What a waste of money! I know the UCLA Athletics Budget is separate from the Academics, but still, that much money could be better spent helping fund the University to lower tuition.

What a waste of money! I know the UCLA Athletics Budget is separate from the Academics, but still, that much money could be better spent helping fund the University to lower tuition.

What a waste of money! I know the UCLA Athletics Budget is separate from the Academics, but still, that much money could be better spent helping fund the University to lower tuition.

^ Wrong, wrong wrong. The unspoken benefits of having a good football program are huge, you don’t know what the hell you are talking about. The exposure schools get for football, forgive me for being a realist, is much bigger than the academic spotlight alone. UCLA wouldn’t be a worldwide image if it wasn’t for our dynastic Basketball team and our tradition of athletic excellence. You don’t think football success can help increase the image and academic reputation of a school? Look at USC for god’s sake and don’t tell me that part of their meteoric rise had nothing to do with their football success. They are now even putting their “Fight On” slogan on the billboards for their new medical offices, do you need any further proof that athletics and academics are inextricably linked? I don’t understand how you people don’t realize this, a better football program can ONLY benefit our great school. One of the main parts of UCLA has always been its storied athletic programs. It is probably the most defining thing that separates us from the rest of the non-Ivy top 25 and is the lifeblood of the school. For god’s sake its one of the main things they tell you on school tours and in freaking orientations. Its embarrassing to be this bad at ANY sport, let alone the main revenue producing sports.Alums love winning teams and will open their pocketbook for the school when success happens. Granted we don’t have much of that these days but that’s another good reason to clean house and re-build our football program. WSU just raised 300,000 in one day after hiring Mike Leach. Cal, who is spending $400 million to fix Memorial stadium knows the benefit of investment too. Our facilities are holding us back more than we think and are a major factor into why we can’t get a coach for all the millions we are offering. If you build it, they will come, and hopefully then the fans will come back. We are just too heartbroken after all these losing seasons to keep being this passionate about a program that well, sucks! Yeah, I said it. It is unbelievably depressing to think that this will continue to be the future of the once proud program. Chancellor Block, invest more in football! And fire Dan Guerrero!

UCLA may do better b investing in a better Soccer team (ironically, this is what is known as Football in most of the world). At a much lower cost, you’d get a presence in a sport that is sure to become ever more dominant as the world turns into a global village. There’s an excellent chance UCLA would get a better return on this as an investment.
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Soccer? Did you read the article? Collegiate soccer will never be the revenue generating sport that collegiate football is in the US. Where will UCLA get the space for a renovated training facilities and or 100 yard practice field? The IM field…Drake Statdium?

A football field is 1.1 acres; with a track over 2 acres. I bet the top programs fields are over 2.5 acres. let’s start a bruin fan discussion; where should AD Guerrero put the football practice field and how big should the field be