Having a sugar daddy isn’t that bad, and I sure wish Cal had one. I do think their is a problem, though, when your sugar daddy’s money is sports related. Nike is part of the advertising of nearly every sport, such that all that advertising becomes synonymous with Oregon in the mind of high school kids contacted by Oregon before their Sr. year.

Think of a Sophomore player contacted by Oregon. He’ll see Nike influence everywhere and think Oregon each time. It’s a bit of an ethical issue, IMO. It’s somewhat similar to U$C’s open practices, where celebrities just happen to come watch because they were fans, not boosters. Both are legal, but both sway prospects, and I BELIEVE, just as U$C knew and abused the “legal” system, so does Oregon.

That said, I don’t mind T. Boone at all. If I was a billionaire, Cal would have the top facilities, too (and the student section of Haas would actually be on the floor without a line of $$$ seats in front of them, per his wishes!).

I am in your court all the way. It is not whining to state the facts: that Daddy Warbucks Phil Knight stacks the playing field in favor of Oregon recruiting. When you have the best facilities and the best uniforms and god knows what else is presented under the table, impressionable athletes will tend to overlook the fact they are going to spend the next five years of their life in an outback like Eugene.

Oregon football was a backwater throughout the 70′s, 80′s and most of the 90′s before Knight started pumping fiscal sunshine into the program. T Boone Pickens is doing the same thing with Oklahama State football. Barry Sanders notwithstanding, who remembers what they did 10, 20 or 30 years ago?

Note a few Tweets by Cameron during his Oregon visit:

“Just got done with dinner now Out with my host!”

“Man, last night did me right”

Now Sonny needs to ‘hold the rope’ and get us moving forward. Things will fall into place once the leadership gets the kids to “buy-in” and momentum keeps building.

GO BEARS!!!

And for all the pathetic, tired digs about Phil Knight and Oregon, I wish Knight went to Cal, I wish our former head football coach had even one of Chip Keely’s testicles when it comes to creativity, confidence, aggressiveness and execution.

Face it, they have both done it WAY better than Cal, and too many Cal alums bring out pathetic, unimaginative, mostly false, accusations. Man, do you guys work for the government? I can’t imagine some of you would survive in the real world very long, no matter your educational pedigree.

Juancho- keep speaking the truth brother!

None of these excuses on why we can’t. That’s Tedfordian.