Christ isn't doing this for revenue sports, she's doing it to maintain 30 varsity sports, most of which have varying degrees of mediocrity, because she cares more about the traditional student athlete experience and is willing to fund cash burning programs
Christ isn't doing this for revenue sports, she's doing it to maintain 30 varsity sports, most of which have varying degrees of mediocrity, because she cares more about the traditional student athlete experience and is willing to fund cash burning programs
I thought Christ's reasoning was that some of Cal's athletics facilities was actually used for academic purposes so therefore a certain percentage should be paid from the Berkeley side.
The rationale for the university contributing to the Stadium renovation included the fact that the state required the seismic retrofits (so it wouldn't be fair for the athletic dept to BEAR that burden alone). Also, there are meeting rooms, weddings, graduations, and other events at the stadium that have nothing to do with athletics.
No, the High Performance Center, in particular. It's not the cost of using it; it's a share of the cost to build and/or finance it. Ergo the $30 M and whatever finance costs are incurred annually by both Cal and UC Berkeley.
It's already pretty BS that 850 students get preferential treatment at a cost to the 45K student body when they already get favorable admissions, scholarships and other benefits. How many of our sports actually improve the brand value of the school and/or generate positive ROI?
Not the high performance center specifically, but there is also a smaller ancillary RSF weight room/gym in Memorial for students. There are also a number of conference rooms at the high performance center that I assume are also used for classrooms.
I don't know. All I remember is Christ saying that the entire project should have been partly shouldered by the university as a whole, not just Cal athletics, because it benefits the entire university.
Christ isn't doing this for revenue sports, she's doing it to maintain 30 varsity sports, most of which have varying degrees of mediocrity, because she cares more about the traditional student athlete experience and is willing to fund cash burning programs
She painting the entire porch.....which is a wrap around porch.
I thought Christ's reasoning was that some of Cal's athletics facilities was actually used for academic purposes so therefore a certain percentage should be paid from the Berkeley side.
The rationale for the university contributing to the Stadium renovation included the fact that the state required the seismic retrofits (so it wouldn't be fair for the athletic dept to BEAR that burden alone). Also, there are meeting rooms, weddings, graduations, and other events at the stadium that have nothing to do with athletics.
Like the Simpson Athletic Study Center at Memorial?
Sure some finals are held at Haas Pavilion, but there's no way students incur $30M in cost for using athletic facilities each year
No, the High Performance Center, in particular. It's not the cost of using it; it's a share of the cost to build and/or finance it. Ergo the $30 M and whatever finance costs are incurred annually by both Cal and UC Berkeley.
Can normal students actually use the center? I thought this was limited to the student athletes only
You said the magic word ---- STUDENT athlete! :)
It's already pretty BS that 850 students get preferential treatment at a cost to the 45K student body when they already get favorable admissions, scholarships and other benefits. How many of our sports actually improve the brand value of the school and/or generate positive ROI?
Not the high performance center specifically, but there is also a smaller ancillary RSF weight room/gym in Memorial for students. There are also a number of conference rooms at the high performance center that I assume are also used for classrooms.
Yeah, but wouldnтАЩt that share be based upon usage?
I don't know. All I remember is Christ saying that the entire project should have been partly shouldered by the university as a whole, not just Cal athletics, because it benefits the entire university.
Don't forget Hearst Gym too. That would add additional few million in costs.
LOL. That'd be a whole lot of electricity and custodial costs. Do they do GRE and other testing there, too?