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UCLA didn’t run a $100 million deficit. They just received a major settlement from their UA contract at nearly $70 million. Majority of the debt was due to that plus the pandemic season. The Pac-12 canceling half the season and no fans allowed is the cause of the small debt they’ve incurred. Almost every other Pac-12 school has the same financial hit. Stay up to date on your facts. It will help you not look like an imbecile.

Also, UCLA cared a lot about the Pac-12. If they didn’t, they would have ditched the conference for greener pastures a decade ago or they would have taken the jerk move of arrogant schools like Washington and Oregon and demand their 25% cut of the conference revenue equal to the value they brought the conference. They didn’t want to do that because they had too much respect for the rest of the programs in the conference and felt bad for them. The economic realities of college sports have made it too burdensome to remain in a conference with schools like Oregon, Oregon State, Utah, and Washington State whose values combined do not match theirs. That’s all it’s about. Nothing personal buddy. They just play in a larger market and have higher costs than those other schools. We wish you guys nothing but the best and hope to see Conference of Champions thrive for many years to come.

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