Were you their parents, would you not agree and go along too ???? You support your kids, always tell them in sports, you compete the best way you know how to win if possible before you settle for second best or anything else. You strive your level best in other words. Otherwise, what is the point of competing ?!?
Were you their parents, would you not agree and go along too ???? You support your kids, always tell them in sports, you compete the best way you know how to win if possible before you settle for second best or anything else. You strive your level best in other words. Otherwise, what is the point of competing ?!?
Okay, so be it. In life, you do not get your cake and eat it at the same time. I was in Norman, Oklahoma during my Wisconsin grad school years. It was much like Madison to me but a college town does not tell you much about the rest of the state. But to think my kid, with the skills he/ she has, would languish here simply because of the other amenities ? No way bro.
Ironically, the other amenities are what everyone points to as why recruiting should be easier at UCLA. I mean the weather is great and LA has lots of entertainment spots, but thatтАЩs also the reason LA schools have very poor collegiate fan bases compared with more college towns.
UCLA is a beautiful campus and the Pauley renovation was phenomenal. But even in the pac-12 other schools have better and newer football facilities. I loved the Rose Bowl but access to it is horrendous. The metro stop is far away and Uber services couldnтАЩt get within two miles post game.
Sorry for the brutal honesty but some illusions about UCLA being a destination spot just donтАЩt hold water.
The oldest of the three softball playing sisters from San Pedro - the middle daughter was on the season-just-completed Natl. Championship team - has graduated and purchased a house there, pursuing her post grad degree. The parents - whom I ran into while grocery shopping recently - gave me the run down on what THEY'VE witnessed with UCLA athletics politics and how their skewed policies are KILLING that storied softball program bit by bit. Based upon what we're all witnessing, I believe it safe to assume such political in-fighting or whatever the hell is going on, is impacting UCLA's athletics departments across the board. The parents have likewise, purchased a house outside Norman. Their youngest graduates (Mary Star of the Sea High School) in 2024, and is also a top prospect who will attend Oklahoma on a softball scholarship. These parents are So Cal, South Bay natives, they HATE the thought of moving out of California, but the positives they cited - less the weather admittedly - as they've spent a lot of time there in all seasons, are all significant, beginning with taxation across the board, grocery and gasoline prices etc. They hate the thought of leaving So Cal but LOVE the idea of getting away from the ever-further reaching California/Los Angeles County government(s)....
You said it all. There was a time when California was the place to be. But now ?!? You can answer it better than myself. I like your depiction " the
ever - further reaching California/ Los Angeles County government(s) " Beautiful words indeed and so much meanings packed within them. Good job, Mr. Burt !
Were you their parents, would you not agree and go along too ???? You support your kids, always tell them in sports, you compete the best way you know how to win if possible before you settle for second best or anything else. You strive your level best in other words. Otherwise, what is the point of competing ?!?
Yeah but then you have to live in Oklahoma or Florida...
Okay, so be it. In life, you do not get your cake and eat it at the same time. I was in Norman, Oklahoma during my Wisconsin grad school years. It was much like Madison to me but a college town does not tell you much about the rest of the state. But to think my kid, with the skills he/ she has, would languish here simply because of the other amenities ? No way bro.
That's true. I lived in Boulder for awhile, it could've been Westwood. Nevertheless...
Ironically, the other amenities are what everyone points to as why recruiting should be easier at UCLA. I mean the weather is great and LA has lots of entertainment spots, but thatтАЩs also the reason LA schools have very poor collegiate fan bases compared with more college towns.
UCLA is a beautiful campus and the Pauley renovation was phenomenal. But even in the pac-12 other schools have better and newer football facilities. I loved the Rose Bowl but access to it is horrendous. The metro stop is far away and Uber services couldnтАЩt get within two miles post game.
Sorry for the brutal honesty but some illusions about UCLA being a destination spot just donтАЩt hold water.
The oldest of the three softball playing sisters from San Pedro - the middle daughter was on the season-just-completed Natl. Championship team - has graduated and purchased a house there, pursuing her post grad degree. The parents - whom I ran into while grocery shopping recently - gave me the run down on what THEY'VE witnessed with UCLA athletics politics and how their skewed policies are KILLING that storied softball program bit by bit. Based upon what we're all witnessing, I believe it safe to assume such political in-fighting or whatever the hell is going on, is impacting UCLA's athletics departments across the board. The parents have likewise, purchased a house outside Norman. Their youngest graduates (Mary Star of the Sea High School) in 2024, and is also a top prospect who will attend Oklahoma on a softball scholarship. These parents are So Cal, South Bay natives, they HATE the thought of moving out of California, but the positives they cited - less the weather admittedly - as they've spent a lot of time there in all seasons, are all significant, beginning with taxation across the board, grocery and gasoline prices etc. They hate the thought of leaving So Cal but LOVE the idea of getting away from the ever-further reaching California/Los Angeles County government(s)....
You said it all. There was a time when California was the place to be. But now ?!? You can answer it better than myself. I like your depiction " the
ever - further reaching California/ Los Angeles County government(s) " Beautiful words indeed and so much meanings packed within them. Good job, Mr. Burt !