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California Regents Hear Out Pac-12 on Whether to Block U.C.L.A.’s Move to Big Ten

NY Times | September 22, 2022

Related Topics: California, Pac-12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Gavin Newsom, George Kliavkoff, Michael V Drake, block, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles

The leaders of the sprawling University of California educational system are considering whether they should halt the move by U.C.L.A.

U.C.L.A., which plays some of its football games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., has struggled with attendance at the start of this season.Credit...Gary A. Vasquez/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

SAN DIEGO — When members of the University of California Board of Regents met Thursday to discuss whether to quash U.C.L.A.’s move to the Big Ten Conference, they had an unexpected item to consider: a letter enumerating why the decision to join the conference was a bad idea — even a financial loser — for the state’s flagship public university.

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