That's going to have some interesting implications on athletics. First of all there will be no more "Keelhaulers", unless they're tired of the Mustangs. Get your Keelhaulers merchandise while you still can.

Next, most of the prospective CSU Maritime athletes would lose their spots with their redundant programs eliminated, and most likely they won't have the athletic talent to compete for spots at the D-I level. Those NAIA spots will just vanish.

Maybe their sailing, crew, and rugby teams will survive in Vallejo, as SLO doesn't currently sponsor those. Or SLO may just shutter those, as they would represent a big increase to their athletics budget.

Rugby is difficult to classify. A handful of schools put their rugby team in their interscholastic sports program, but most schools place rugby in the club sports box. Cal Maritime and Cal are two schools that do put rugby in the athletic department. I can't think of others that do. It may do a lot for finances, admissions, bragging, but in the end they play club teams. The NCAA does not sanction rugby.

Cal Poly SLO has a club rugby team. They are usually pretty good.

It's surprising to me that Cal Maritime has financial difficulties. It is the only maritime academy on the west coast. As I recall it has a very high job placement rate.

They've also had a lot of bad press in the last few years with sexual assault and hazing problems.

Looking at the Cal Poly Reddit, a lot of the fans seem to worry that CP's quality will erode with this addition.

Didn't even recall that campus... on the warer?

"They've also had a lot of bad press in the last few years with sexual assault and hazing problems." I had forgotten about the allegations. The maritime industry has never been known for gender equity. Cal Maritime used to call their women's teams the "Sea Hags."

One of my children's good friends went to Cal Poly and was able to take semesters at sea on the Cal Maritime training ship.

Coming from the Bay, when you take I-80, you can see the training ship just to the left of the bridge.

I wonder if Sac's service area will still include all of Solano County if they make it more of a general campus branch.

"Coming from the Bay, when you take I-80, you can see the training ship just to the left of the bridge."

...on the north bank of the Carquinez Straits where the Sacramento River empties into San Pablo Bay.