""What's happening now feels like watching a trainwreck in slow motion," said Scott Tretsky, a donor and season ticket-holder for more than two decades. "What we're seeing isn't just a rough patch. It's institutional apathy. And if the administration doesn't care, why should fans and recruits? "This isn't a casual fan speaking. I rarely miss a game. I've invested time, money, and emotion for decades, and right now, it feels like the people running the show don't share that same investment."
"Some fans frustrated by UCLA's winless football team are expected to wear "Fire Jarmond" shirts in blue and gold to Saturday's game at the Rose Bowl against Penn State. One group has organized an airplane banner to fly over the stadium before the game, with a similar message directed at the beleaguered Bruins athletic director. One misstep made a donor question whether operations inside Jarmond's athletic department were even worse than they appeared on a surface level."
Fans frustrated by UCLA's winless football team plan to wear "Fire Jarmond" shirts and arrange an airplane banner at the Rose Bowl aimed at the athletic director. Nearly a dozen high-level donors allege a pattern of rampant dysfunction inside the athletic department that extends beyond the surprise hiring and rapid dismissal of football coach DeShaun Foster after only 15 games. Donors raised concerns about Jarmond's name, image and likeness strategy, high spending despite years of deficits, and the failure to remove coach Chip Kelly amid subpar results. One long-time donor described the situation as institutional apathy and compared it to a slow-motion trainwreck. An itinerary email sent before a 2023 donor trip included an unexpected attachment described as a database, prompting further donor alarm about departmental operations.
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