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Cal to eliminate 5 teams including Baseball
Posted on 10/5/10 at 6:48 am
Posted on 10/5/10 at 6:48 am
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I wonder if any other D1 schools will have to follow this path.
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BERKELEY, Calif. -- In its latest move to cut costs, the University of California, Berkeley announced plans Tuesday to eliminate four intercollegiate sports, including baseball, and end financial support of its championship men's rugby team.
I wonder if any other D1 schools will have to follow this path.
This post was edited on 10/5/10 at 6:49 am
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Posted on 10/5/10 at 6:51 am to Helo
Oregon State has been considering it for a while
Posted on 10/5/10 at 7:16 am to usc6158
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Oregon State has been considering it for a while
cutting baseball, that'd be a crime
Posted on 10/5/10 at 7:24 am to ProjectP2294
They were in a really bad financial hole last year and the ad had basically already layed out the worst case scenario. I don't know how they're doing now though
Posted on 10/5/10 at 7:40 am to Helo
I can't believe they can't get enough booster or donations to keep the baseball program running. I can understand cutting other sports but schools should keep the Football, basketball, and baseball programs.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 8:01 am to Helo
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end financial support of its championship men's rugby team.
This is actually more suprising than them cutting baseball.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 8:04 am to Helo
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including baseball
Baseball isn't as big in other parts of the country as it is in the south. I know LSU fans would never see this as a thinkable option but many schools can't get people to watch the games.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 8:25 am to etm512
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This is actually more suprising than them cutting baseball.
this.
But they have such a strong alumni backing that I think they'll be able to maintain pseudo varsity status.
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The commercial sponsors who came to the Cal Athletic Department through their involvement in Cal Rugby may well back out of supporting Cal sports as a whole. So the dropping of rugby as a varsity sport clearly doesn’t save the University of California any money. And it will likely cost the cash-strapped University hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost sponsorship and quite possibly lost donations.
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Posted on 10/5/10 at 8:25 am to CigarLovingTiger
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Baseball isn't as big in other parts of the country as it is in the south. I know LSU fans would never see this as a thinkable option but many schools can't get people to watch the games.
look 73 miles down i-10
Posted on 10/5/10 at 8:31 am to Helo
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end financial support of its championship men's rugby team.
This is huge, particularly with rugby becoming an Olympic sport. Cal should be OK here, as they have a strong alumni base to pull from, in addition to love from USA Rugby.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 8:47 am to Helo
Title IX, its a bitch. They should never cut mens baseball and leave some girl sport such as womens basketball.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 9:23 am to fouldeliverer
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Title IX, its a bitch. They should never cut mens baseball and leave some girl sport such as womens basketball.
I was about to say womens basektball should be cut over baseball but I kept my mouth shut.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 9:29 am to fouldeliverer
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They should never cut mens baseball and leave some girl sport such as womens basketball.
Last years womens final doubled the ratings of cws final fwiw.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 10:03 am to fouldeliverer
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Title IX, its a bitch. They should never cut mens baseball and leave some girl sport such as womens basketball.
I understand that reaction - and when more men than women are interested in participating it doesn't seem about equal opportunity BUT many football programs are spending way above their means to compete with the few programs at the top that actually generate money
Posted on 10/5/10 at 10:03 am to ProjectP2294
Cutting Baseball from a BCS conference school does seem a crime especially considering the success the Pac10 and the state of California in general has had in that sport.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 10:05 am to ProjectP2294
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cutting baseball, that'd be a crime
College baseball is horrible. I still can't get over how popular it is down here.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 11:31 am to CigarLovingTiger
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Baseball isn't as big in other parts of the country as it is in the south.
Posted on 10/5/10 at 11:40 am to philabuck
I think this is a sign of things to come at other universities real soon.
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