"This fiscal space could be made if Cal were to really focus on a smaller amount of sports we could save ~$4-5 million a year in eliminating the worst fiscally performing sports to go down to a 19 sport level Utah has. (as long as we remain Title IX compliant)."
Cal has historically complied with Title IX by "continually" expanding the opportunities for the under-represented sex (women); this is known as Prong 2 compliance. If Cal cuts sports or decides not to comply with Title IX on Prong 2, Cal must comply by going to Prong 1.
Prong 1 compliance says that the institution must have a proportional number of opportunities for the under-represented sex compared to that sex's enrollment in the undergraduate population, plus or minus 5%. Women are approximately 52% of undergrad enrollment at Cal. Therefore, the percentage of women athletes at Cal must fall between 47% and 57% in order to comply with Title IX on Prong 1.
Based on the above conditions, Prong 2 compliance has brought Cal closer to Prong 1 compliance, although it is still short. If the number of women athletes stays static at 423, Cal would have to eliminate the opportunities for at least 22 men athletes to comply under Prong 1.
This is a very tough road to travel. We all saw what happened in September 2010 when 10 sports were put on the chopping block, including baseball, rugby, soccer and others. The PR blowback from that event was precipitous: baseball and other sports had some time to get funding together for subsequent seasons and to build endowments.
Cal also has a facilities problem: where to put the facilities needed to support many of the sponsored sports and how to maintain those same facilities. This question only manages to highlight why Stanf*rd had it so good for so many years while John Arrillaga was alive. He gave millions and millions and effectively financed the rebuild of Stanf*rd Stadium. Stanf*rd also doesn't have a physical space problem. It has land it can use to build facilities. Cal, on the other hand has land, it's just that most of it is on hillsides or in sensitive areas (like Strawberry Canyon above Witter Field). The areas that are flatter are mostly built up. What open spaces there are aren't big enough for sports facilities.
Cal needs a major donor or a series of major donors who can have that kind of effect.
Do the demographics of this situation play into institutional racism? Predominantly Black football programs subsidize all other sports programs and scholarships for predominantly White athletes. It is kinda modeled like slavery ouch!
Has anyone heard ANYTHING from the athletic department, or the football program? Do they have any concept of how bad the revenue sports seem right now?
Per Jeff Farudo, the buyout for Wilcox is just basically the next years salary. It is not a 5 year buyout. Jeff actually got a FOI copy of the contract. So the buyout at the end of this year is about 3.8 million.
"This fiscal space could be made if Cal were to really focus on a smaller amount of sports we could save ~$4-5 million a year in eliminating the worst fiscally performing sports to go down to a 19 sport level Utah has. (as long as we remain Title IX compliant)."
Cal has historically complied with Title IX by "continually" expanding the opportunities for the under-represented sex (women); this is known as Prong 2 compliance. If Cal cuts sports or decides not to comply with Title IX on Prong 2, Cal must comply by going to Prong 1.
Prong 1 compliance says that the institution must have a proportional number of opportunities for the under-represented sex compared to that sex's enrollment in the undergraduate population, plus or minus 5%. Women are approximately 52% of undergrad enrollment at Cal. Therefore, the percentage of women athletes at Cal must fall between 47% and 57% in order to comply with Title IX on Prong 1.
Based on the above conditions, Prong 2 compliance has brought Cal closer to Prong 1 compliance, although it is still short. If the number of women athletes stays static at 423, Cal would have to eliminate the opportunities for at least 22 men athletes to comply under Prong 1.
This is a very tough road to travel. We all saw what happened in September 2010 when 10 sports were put on the chopping block, including baseball, rugby, soccer and others. The PR blowback from that event was precipitous: baseball and other sports had some time to get funding together for subsequent seasons and to build endowments.
Cal also has a facilities problem: where to put the facilities needed to support many of the sponsored sports and how to maintain those same facilities. This question only manages to highlight why Stanf*rd had it so good for so many years while John Arrillaga was alive. He gave millions and millions and effectively financed the rebuild of Stanf*rd Stadium. Stanf*rd also doesn't have a physical space problem. It has land it can use to build facilities. Cal, on the other hand has land, it's just that most of it is on hillsides or in sensitive areas (like Strawberry Canyon above Witter Field). The areas that are flatter are mostly built up. What open spaces there are aren't big enough for sports facilities.
Cal needs a major donor or a series of major donors who can have that kind of effect.
Now that my anger has settled after two days. Is there any possibility that we can land a great OC and Wilcox turns the program around?
What kind of person would give such an extension to an average Coach…oh, yeah, our man at the top.
If this is all true, and it probably is (great article), then the best we can hope for in the next few years is a reset at OC.
Third time’s the charm!
Do the demographics of this situation play into institutional racism? Predominantly Black football programs subsidize all other sports programs and scholarships for predominantly White athletes. It is kinda modeled like slavery ouch!
Good article, just one question:
Has Musgrave been fired yet?
Has anyone heard ANYTHING from the athletic department, or the football program? Do they have any concept of how bad the revenue sports seem right now?
Per Jeff Farudo, the buyout for Wilcox is just basically the next years salary. It is not a 5 year buyout. Jeff actually got a FOI copy of the contract. So the buyout at the end of this year is about 3.8 million.