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This is why Cal deserves nothing. You just substantiated my original comment.

UCLA didn’t destroy the conference. Incompetent management by the previous and current pac12 commissioners did. And the subsidy UCLA receives from the state is a joke. It makes up such a small part of our annual budget. UCLA is more valuable to the state and to the UC system as a whole than the other way around.

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Check your math (probably why you did not get into Cal). The majority of your budget is from the state (~40%) and tuition. More importantly, the UC is funded as a block, ultimately: a single pie that gets cut into pieces....with whip cream and cherries on top from grants at each school.

And sure, the Pac-12 administration and presidents screwed the pooch, but it was the powder blue gimp of U$C that struck the death blow. You planned it in secret without communicating your intentions with the UC. That's why you will pay buddy!

It will be fun to watch the Midwest schools have more fans in the Rose Bowl than y'all on a weekly basis.

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Wrong. Check UCLA’s annual report. State grants make up approximately 5-6% of UCLA’s annual revenue. UCLA is self sustaining and does not need the state of California. Good job Cal grad, looks like you suck at due diligence. And we had no obligation to communicate anything to you or to UC based on the established bylaws. You deserve nothing. Stop looking for free unearned handouts. UCLA > Cal (except for your slightly better academic reputation we are better at everything else. Better athletics. World class hospital. Better location. Better quality of life. )

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And if I were a UCLA fan, I would be praying for Cal to get into a P5 conference. Because I guarantee you that if this does not happen, you are going to be paying at the upper end of the 2-10 million range, maybe higher. Disparaging Cal is not in your best interest, at this point.

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