TomRinaldisPiano
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It's fine to joke about how shitty they are.. but it's like the Podcast of Champions segment on Cal this week.
Cal is in a much shittier position than Washington.
But Cal kind of needs major college sports. Flagship school for a major state, just like Washington.
Washington isn't Cal, nor Stanford. They can't play that card and they know it. Cal can't even really play it. Only Stanford can kind of just say fuck it. And they still have a stadium to do *something* with even if it's a peapatch.
UW has to get with the program. It's not up to Cauce.
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Tequilla
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Stanford can do it because their Athletic Department is effectively self-funded through an endowment ... obviously not having ties to a conference and having a revenue stream doesn't help them but they could conceivably go independent, still maintain games with their historical rivals (non-conference games are still going to be needed), and not be completely screwed
Cal has attempted to shut major programs down this decade (baseball) and has a long-standing history of really not giving a fuck ... the ONLY thing that I could see keeping them mildly interested is that they owe a lot on the Memorial Stadium remodel
UW isn't going to pack up shop on its Athletic Department and desperately needs to ensure that they have a landing spot that allows them to operate their Athletic Department at least at a break even level ... add to it the outstanding debt on Husky Stadium and there is some sense of urgency (that said, I'm sure that they could destroy Husky Stadium and repurpose it pretty easily)
They have infrastructure that they can't just walk away from.
There's also the brand. THE University of California, California Berkeley, whatever...
...THE University of Washington.
They can't walk away from any of this. It's a hardcore husky thing to think that they'll just hold fat lesbo festivals in Husky Stadium and stuff, I get it.
But I think this is all happening the way we want it.
I but I think this is all happening the way we want it.
Tequilla
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Cal is part of an overall system and not every part of that system is tied into major college sports
I'm not sure Cal can afford to have a top end athletic department with the way that they go about it ...
But to your point, can they afford to not have a functioning athletic department
As for Washington, it would be far more disastrous for them to walk away from athletics ... I don't think that that will happen
Now, do I think the Washington leadership will operate in a cutthroat manner that looks forward versus being reactionary? I have yet to see much evidence in recent years to suggest that the leadership understands the connection between strong athletics and the advertising that does for the University at large
I'm not sure Cal can afford to have a top end athletic department with the way that they go about it ...
But to your point, can they afford to not have a functioning athletic department
As for Washington, it would be far more disastrous for them to walk away from athletics ... I don't think that that will happen
Now, do I think the Washington leadership will operate in a cutthroat manner that looks forward versus being reactionary? I have yet to see much evidence in recent years to suggest that the leadership understands the connection between strong athletics and the advertising that does for the University at large
If UW does go to the Big 10, we will see lots of new faces arriving upon the rocky shores of Hardcore Husky
Subscriptions will be at an all-time high?
@Sandra6 is already here!