a city of berkeley homeless shelter aka people's park

but the football program is also contributing to its downfall by losing 3-4 games last season because wilcox opted to listen to his buddy longwell instead of shocky re: mateen bhaghani (the collin morikawa of placekicking with his ice in his veins laser accuracy, my efforts to work out a scholly deal with the football staff at mateen's parents request wuz unsuccessful) & this week's decision to not offer FREE tixs to all berkeley students which is beyond ******* stupid from a marketing/branding standpoint & imprinting potential future season tixs buyers/donors to the university with the magic of cal football

Sebastabear seems pretty optimistic that Cal is also going to reach its funding goals for football, so couldn't the endowment of these other sports be seen as away to get them "off the books" and self-sustaining so that the school can better focus on the sports that really need the help and the ones that will maintain membership in a power conference (in other words, football and basketball)?

sycasey, kevin kennedy has worked his azz off to generate the necessary funding for the football program, hopefully this fall season will reap winning results from his tireless fundraising

my point is that baseball (almost all of the stu gordon fundraising has been expended), men's soccer, men's gymnastic and the men's track & field/cross country programs are NOT gonna be endowed (or anywhere near that) by rich's june 2027 deadline, we're just doing a going thru the motions bull**** bureaucratic process to "save" these sports

and when those programs are eventually/inevitably chopped it will be possible in compliance with title ix to cut the all white rich girls women's lacrosse & field hockey programs which are hopelessly losing games while expensively flying back & forth across the country to the east coast where these elite prep school sports are played by mostly private schools

Shocky is next up to fully endow the men's basketball program! The following will immediately take place…

*All men's basketball games will have dog rescue adoptions at half time.
*Instead of bear growl contest, it will be a curvy brunette yoga twister game
*During timeouts, Madsen will call Shocky over to draw up a "pitchout" play to run on the next inbound
*The first 3000 students that show up that have a 3.5+ GPA will get into the game free.
*Bucees double heart attack pulled pork sandos to be launched from the cannon
*Shocky goes head to head with a current cal golfer on a pre game putt from half court
*An in game contest called "name that truck stop" where Big 12 are called out


I'm definitely getting season tickets!!!

jb, u forgot to mention leidy throwing t-shirts/crop tops (preferably her own clothing or something) into the frenzied sold out 11,000+ crowds (with FREE tixs for all berkeley students & blondies pizza slices for those with 3.5+ gpas) during timeouts with everybody (including those in wheelchairs) inclusively STORMIN' THE FLOOR after every bears victory!!

https://instagr.am/p/Cm4nv1MP6Tg
gotta be honest with u jb, u would be a MASSIVE upgrade over markeisha in building the fanbase

https://instagr.am/p/CbqvEPNtWU9

When you care who you love and do your best to make them happy pic.twitter.com/HkktgmODga

— Wow Animals (@WOW_ANIMALS1) June 12, 2025

imagine if there wuz a sign this fall in front of memorial stadium that said "Tickets are FREE for all Berkeley Students, let's celebrate TOGETHER the Magic of Cal Football!!!!!!!!!!"

everybody in the cal athletic department & specifically markeisha everrett and ron rivera should be ASHAMED that the #1 PUBLIC university in the world is selling $125 student gameday bench passes that are perhaps no big ******* deal for those from middle class/affluent families but are a big get lost to those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds (like my berkeley grad moms back in the day) that are financially struggling for meals money & crushing student loan debt

rip sky blue#

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my point is that baseball (almost all of the stu gordon fundraising has been expended), men's soccer, men's gymnastic and the men's track & field/cross country programs are NOT gonna be endowed (or anywhere near that) by rich's june 2027 deadline, we're just doing a going thru the motions bull**** bureaucratic process to "save" these sports

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I hope that Cal is able to make the hard decisions to cut what sports need to be cut so that the revenue sports can get the most resources and hopefully have the most success. Of course I'd love for Cal to have as many teams as possible, but if the support isn't there then it isn't.

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When you care who you love and do your best to make them happy pic.twitter.com/HkktgmODga

— Wow Animals (@WOW_ANIMALS1) June 12, 2025

imagine if there wuz a sign this fall in front of memorial stadium that said "Tickets are FREE for all Berkeley Students, let's celebrate TOGETHER the Magic of Cal Football!!!!!!!!!!"

everybody in the cal athletic department & specifically markeisha everrett and ron rivera should be ASHAMED that the #1 PUBLIC university in the world is selling $125 student gameday bench passes that are perhaps no big ******* deal for those from middle class/affluent families but are a big get lost to those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds (like my berkeley grad moms back in the day) that are financially struggling for meals money & crushing student loan debt

rip sky blue#

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I wonder what other major FBS schools charge students for season tickets? I don't mean the huge programs that always sell out no matter what (Ohio State, Alabama, etc.), but rather those in a similar position to Cal. Do they give out free or super-cheap tickets to students?

