Pac-12 Commissioner Announces UCLA’s Move to Big Ten
The Pac-12 trustee is trying to stop UCLA from moving to the Big Ten in 2024 and blasted the university in a letter sent this week to the University of California Board of Trustees.
On Thursday, New York Times broke the news that Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff sent a three-page letter to the regent council “to provide facts and context” about how UCLA’s move to the Big Ten conference would affect Come to the university’s conference and student-athletes in the years to come. In June, it was first reported that both UCLA and USC – two legendary programs in the Pac-12 – had begun the process of making their way to the Big Ten in 2024.
In the scathing letter, Kliavkoff writes that the Bruins’ decision to move their sports programs, after participating in the conference since 1928, “will damage the fabric, the centuries-old history, the rivalry and Pac-12 family ties.”
The letter analyzes why it hopes the board can overturn the decision into five categories, including “difficulties for the families of UCLA student-athletes” and “significant negative impact on costs UCLA fees” and “significantly negative impact on Pac-12, and by extension” on UC Berkley revenue.