Training Room guy, I have felt your pain with the cost of raising kids with sports. I have done the soccer, the skate boards, the karate and then with my daughter at UC Davis joining the rowing club (talk about an expensive sport, try the rowing). No, my intention was to try (poorly) to explain that from a totally legal standpoint, what has happened so far in this case (without reading the court record) is that the federal court judge dismissed the players case because the Title IX claims had no legal basis. If they were a valid Title IX case the court would have retained jurisdiction over the entire case under the pendant jurisdiction rules. So now the players have to decide whether they want to go forward with the mental distress/misrepresentation claims in state court. So, to get to my point about “Wealthy parents” it is this. The parents are paying for their kids education at UC Davis. These kids are wealthy. Their scholarships are pretty much guaranteed in any event. Where is their mental distress? That is all relevant evidence insofar as the mental distress claims are concerned. Not a great sell in from of a very blue collar Yolo County jury. Just my humble opinion.

Sorry equestrian folks, you have it all wrong and frankly appear ignorant of the facts. UC Davis has one of the most robust roster of women sports in the country. Equestrian athletics was not removed for a men’s sport it was replaced by another women’s sport. Each of the equestrian athletes were given their scholarship benefits until they graduated. They can still keep their horses at UCD. Ride with the club team. So this action did not move the title IX needle one notch against the women or the program. Did UC Davis ever tell the athletes that their program would never be terminated? I doubt that it would have happened. Where’s the evidence otherwise? This case is now morphed into a case where these poor daughters of the very wealthy want to complain of their mental distress and who are demanding monetary compensation for their situation. From someone with experience in the Yolo County court system I will say this is a case that does not have legs in front of a Yolo County jury.

Do junior year commits actually mean anything? Say, he has another great season and UCLA comes calling with a hunk of cash? Can’t he just back out of the deal?

This is old inaccurate information. A federal court has ruled that it has no jurisdiction over the case due to the personal injury aspect of the plaintiffs case. Case was dismissed a month or so ago. Simply bad lawyering which is hard to believe since this whole situation is fueled by the very wealthy parents of the players who can afford the best legal team. So they will refile in state court, probably Yolo county, unless they are willing to forego the personal injury cases, which are, of course, mental distress damages. So on we go to state court in yolo county which will be a much higher bar than the federal court in Sacramento. How the Chronicle missed all of this? Beats me

Did find what I could for Pinnicks portal transfer NIL to wsu. One 2026 GMC double cab, long bed, all extras included. Donated by a local GMC dealer. So, Caden got essentially $61,000! I know, who could turn that down? And they should not. Note to pinnick: when things get going wrong up in wazzo land don’t drive the truck to Davis to see Tim……..

Is pinnick projected to start at wsu?

How does it compare size wise

Judge dismissed the federal lawsuit, but now they’re threatening to sue again in state court. Bottomless money pit is paying for this ridiculous case to continue. Could Rocko release the judges order of dismissal so we all could read it?

Just jumping in to this equestrian issue (no pun intended). So equestrian thinks their sport is an “AG sport” that advances the UC davis brand they are so wrong. Equestrian sports are a very, or even an exceptional, example of wealth personified on a dedicated sports arena used only by the very specially anointed members of the elite equestrian team. These students are not in any way shape or form part of the regular student population, they are the daughters of the very rich who have benefited greatly from their parents who can afford the ridiculous amounts of money to support their daughters need to advance their hobby of riding and jumping on horses. Look at the roster we have: girls from the east coast, the south, Texas and no connections to the state of California. Judge should throw the case out now. I know this from a personal relationship with my niece who has drained her family’s money for years on her equestrian hobby. Ridiculous!

Terrible disaster in Longview Washington! I know that the Eaton twins came from there (Oh, couldn’t we use them now,)!! Does anyone have any data on where those wonderful twins are now? I loved seeing Kayly dribbling down the court with a big smile on her face even in the midst of a tight game. Great girls indeed. Tough as nails.

I hope I am not becoming overly paranoid but I see a trend that I don’t like. I feel like UC Davis is being the focus of a lot of major school’s portal recruiting efforts. They like that we recruit freshmen with good academics, coach them exceptionally thru their first year and then they’re ripe for the portal and ripe for the picking. Recently a cal athlete revealed that he was recruited thru his parents who were the first to contact him for going into the portal too, and eventually be picked off by another school. They had been approached by an agent. “OH, could you use some extra cash for some home improvement?” Do I have a deal for you, or, I should say your son/daughter! It’s happened to our basketball team, our football team, many of our entire women’s soccer team last year. I am here to be convinced that I am wrong.

I find it very surprising that the sacramento sports community has not realized what is actually going on at sac state. That Luke wood has so bambozled them and especially the students is just beyond belief. It’s like drink the koolaide and it will all be okay. The sac bee has nibbles around the edges on the subject, sees the issues, but seems afraid to do what the old sacramento bee used to do, that is investigative reporting into what could be a very big story, is also odd. I hate watching a train wreck about to happen, but it is a coming.

Back in the 80s before some of you were born, we had WR Tay Thompson, who could play for us now. Not the fastest guy but he could sure run the pattern any play called for and had great hands as well. Got hurt in the playoffs broke his collarbone and I think if we had him we could won it all. I believe he is now a physician and still practicing in California.

I would offer some cautionary fast guy stuff. I saw Cooper Kupp play against the Aggies i think ten or so years ago. He was not fast but he was a great WR. I saw him out fake our DB so badly he actually fell down and Kupp scored a TD untouched. Pure WR speed over rated IMHO.

I think we have to thank Rocko for this due to his east coast experience at UMass. In addition to his overall success at UC Davis.

Thank you cmt! You hit the nail on the head.

Movie, I think most of us are glad to get your very astute comments about Aggie sports. But, and it’s a big but, what is your issue with the European crime rate? It is so off topic and frankly bizarre. Most people know that the streets of European cities are far safer that Of American city streets and have much lower crime rates than the us, yet you pick and choose European crime stats with no attribution to try to make a point that is never stated by you. What the hell are you trying to get across to us the uninformed? No answer required. Just stick to the Aggies.

Do Taylor and Plough know each other? I would think Taylor is what you might call damaged goods at this point in his career. So why are we inviting him to come and give speeches? Just wondering. . . .

I got it. Made my donation.

Where is the link to donate to the football team specifically?