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Feb 8, 2023Liked by Avinash Kunnath

Wow! Terrific Job. Thanks a lot

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Feb 10, 2023Liked by Avinash Kunnath

Fantastic article Piotr. Thank you so much for the research. Man, much appreciated!

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Feb 9, 2023Liked by Avinash Kunnath

Great analysis!

Thank you!

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Feb 9, 2023Liked by Avinash Kunnath

Nice presentation and analysis. Turning a profit may be king. But losing teams will eventually lead to losses that cannot be recouped and whether the University will bail them out each season is an open question.

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Really great job, but remember, it's Cal or California, always has been always will be, let Berkeley fade away like all mistakes should

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The most stridently conservative people I've known I met while a student at Cal. There are plenty of fairly dim witted right wingers, but Berkeley produces more than a fair share of thoughtful right wing folks. So be it. Our motto isn't Fiat Left or Fiat Right. Fiat Lux, mother f*&^%$#@er.

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NIL, but for competent administrators.

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Feb 9, 2023·edited Feb 9, 2023

"...[F]olks who think that Berkeley is somehow a leftist hell-hole where the only thing left of them is a wall."

I always had to restrain myself when hearing the Leftists shouting as I walked through Sproul Plaza. One day I had an epiphany as I rushed from class to class: Actual students do not have time to sprew such bullshit all day; these are most likely not students and I must wonder what they do for a living.

The "leftists," who are very loud and preaching all day are, most likely, faux students, perhaps paid to get into our heads.

That being said, there is an old saying:

"If you were young and never liberal, you have no heart,

If you are old and never conservative, you've got no brain."

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Uh, Berkeley is a leftist hell hole.

I tell people that when I went to Cal, it made me a reactionary. And then I became more centered by joining the Marines.

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"...UCLA has been suspiciously good at hiding their AD-specific data."

Because they have always been doing NIL, even before it was called that. ;)

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