Despite UCLA’s push for clarity, the University of California Board of Regents declined Thursday to settle questions surrounding the Bruins’ move to the Big Ten and instead plans to finalize a decision at a Dec. 14 special meeting.
UCLA officials were pushing for a decision with football signing day next month and looming logistical issues they need to resolve well in advance of the Bruins’ potentially playing their first games as members of the Big Ten in 2024.
At a board meeting Thursday in San Francisco, chancellors from UCLA and UC Berkeley offered different views on whether the move would hurt or help athletes. Berkeley, the only UC school left in the Pac-12 conference with UCLA’s departure, stands to lose millions in media revenue under a new TV contract in two years, which is expected to be far less lucrative without USC and UCLA and the huge Southern California market.
