December 15th, 2022 at 1:05 PM ^
So more time on airplanes, which means more time to work, focusing on assignments.
UCLA students should be thanking the Big Ten (Big #s) for helping with their studies.
December 14th, 2022 at 10:12 PM ^
UBI for UCB
December 15th, 2022 at 9:16 AM ^
Translation: universal basic income for UC Berkeley.
December 14th, 2022 at 10:16 PM ^
I've been told that the University of California's Board of Regents voted 11-5 to approve UCLA's move to the Big Ten, but stipulated absolute conditions. UCLA will have to increase its expected annual support of resources for all student-athletes by $11- $12 million including funds to address travel, academic support, mental health services, nutrition and other areas surrounding the conference move. UCLA is also expected to provide an annual subsidy to the University of California, Berkeley in the range of $2 million to $10 million (depending on the amount of the Pac-12 media deal) to "enhance student-athlete support on that campus."
December 14th, 2022 at 10:30 PM ^
The figure due to Cal (from UCLA) will be made up by filling the Rose Bowl for a visiting (traditional) B1G team, or three, for a UCLA home game. UCLA won’t need to touch the media monies.
December 14th, 2022 at 11:00 PM ^
The University of California is one University with 10 campuses including Cal and UCLA. Losing the Los Angeles media market is (reasonably) expected to reduce the PAC's media contract. Cal funds all student athletes from its share of the PAC's revenues. The Board of Regents is requiring UCLA's annual payment to offset the expected loss of funds for student athletes on another UC campus.
December 15th, 2022 at 12:52 AM ^
Did anyone else kind of laugh at the regents moaning about care and travel of their student athletes on the same day and just a couple hours before the UCLA mens basketball team tipped off a game in Maryland on a Wednesday during exam time for most universities.
Basically it was extortion to benefit Cal-Berkley.
December 15th, 2022 at 1:11 AM ^
Should make the 20k+ Alumni in SoCal happy to have a “home” game once in awhile. UCLA might even have to take its tarps off for that game… just to shame themselves back into covering them up when Rutgers comes to town for a B1G Ten After Dark showdown.
December 15th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
I'm happy and looking forward to it. First, because it potentially makes the conference games more interesting, and second, because my son (a Michigan alum) and lots of his Michigan classmates live in LA. It'll make visits to LA even sweeter if we can catch a UM game.
There are lots of UM alums in the LA area.
Michigan has more of a non-conference regular season history with UCLA than with USC (eight games in Ann Arbor or Pasadena, mostly '70s, '80s, '90s). but in any case it's not like the two teams haven't gotten on airplanes to travel to the opponent's stadiums.
I think a solid rivalry can develop against USC; we're only 4-6 against them, mostly Rose Bowls.
People mention the greater distances for team travel, and of course that's true, For me the biggest time-waster of flying is the airport shuffle, not how long I'm on the plane, but we're all different in that regard I'm sure. However, teams are already flying around the country for games, and a day of even relatively short travel kills a day that the athletes wouldn't be in school anyway.
These are much more competitive additions than Maryland and Rutgers, teams that really don't move the needle much.
December 15th, 2022 at 11:58 AM ^
Michigan will play like twice in LA every 8 years.
December 15th, 2022 at 10:10 AM ^
USC and UCLA in the big ten is just the strangest thing to me as a child of the 70s/80s. I think its great for the big ten as academic and athletic institutions.
Oklahoma and Texas in the SEC?
Next you'll tell me we've put men on the moon!