Yeah, Ohio State apparently got 37 sports (1 more than Stanford). The dream has always been for Cal to be the flagship college program of the state like the case for Ohio State, Texas, Michigan, etc.
History has a big part in why the Cal Athletics department is what it is. Many of Cal's programs predated Football, the NCAA, and long befor…
Yeah, Ohio State apparently got 37 sports (1 more than Stanford). The dream has always been for Cal to be the flagship college program of the state like the case for Ohio State, Texas, Michigan, etc.
History has a big part in why the Cal Athletics department is what it is. Many of Cal's programs predated Football, the NCAA, and long before all the Title IX requirements. Men's Rowing and Rugby intentionally chose at some point in the past to not be governed by the NCAA...which is probably detrimental to its prevalence in college since they are only club sports at most places.
Anyhow, my point was just that survival of all the programs through COVID is not a given. Knowlton choosing to play it too safe with the MBB coaching choice may be saving the bottomline and the non-revenue programs for now.
Yeah, Ohio State apparently got 37 sports (1 more than Stanford). The dream has always been for Cal to be the flagship college program of the state like the case for Ohio State, Texas, Michigan, etc.
History has a big part in why the Cal Athletics department is what it is. Many of Cal's programs predated Football, the NCAA, and long before all the Title IX requirements. Men's Rowing and Rugby intentionally chose at some point in the past to not be governed by the NCAA...which is probably detrimental to its prevalence in college since they are only club sports at most places.
Anyhow, my point was just that survival of all the programs through COVID is not a given. Knowlton choosing to play it too safe with the MBB coaching choice may be saving the bottomline and the non-revenue programs for now.