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Jim O's avatar

Pretty hard for George to read minds, as apparently lately USC and UCLA weren’t overtly screaming for bigger slices of the pie, and in any event it’s clear the other schools would have voted them down. The schools’ own self interest/greed blinded them to the value of the L.A. schools and the vast amounts of money they were leaving on the table. Kind of like in the workplace, you underpay your star performers at your peril, because they always have other opportunities.

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J ALEX's avatar

Excellent analogy. Clearly, USC and UCLA were heavily subsidizing the other ten teams so is it really surprising that they decided to pursue other opportunities?

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