Cal Football Boosters Stage Boycott For Ron Rivera
- Prominent donors to the Cal football name, image, and likeness collective will stop funding until Ron Rivera is authorized to manage the Golden Bears program, as reported by SFGate.
- Ron Rivera was hired on March 20 as Cal's first football general manager, with the goal of building a competitive program and raising funds.
- Kevin Kennedy, president of the California Legends Collective, emphasized the need for clear reporting lines and advocated for Rivera to have control like Andrew Luck at Stanford.
- University Chancellor Rich Lyons expressed confidence in the current leadership, stating that they will support a successful Cal Athletics football program amid rapid changes in intercollegiate sports.
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Report: Prominent Cal football donors withhold money over Ron Rivera role
Prominent donors to the Cal football name, image and likeness collective said they won't give any more money to the organization until former NFL head coach Ron Rivera is given the authority to run the Golden Bears program, SFGate reported.…
Cal Football Boosters Stage Boycott For Ron Rivera
Some of the biggest financial donors at the University of California, Berkeley are refusing to donate to its NIL collective until Ron Rivera is fully in charge of the college football program. It has created something of a standoff between the school and its most important money men. To add another wrinkle, all of this drama stems from what took place at Stanford. Andrew Luck recently became the first General Manager in college football history …
Cal Football: Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox Media Availability (4.5.2025)
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Cal Donors Demand Changes Amid Control Issues in Football Program
timesng.com: BERKELEY, Calif. — Two major benefactors of the University of California’s athletics program have halted their contributions to the California Legends Collective, the school’s third-party NIL initiative. They demand that new general manager Ron Rivera be given full control over the football program, which is currently overseen by coach Justin Wilcox and athletic director Jim […] This post Cal Donors Demand Changes Amid Control Issue…
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