I generally agree with the idea that you should give out free or extremely cheap tickets to help build a student fan base, just curious if anyone knows where Cal is on the spectrum.

sycasey, the fastest attendance/building the fanbase growing men's basketball program in the western united states during the last decade is san diego state which offers not only FREE tixs to all students but also often pizza slices too

comparing cal to other schools is not really relevant, a typical academically mediocre school grad is not gonna be as wealthy as the vast majority of berkeley grads in 10 years from now & in a position to donate to the university if they got school spirit (which is highly unlikely if they've never attended any gamedays, their relationship with berkeley will be strictly transactional not emotional)

big time athletes wanna play in front of loud energized crowds with their fellow student screaming from the rooftops, there's gonna be 40,000+ empty/unoccupied seats for the september 7th texas southern game

shame on markeisha everrett & ron rivera

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Sebastabear seems pretty optimistic that Cal is also going to reach its funding goals for football, so couldn't the endowment of these other sports be seen as away to get them "off the books" and self-sustaining so that the school can better focus on the sports that really need the help and the ones that will maintain membership in a power conference (in other words, football and basketball)?

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Sycasey, this scenario works until the House settlement falls apart because the concept of restricting private collective payments to athletes dies with an injunction leveled by a federal Judge likley sitting in an SEC state where an anti-trust case has no doubt been filed by said State's Attorney General. Everyone knows it is coming. And plan B is ????

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Sebastabear seems pretty optimistic that Cal is also going to reach its funding goals for football, so couldn't the endowment of these other sports be seen as away to get them "off the books" and self-sustaining so that the school can better focus on the sports that really need the help and the ones that will maintain membership in a power conference (in other words, football and basketball)?

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Sycasey, this scenario works until the House settlement falls apart because the concept of restricting private collective payments to athletes dies with an injunction leveled by a federal Judge likley sitting in an SEC state where an anti-trust case has no doubt been filed by said State's Attorney General. Everyone knows it is coming. And plan B is ????

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I can't speak to how fundraising would change if the rules change. Presumably the Legends collective would need to re-form.

That said, even if the House settlement in its current form fails to hold, its very existence signals a general desire by even the powerful NCAA programs (not to mention Congress) to have some restrictions and guardrails vs. the current free-for-all, so I suspect SOME kind of framework will have to be created. What the contours of that are, I cannot say.

Shocky1 said:

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sycasey, the fastest attendance/building the fanbase growing men's basketball program in the western united states during the last decade is san diego state which offers not only FREE tixs to all students but also often pizza slices too

comparing cal to other schools is not really relevant, a typical academically mediocre school grad is not gonna be as wealthy as the vast majority of berkeley grads in 10 years from now & in a position to donate to the university if they got school spirit (which is highly unlikely if they've never attended any gamedays, their relationship with berkeley will be strictly transactional not emotional)

big time athletes wanna play in front of loud energized crowds with their fellow student screaming from the rooftops, there's gonna be 40,000+ empty/unoccupied seats for the september 7th texas southern game

shame on markeisha everrett & ron rivera

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Why not shame on lyons who supposedly runs the joint, oh sorry forgot he doesnt have a head for business. LOL

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Sebastabear seems pretty optimistic that Cal is also going to reach its funding goals for football, so couldn't the endowment of these other sports be seen as away to get them "off the books" and self-sustaining so that the school can better focus on the sports that really need the help and the ones that will maintain membership in a power conference (in other words, football and basketball)?

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Sycasey, this scenario works until the House settlement falls apart because the concept of restricting private collective payments to athletes dies with an injunction leveled by a federal Judge likley sitting in an SEC state where an anti-trust case has no doubt been filed by said State's Attorney General. Everyone knows it is coming. And plan B is ????

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I can't speak to how fundraising would change if the rules change. Presumably the Legends collective would need to re-form.

That said, even if the House settlement in its current form fails to hold, its very existence signals a general desire by even the powerful NCAA programs (not to mention Congress) to have some restrictions and guardrails vs. the current free-for-all, so I suspect SOME kind of framework will have to be created. What the contours of that are, I cannot say.

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The NCAA and at least power conference schools have been signaling (no actually begging) for Congressional action for several years now. How has that been working? The rest of us are concerned that Cal doesn't appear to have a Plan B, when House blows-up. But the one thing I can assure you is that is if Cal can't remain in a Power conference, many of the Cal "Olympics" program are in trouble, regardless if being endowed. For example with men's swimming, the top swimmers will chose instead to go to power programs like Texas (SEC), Florida (SEC), Indiana (B1G), Michigan (B!G) , Georgia (SEC), Auburn (SEC) , Arizona (Big 12), etc. and I would also expect that Durden moves to a power conference program (for huge bucks) because everyone whether players or coaches, wants to compete against the best.

