I would welcome such an investigation, wholeheartedly. I think it traces back to the Ronnie Knox affair in 1952 and the strictures that were placed on football recruiting by Clark Kerr in the wake of that episode in Cal football history. It eventually resulted in the downfall of Pappy Waldorf's tenure as head coach in 1956.
In my humble opinion, that was the genesis of the hobbling of Cal football. Cal has had success at irregular intervals since and in spite of administrative and institutional indifference towards football, specifically, and revenue sports, more generally.
I realize that this doesn't explain the success of non-revenue sports at Cal, particularly rowing, swimming and diving, water polo, and rugby. But it seems to me that excepting rugby, all of those sports have a long history as Olympic sports and thereby, it's held in esteem as somewhat analogous to winning a Nobel prize in terms of global recognition. Olympic gold is acceptable and laudable in that context.
I would welcome such an investigation, wholeheartedly. I think it traces back to the Ronnie Knox affair in 1952 and the strictures that were placed on football recruiting by Clark Kerr in the wake of that episode in Cal football history. It eventually resulted in the downfall of Pappy Waldorf's tenure as head coach in 1956.
In my humble opinion, that was the genesis of the hobbling of Cal football. Cal has had success at irregular intervals since and in spite of administrative and institutional indifference towards football, specifically, and revenue sports, more generally.
I realize that this doesn't explain the success of non-revenue sports at Cal, particularly rowing, swimming and diving, water polo, and rugby. But it seems to me that excepting rugby, all of those sports have a long history as Olympic sports and thereby, it's held in esteem as somewhat analogous to winning a Nobel prize in terms of global recognition. Olympic gold is acceptable and laudable in that context.