It didn't happen.
Instead, UC Berkeley spokesperson UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof told the blog Berkeleyside not only that Thursday wasn't the date, but...
"I also need to state in no uncertain terms that the anonymously sourced stories claiming that the process has been completed and a final decision rendered are categorically false. If that was the case we would have had news to share today."
What?
Ok, to briefly recap, last fall Cal Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and athletic director Sandy Barbour were expected to have some statement on the future of the sports on the hook, as well as what the impact of the Save Cal Sports effort, said to have raised between $12 million and $14 million of the $25 million needed.
Which at one point last year was $80 million.
From a systems standpoint, at a university where the systems approach was born, it's unfortunate to see a that such thinking has no role in decision-making. Or to put it another way, and I ask this again, why isn't raising the $25 million the focal point for a University-led funding drive?
I still get the impression Cal doesn't really care to save the five sports beyond the hue and cry of the alumni who formed the "Save Cal Sports" movement.
Let's do some reverse engineering and take that effort out of the picture. There would have been no advocate for the Cal sports in question within UC Berkeley and enough to fill the void the Save Cal Sports effort is itself filling.
The Chancellor needs to get on the phone and make some calls, not just the alums. Robert needs to start "The Chancellor's Fund," and not let a bunch of alums beat him. I'm sure Sandy's doing that herself, but Robert needs to do that too.
He can't be the person who's on the field when we win The Big Game...
But won't roll up his sleeves and get involved in building a champion by dialing for dollars.
We've got to see that Chancellor B's right in their, too.
GO BEARS!
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