In a temporary triumph for UCLA, the University of California Regents on Tuesday ordered the school to pay rival California the max tax but for only half the previously allotted period.
By a vote of 7-1, the regents directed UCLA to give Cal an annual $10-million subsidy for the next three years — instead of six — because of a projected $50-million-per-year discrepancy in athletic revenue after UCLA announced it was headed for the Big Ten Conference.
The regents said they intended to revisit the payment amount halfway through UCLA’s six-year contract with the Big Ten Conference that ends in 2029-30.