[washingtonismoney]

Problem with the Pac-12 network money is that every team in the Pac-12 is getting the same windfall.  To get ahead a program needs to find money that others in the conference won't also enjoy.  A packed Memorial full of fans that have made big donations in excess of the stadium costs would be best because those funds were to be unique to the UC at B.  Banking on the idea that $$$ millions from the share of the TV contract will help the budget is very, very shortsighted.

The reality is already clear.  Every OTHER team in the Pac-12 will spend that excess money on improving their competitiveness (salaries, charter flights, etc.).  In the UC at B's case the funds will go to debt payments rather than coaching salaries.  This is not really even hypothetical anymore, this is the reality.  While the fiscally strong Pac-12 programs (UW, Oregon, UCLA & the University of South Central) spend their new found wealth on coaches and coach salaries, C.a.l will plan to divert their share of the money to unnecessarily expensive facilities that the donors were to have covered.
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...the California taxpayer in me see tearful goodbyes to public school lirbrarians, music and science teachers and wonders why UC excellence requires such wasteful expenditures like a half billion dollars on phase 1 of a stadium renovation that only entertains a select few 5-7 times a year.

So both the Stanford fan in you and the California taxpayer in you can be happy about Pac-12 Network money. The money will, in all likelihood, just service the debt they took out for their boondoggle stadium and therefore won't end up costing the state--while changing the conference standings not a whit.

[washingtonismoney]

Problem with the Pac-12 network money is that every team in the Pac-12 is getting the same windfall.  To get ahead a program needs to find money that others in the conference won't also enjoy.  A packed Memorial full of fans that have made big donations in excess of the stadium costs would be best because those funds were to be unique to the UC at B.  Banking on the idea that $$$ millions from the share of the TV contract will help the budget is very, very shortsighted.

The reality is already clear.  Every OTHER team in the Pac-12 will spend that excess money on improving their competitiveness (salaries, charter flights, etc.).  In the UC at B's case the funds will go to debt payments rather than coaching salaries.  This is not really even hypothetical anymore, this is the reality.  While the fiscally strong Pac-12 programs (UW, Oregon, UCLA & the University of South Central) spend their new found wealth on coaches and coach salaries, C.a.l will plan to divert their share of the money to unnecessarily expensive facilities that the donors were to have covered.
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...the California taxpayer in me see tearful goodbyes to public school lirbrarians, music and science teachers and wonders why UC excellence requires such wasteful expenditures like a half billion dollars on phase 1 of a stadium renovation that only entertains a select few 5-7 times a year.

So both the Stanford fan in you and the California taxpayer in you can be happy about Pac-12 Network money. The money will, in all likelihood, just service the debt they took out for their boondoggle stadium and therefore won't end up costing the state--while changing the conference standings not a whit.