https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...egend-bill-walton-opposes-bruins-move-big-ten
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Bill Walton,
"I don't believe that joining the Big 10 is in the best interest of UCLA, its students, its athletes, its alumni, its fans, the rest of the UC system, the State of California, or the world at large."
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this statement needs to be emphasized, because it is absolutely true.
while a small handful of coaches and administrators with power may financially make out great from the move, "UCLA, it's students, it's alumni, it's fans, the rest of the UC system, the State of California, or the world at large", are all huge losers.
as are all the other PAC schools including USC, their students, their fans, their alumni, and their states, all huge losers.
for every individual who gains mightily, there are a million losers.
the fans, the alums, the students, the faculty, the schools themselves, gain little to nothing from a handful of coaches and administrators having millions more to divvy up between themselves, or more unneeded Taj Mahal brick and mortar opulence in the keeping up with the Jones' endless game of leap frog.
the grown ups, if there are any left at the schools and states, need to step up.
that said, is there anyone with power left at our nations' major state universities, and even major private universities, with the ability to rule in the best interests of the schools themselves, their fans, their students, their alums, their faculty, over the mighty dollar, regardless of of how few that dollar actually reaches, or whose pockets it really comes out of?
or is the dollar itself making all the decisions, and damn everything else that gets in it's way.
i say that not in jest.
is there anyone in power left at our major state schools, with the ability to rule in the short and long best interests of the many, over the most profitable in the short run???
does the prez or AD at any major school have the ability to say NO to more money, no matter how it's allocated, no matter the downsides?
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and on that note, though of far less importance, does anyone at IU have the power to say NO to one more, then one more, then one more, LED or print advertising billboard in Assembly Hall?
or one more occupied courtside folding chair blocking everyone else's view?
or one more commercial on the big screen?
i ask in all earnest, does ANYONE at IU have the power to say no mas anymore??
ANYONE????????
or is the job of AD and university prez and trustee now confined to one, and only one, mi$$ion?? (and the hell with everything and everybody else)?
and spare me any "keep the lights on" BS.
this isn't about paying the bills.
it's about MORE", and only "MORE", with no off switch.
trolls got the mods to lock the tread on this article.
article and subject are far too important for the mods to be so manipulated, so i'll reintroduce both.
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Bill Walton,
"I don't believe that joining the Big 10 is in the best interest of UCLA, its students, its athletes, its alumni, its fans, the rest of the UC system, the State of California, or the world at large."
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this statement needs to be emphasized, because it is absolutely true.
while a small handful of coaches and administrators with power may financially make out great from the move, "UCLA, it's students, it's alumni, it's fans, the rest of the UC system, the State of California, or the world at large", are all huge losers.
as are all the other PAC schools including USC, their students, their fans, their alumni, and their states, all huge losers.
for every individual who gains mightily, there are a million losers.
the fans, the alums, the students, the faculty, the schools themselves, gain little to nothing from a handful of coaches and administrators having millions more to divvy up between themselves, or more unneeded Taj Mahal brick and mortar opulence in the keeping up with the Jones' endless game of leap frog.
the grown ups, if there are any left at the schools and states, need to step up.
that said, is there anyone with power left at our nations' major state universities, and even major private universities, with the ability to rule in the best interests of the schools themselves, their fans, their students, their alums, their faculty, over the mighty dollar, regardless of of how few that dollar actually reaches, or whose pockets it really comes out of?
or is the dollar itself making all the decisions, and damn everything else that gets in it's way.
i say that not in jest.
is there anyone in power left at our major state schools, with the ability to rule in the short and long best interests of the many, over the most profitable in the short run???
does the prez or AD at any major school have the ability to say NO to more money, no matter how it's allocated, no matter the downsides?
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and on that note, though of far less importance, does anyone at IU have the power to say NO to one more, then one more, then one more, LED or print advertising billboard in Assembly Hall?
or one more occupied courtside folding chair blocking everyone else's view?
or one more commercial on the big screen?
i ask in all earnest, does ANYONE at IU have the power to say no mas anymore??
ANYONE????????
or is the job of AD and university prez and trustee now confined to one, and only one, mi$$ion?? (and the hell with everything and everybody else)?
and spare me any "keep the lights on" BS.
this isn't about paying the bills.
it's about MORE", and only "MORE", with no off switch.
