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The University of California Board of Regents is expected to judge a proposal that UCLA wage University of California astatine Berkeley $10 cardinal a twelvemonth for six years arsenic a effect of the Bruins’ upcoming determination to the Big Ten and the demise of the Pac-12
ByJOE REEDY AP sports writer
LOS ANGELES -- The University of California Board of Regents is expected to judge a proposal that UCLA wage University of California astatine Berkeley $10 cardinal a twelvemonth for six years arsenic a effect of the Bruins' upcoming determination to the Big Ten and the demise of the Pac-12.
The proposal was made by UC president Michael Drake and volition beryllium voted connected during a regents gathering Tuesday astatine UC Merced.
In bid for the Regents to affirm UCLA's determination to the Big Ten successful December, 2022, the assemblage agreed to wage UC Berkeley betwixt $2 cardinal and $10 cardinal due to the fact that of however the determination would impact the Cal diversion program.
Cal agreed to articulation the Atlantic Coast Conference past twelvemonth aft the Pac-12 couldn't negociate a media deal, causing 8 of its members to leave.
Besides accrued question costs, Cal volition person a reduced stock of the ACC's media rights deal.
According to a study by UC's president, the quality betwixt UCLA’s yearly media rights organisation from the Big Ten and UC Berkeley’s stock from the ACC volition beryllium astir $50 cardinal per year.
Drake is besides recommending that if determination is simply a important alteration successful revenues and/or expenses for either school, exceeding 10% implicit 2024-25 projections, UCLA’s publication tin beryllium reevaluated by the regents.
UCLA and the University of Southern California announced connected June 30, 2022, that they were leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten. USC is backstage and not portion of the UC system.
The Regents became progressive soon aft the announcement erstwhile Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized UCLA’s determination due to the fact that chancellor Gene Block and diversion manager Martin Jarmond did not springiness beforehand announcement to the regents.
In 1991, field chancellors were delegated authorization by the UC Office of the President to execute their ain contracts, including intercollegiate diversion agreements. But the regents heard during an August 2022, gathering that they clasp the authorization to reappraisal decisions impacting the UC system, meaning they could affirm, overturn oregon abstain from pursuing up connected UCLA’s decision.
The Regents voted 4 months aboriginal to fto the determination spell ahead. Besides the payments to its sister school, UCLA agreed to marque further investments for athletes, including nutritional support, intelligence wellness services, world enactment portion traveling and charter flights to trim question time.
“From the precise opening we said we recognize we whitethorn request to assistance Berkeley. We’re OK with it and blessed it is resolved,” Block said aft the regents approved the move.
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