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Rabid Bruin
Joined: 9/26/23 Posts: 2,238
Wild
Posted Wed, May 14 7:41 am
https://x.com/latbbolch/status/1922467399011274897?s=46&t=7lcEBaeRQalK-dycrW_5JA
“The first time you quit, it’s hard. The 2nd time, it gets easier. The 3rd time, you don’t even have to think about it.” - “Bear” Bryant
OswegoBruin
Joined: 11/11/10 Posts: 17,105
Baffling.
Posted Wed, May 14 9:30 am
In response to Wild (Rabid Bruin)
Throw it on the pile of "UCLA's administration remains staggeringly incompetent when it comes to sports."
DrKahanamoku
Joined: 11/08/09 Posts: 1,838
Incompetence, history and change.
Posted Wed, May 14 12:41 pm (Edited Wed, May 14 12:41 pm)
In response to Baffling. (OswegoBruin)
I do not know the history, so I will guess. Why was UCLA started? What were the guidelines? Was developing a family of semi pro sports part of the why?

Competence. To do what? Universal education?

Change. Why? Has the mission changed?

I await Bolch’s future summary piece.

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OswegoBruin
Joined: 11/11/10 Posts: 17,105
Plenty of great academic institutions
Posted Wed, May 14 2:31 pm
In response to Incompetence, history and change. (DrKahanamoku)
have top tier athletics programs (Michigan, Washington, Duke, etc), and several mediocre academic institutions have vastly improved their academic programs via getting people engaged with their school via sports (USC, Oregon, etc).

We can walk and chew gum at the same time, but our admin seems to believe that actually supporting sports is either a betrayal of academics or going to come at the cost of academics, something that has been disproven at many schools across the country.
Proudbruin
Joined: 4/15/12 Posts: 2,288

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UCLA is a research and developent university.
Posted Wed, May 14 2:53 pm
In response to Plenty of great academic institutions (OswegoBruin)
Just imagine how many millions they take in to keep those profs and graduate students who work for the profs happy....especially in the medical field. The last two Chancellors were hired to maintain the money flow. They recently purchased the West Side Pavilion and some downtown properties to start new research in biotech.
OswegoBruin
Joined: 11/11/10 Posts: 17,105
So is Michigan.
Posted Wed, May 14 3:09 pm
In response to UCLA is a research and developent university. (Proudbruin)
Yet they also field world class sports teams. We can do both, but we choose not to.
trtl4x4
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Michigan has 86 less national championships...
Posted Thu, May 15 10:56 am
In response to So is Michigan. (OswegoBruin)
...than Ucla. We have teams that are runners-up or top ten at the end of the season in many sports every year. Obviously, it's football, and basketball of late, that are not close to getting the support Michigan and other top schools' football and basketball teams get. Duke has 17 NC's total. That makes Duke a top tier sports program or just top tier BB team? Are you just referring to FB and BB programs, because having 124 NC's and 144 overall championships is pretty good for not being able to chew gum while walking?
Student Baller
Joined: 7/14/14 Posts: 6,578
Nah
Posted Wed, May 14 6:01 pm
In response to Plenty of great academic institutions (OswegoBruin)
SC improved academically only after an intentional move to hire better staff and recruit foreign students.

Oregon is still a lousy school.