Cal Baseball, preseason #17, program cancelled?

[smitch124]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/12/SP461HM4EI.DTL

Its looks like the Cal baseball program is no more despite millions in donations to keep it going. Wow, I'm a Stanford fan and hate Cal (in a sports sense at least), but this is a shame. They say they need $10 million more to keep it going, I hope some uber-rich alum comes in at the last minute to save it.

Women's Gymnastics and Lacrosse were saved though, thank you Title 9

[Bluehorseshoe]

That's amazing. I don't think I've ever seen a program that big get cut.

[Terrapin Station]

I'm a diehard Berkeley fan, and grad, but I can't really blame the move. Simply, not enough scratch to go around.

[Terrapin Station]

By the way, this news came out in late September, so boosters, fans, ect. had a decent amount of time to try and raise money...

[Reno Gambler]

PAC-10 TO PAC 9 this year. I can't wait till next year with the expansion!! Go Bruins!!!

[Terrapin Station]

PAC-10 TO PAC 9 this year. I can't wait till next year with the expansion!! Go Bruins!!!

Cal is still playing this year, next year they won't though...

[BigOrangeBrother]

Women's Gymnastics and Lacrosse were saved though, thank you Title 9 [/quote]

Title 9 has been the ruination of many programs at schools with smaller budgets and/or a limited donation base. Simply a sign of the times I guess!!