BTW, without a power conference football team and its attendant revenues, look for Cal to become overall to compete at a level like Oregon State in all sports, which means a huge drop off, except in certain unique sports (which is OSU's case is their elite baseball program). The economics are that bad.

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sycasey, the fastest attendance/building the fanbase growing men's basketball program in the western united states during the last decade is san diego state which offers not only FREE tixs to all students but also often pizza slices too

comparing cal to other schools is not really relevant, a typical academically mediocre school grad is not gonna be as wealthy as the vast majority of berkeley grads in 10 years from now & in a position to donate to the university if they got school spirit (which is highly unlikely if they've never attended any gamedays, their relationship with berkeley will be strictly transactional not emotional)

big time athletes wanna play in front of loud energized crowds with their fellow student screaming from the rooftops, there's gonna be 40,000+ empty/unoccupied seats for the september 7th texas southern game

shame on markeisha everrett & ron rivera

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Bill, I think you know this, but the San Diego State student tickets are only "free" in sense that there's not a separate charge for them, per se. As SCT has noted on several occasions, SDSU students pay a hefty student fee that goes to support athletics. If Cal imposed a similar fee, all students would pay it, which would increase the tuition/fee cost that much more. On the other hand, such a fee probably would be covered as part of the financial aid students might get. So the question is probably, if Cal did that, how long it would take to overcome the student anger at imposing that fee. I get that your idea is for the school to just eat the cost of the tickets, based on the fact that the stadium is not currently selling out, on the assumption that there will be an alumni ROI down the road. I don't necessarily disagree with that, but I'm not sure SDSU is a good example for comparison.

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sycasey, the fastest attendance/building the fanbase growing men's basketball program in the western united states during the last decade is san diego state which offers not only FREE tixs to all students but also often pizza slices too

comparing cal to other schools is not really relevant, a typical academically mediocre school grad is not gonna be as wealthy as the vast majority of berkeley grads in 10 years from now & in a position to donate to the university if they got school spirit (which is highly unlikely if they've never attended any gamedays, their relationship with berkeley will be strictly transactional not emotional)

big time athletes wanna play in front of loud energized crowds with their fellow student screaming from the rooftops, there's gonna be 40,000+ empty/unoccupied seats for the september 7th texas southern game

shame on markeisha everrett & ron rivera

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Bill, I think you know this, but the San Diego State student tickets are only "free" in sense that there's not a separate charge for them, per se. As SCT has noted on several occasions, SDSU students pay a hefty student fee that goes to support athletics. If Cal imposed a similar fee, all students would pay it, which would increase the tuition/fee cost that much more. On the other hand, such a fee probably would be covered as part of the financial aid students might get. So the question is probably, if Cal did that, how long it would take to overcome the student anger at imposing that fee. I get that your idea is for the school to just eat the cost of the tickets, based on the fact that the stadium is not currently selling out, on the assumption that there will be an alumni ROI down the road. I don't necessarily disagree with that, but I'm not sure SDSU is a good example for comparison.

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The fee for a full-time student is now about $570/year

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Sebastabear seems pretty optimistic that Cal is also going to reach its funding goals for football, so couldn't the endowment of these other sports be seen as away to get them "off the books" and self-sustaining so that the school can better focus on the sports that really need the help and the ones that will maintain membership in a power conference (in other words, football and basketball)?

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Sycasey, this scenario works until the House settlement falls apart because the concept of restricting private collective payments to athletes dies with an injunction leveled by a federal Judge likley sitting in an SEC state where an anti-trust case has no doubt been filed by said State's Attorney General. Everyone knows it is coming. And plan B is ????

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I can't speak to how fundraising would change if the rules change. Presumably the Legends collective would need to re-form.

That said, even if the House settlement in its current form fails to hold, its very existence signals a general desire by even the powerful NCAA programs (not to mention Congress) to have some restrictions and guardrails vs. the current free-for-all, so I suspect SOME kind of framework will have to be created. What the contours of that are, I cannot say.

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The NCAA and at least power conference schools have been signaling (no actually begging) for Congressional action for several years now. How has that been working? The rest of us are concerned that Cal doesn't appear to have a Plan B, when House blows-up. But the one thing I can assure you is that is if Cal can't remain in a Power conference, many of the Cal "Olympics" program are in trouble, regardless if being endowed. For example with men's swimming, the top swimmers will chose instead to go to power programs like Texas (SEC), Florida (SEC), Indiana (B1G), Michigan (B!G) , Georgia (SEC), Auburn (SEC) , Arizona (Big 12), etc. and I would also expect that Durden moves to a power conference program (for huge bucks) because everyone whether players or coaches, wants to compete against the best.

