I would not be surprised if the Northwestern pay is better. Also, the Cal Athletics financial situation can only be solved by football turning a large profit. And even if that happens (Cal makes a New Year's Day bowl), they will likely invest that money back into football and still need to consider cutting (or reclassify) some sports.
Knowlton and Christ have done a great job of buying time for Cal Football to hopefully save everything...but it's far from a stable long-term (just looking at the next 10 years) situation.
Too difficult to succeed at Berkeley?
I would not be surprised if the Northwestern pay is better. Also, the Cal Athletics financial situation can only be solved by football turning a large profit. And even if that happens (Cal makes a New Year's Day bowl), they will likely invest that money back into football and still need to consider cutting (or reclassify) some sports.
Knowlton and Christ have done a great job of buying time for Cal Football to hopefully save everything...but it's far from a stable long-term (just looking at the next 10 years) situation.