UCLA IS In $103 Million Debt

LOL @ the BIG
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Larry Scott really fucked them.. He should have let UT in with the LHN, his PAC network would have been carried on all providers with the addition of UT.

At the same time, I'm glad he did say no to UT.. the more I look at it, I don't think it would have been a good conference for us long term either

The Pac Network wasn't carried by anyone. At the end of the day Scott sucked so yeah bad move for you guys and oddly enough we are probably better off not going down that road (mostly because yall would have fucked us a decade later but water under at this point).

But damn at the time Tech had just fired Leach but were still pretty solid. Oregon was at peak Kelley. USC was at the beginning of the Kiffen era so meh. Washington was at the beginning of the Sark era and were soon to hire Chris Peterson. Mack Brown was close to the top of his game. Stoops was Stoops and we were experienced peak Gundy. As a bonus Baylor gets fucked so no one gives a fuck about Art Briles having a rivalry with Gary Patterson in the AAC.

Whatever happens probably would have happened regardless but had that move gone through it could have changed west coast football.
 

UCLA says it was left with no other choice but to take the money that the Big Ten Conference threw on the table. After the last three years — including COVID lockdowns, an empty Rose Bowl and empty basketball arenas — the Bruins’ athletic department managed to create a $102.8 million deficit, according to the L.A. Times, and it desperately needed a golden parachute from B1G bag man, commissioner Kevin Warren.

You have to think that Stanford and Cal probably have similar problems.

@HammerDown interesting. I went to find another article because i won't click the jizz the OP posted so i googled it and hooplanation showed up first..

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How does this compare to other teams in the PAC

Cal:

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The Pac Network wasn't carried by anyone. At the end of the day Scott sucked so yeah bad move for you guys and oddly enough we are probably better off not going down that road (mostly because yall would have fucked us a decade later but water under at this point).

But damn at the time Tech had just fired Leach but were still pretty solid. Oregon was at peak Kelley. USC was at the beginning of the Kiffen era so meh. Washington was at the beginning of the Sark era and were soon to hire Chris Peterson. Mack Brown was close to the top of his game. Stoops was Stoops and we were experienced peak Gundy. As a bonus Baylor gets fucked so no one gives a fuck about Art Briles having a rivalry with Gary Patterson in the AAC.

Whatever happens probably would have happened regardless but had that move gone through it could have changed west coast football.
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The Pac Network wasn't carried by anyone. At the end of the day Scott sucked so yeah bad move for you guys and oddly enough we are probably better off not going down that road (mostly because yall would have fucked us a decade later but water under at this point).

But damn at the time Tech had just fired Leach but were still pretty solid. Oregon was at peak Kelley. USC was at the beginning of the Kiffen era so meh. Washington was at the beginning of the Sark era and were soon to hire Chris Peterson. Mack Brown was close to the top of his game. Stoops was Stoops and we were experienced peak Gundy. As a bonus Baylor gets fucked so no one gives a fuck about Art Briles having a rivalry with Gary Patterson in the AAC.

Whatever happens probably would have happened regardless but had that move gone through it could have changed west coast football.
If somehow the CA schools pulled Texas into the whole canceling of the season due to Covid 2 months before the season was to start.. UT would have bolted around this time too. BTW UT did y'all a solid.. Ya'll were able to eat for a decade that paid more than what the ACC and PAC teams were getting and pretty close to what the other 2 conferences were getting too.

UT had the juice to be able to command the conference to still get paid as if it had 12 members when there was only 10. This is the reason why no matter what happens, Big12 staying alive or if the PAC stays alive, y'all, baylor, tech and tcu will have a home somewhere. Y'all were able to invest into facilities and coaches to factor in realignment.
 
The feminization of the west coast male has led to less butts in seats in stadiums.
You’d of thunk they would’ve shown up in the new skirts - perhaps every home UCLA game should be ladies night with $1 sparkling seltzers.
 
I don’t know why the B1G is so dumb (Keven Warren) but UCLA has been running at a $30 million athletics budget deficit per year and now the B1G swoops in and gives them immediate 100% share of Conference tv money hand out in 2024.
 

UCLA says it was left with no other choice but to take the money that the Big Ten Conference threw on the table. After the last three years — including COVID lockdowns, an empty Rose Bowl and empty basketball arenas — the Bruins’ athletic department managed to create a $102.8 million deficit, according to the L.A. Times, and it desperately needed a golden parachute from B1G bag man, commissioner Kevin Warren.

You have to think that Stanford and Cal probably have similar problems.
The B1G going after those teams with sound finances with great fanbases. LOL. Sheesh. Because Maryland worked out so well. At least UCLA also has pretty helmets.
 
Pre-COVID, the stadium was always full, even when they sucked (which was usually the case). When I lived in Pasadena, I generally went to a few games a year with friends who were alumni. It’s a cool place to see a game and pre-game on the golf course.
Not true:

The Bruins' average attendance at home was 43,848, their lowest since 1982 when they moved to the Rose Bowl.
Home stadium: Rose Bowl; (Capacity: 91,136)

 
Looks like a Chip Kelly issue. I lived there from 2004-2015 and the games were generally full.

2014:

In front of a Pac-12 Conference-leading and UCLA Football record-breaking 76,650 fans per game at the Rose Bowl this year, the Bruins recorded their third consecutive nine-win season for the first time in school history while playing the nation’s hardest schedule.

On top of establishing new records for student attendance, which was already up 59 percent entering the season from 2009 numbers, UCLA fans packed the Rose Bowl to the tune of 80,000-plus people on three separate occasions – a first over the course of a single season for the Bruins since moving to the Rose Bowl in 1982.


Capacity is 91,136
 
If somehow the CA schools pulled Texas into the whole canceling of the season due to Covid 2 months before the season was to start.. UT would have bolted around this time too. BTW UT did y'all a solid.. Ya'll were able to eat for a decade that paid more than what the ACC and PAC teams were getting and pretty close to what the other 2 conferences were getting too.

UT had the juice to be able to command the conference to still get paid as if it had 12 members when there was only 10. This is the reason why no matter what happens, Big12 staying alive or if the PAC stays alive, y'all, baylor, tech and tcu will have a home somewhere. Y'all were able to invest into facilities and coaches to factor in realignment.
College football fans are extremely joyous Texas didn’t head West!!

After all, Texas has positioned itself to swoop into the SEC and to ease all those SEC woes of being Nationally irrelevant in the world of college football!!

Yes Texas will save the SEC and show doubters everywhere that this thing the called the LHN is what’s best for all college football teams everywhere. The world praises your actions and inactions at the same time!
 
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The B1G going after those teams with sound finances with great fanbases. LOL. Sheesh. Because Maryland worked out so well. At least UCLA also has pretty helmets.
We in the B1G had a focus & huge need for gold helmets this go around!!!
 
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