Field Hockey is a very popular international Olympic sport. So, a Big investment by the America East Conference to keep field hockey on life support in the West. The conference had to be willing to either subsidize the travel costs of the eastern teams or convince them to agree to play the Ags in their homes games for the good of the sport. Frankly, I am proud that we are doing this and I am equally disappointed that Stanford did not. With all of their money Stanfords decision is a joke. Hope Cal hangs in as well!

I interpret it differently. Two years is a very minimal commitment. I believe UCD is in wait-and see mode with respect to cutting programs, unlike some of its counterparts. If they cut field hockey they have to balance it by either providing another sport for women or cutting 1 or more men's sports. A lot of factors to consider. It seems logical to me that they're still weighing their options while they see how their fundraising and ticket revenue recover.
A few months is not really enough time to make the decisions.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say baseball will be around at least two more years too. It's not like they're telling Vaughn not to fundraise for facility improvements. However, I don't know what happens after Vaughn's contract expires. As I mentioned before Dobbins Stadium will still see plenty of use if there's no varsity team.

Cal football is now making national news and it is not good. According to the NYT Cal pulled the scholarships of a former walk on player (who played his way onto the starting lineup) because he had Covid concerns. Then Cal billed him $22,000+/- for summer school fees! Very Bad indeed. . .