BTW, without a power conference football team and its attendant revenues, look for Cal to become overall to compete at a level like Oregon State in all sports, which means a huge drop off, except in certain unique sports (which is OSU's case is their elite baseball program). The economics are that bad.

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I mean, what they got was the House settlement and if that blows up they will probably seek something else.

I don't disagree about Cal's need to remain in a power conference.

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Sebastabear seems pretty optimistic that Cal is also going to reach its funding goals for football, so couldn't the endowment of these other sports be seen as away to get them "off the books" and self-sustaining so that the school can better focus on the sports that really need the help and the ones that will maintain membership in a power conference (in other words, football and basketball)?

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Sycasey, this scenario works until the House settlement falls apart because the concept of restricting private collective payments to athletes dies with an injunction leveled by a federal Judge likley sitting in an SEC state where an anti-trust case has no doubt been filed by said State's Attorney General. Everyone knows it is coming. And plan B is ????

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I can't speak to how fundraising would change if the rules change. Presumably the Legends collective would need to re-form.

That said, even if the House settlement in its current form fails to hold, its very existence signals a general desire by even the powerful NCAA programs (not to mention Congress) to have some restrictions and guardrails vs. the current free-for-all, so I suspect SOME kind of framework will have to be created. What the contours of that are, I cannot say.

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The NCAA and at least power conference schools have been signaling (no actually begging) for Congressional action for several years now. How has that been working? The rest of us are concerned that Cal doesn't appear to have a Plan B, when House blows-up. But the one thing I can assure you is that is if Cal can't remain in a Power conference, many of the Cal "Olympics" program are in trouble, regardless if being endowed. For example with men's swimming, the top swimmers will chose instead to go to power programs like Texas (SEC), Florida (SEC), Indiana (B1G), Michigan (B!G) , Georgia (SEC), Auburn (SEC) , Arizona (Big 12), etc. and I would also expect that Durden moves to a power conference program (for huge bucks) because everyone whether players or coaches, wants to compete against the best.

BTW, without a power conference football team and its attendant revenues, look for Cal to become overall to compete at a level like Oregon State in all sports, which means a huge drop off, except in certain unique sports (which is OSU's case is their elite baseball program). The economics are that bad.

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I mean, what they got was the House settlement and if that blows up they will probably seek something else.

I don't disagree about Cal's need to remain in a power conference.

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I'm saying this badly, but I'm not sensing any planning for when the House settlement explodes, which is disconcerting because you can read about what other schools are doing, so they are proactive and not continually reactive like Cal. I appreciate there is no real resource in-house to address policy given that Knowlton was an obvious light weight, and his two successors are even less qualified. Outside guys that have some expertise, like Sabasterbear, don't seem to always have the Chancellor's ear. My sense is that while the Chancellor wants to become more involved in sports on personal level, he has an awful lot on his plate already, and things in college sports are not waiting around for the Chancellor to find some spare time. Rivera seems like a quick study, and can influence the Chancellor, but is he willing to discuss the entire athletic department as opposed to focus just on football? Shocky can come off as over the top, but doesn't mean he is wrong about the lack of direction in Cal athletics in these critical times.

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jeff, we both know nothing is truly FREE in life other than doggy dog (and other animals) unconditional love & ur points re: the sdsu student fees being included in financial aid schollys & the berkeley alumni return on student attendance investment are well taken

would only emphasize that the sdsu student fees are MANDATORY & the cal athletics student bench pass is OPTIONAL
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2025 john deere classic in iowa: 1st round update

max homa (63, tied for 2nd): max gained strokes in positive body language & gotta unreal lucky stars bounce outta the fairway bunker on the par 5 2nd hole which then somehow rolled thru 30 yards of primary rough back into the fairway...great pairing with low key fellow californians rickie fowler & jake knapp...pro tips: wear white tomorrow afternoon maxamillion & keep smiling!!

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michael kim (64, tied for 4th): drove it in the fairway 14 outta 14 times while hitting 16 outta 18 greens in regulation while making an en fuego 94 feet in putts!!

check out michael's shout out to his cal teammates at the 39 second mark in the video below

Draws for dayssssss

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— Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) July 2, 2025

james hahn (67, tied for 24th): taking full advantage of a rare pga start, james rolled in a 7 foot eagle putt on the 552 yard 2nd hole

cal men's golf: 2025 us amateur update

sihao cong shot a 69 at arroyo trabuco in mission viejo in local qualifying & will advance to final qualifying later this month

incoming freshman xihuan chang is exempt from qualifying & is already invited to the us amateur which will be hosted by the olympic club (both lake & ocean utilized for the stroke play portion of the tournament, all match play on the lake) in august