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U.C.L.A. Is Allowed by California Regents to Join Big Ten

By an 11-5 vote, the University of California Board of Regents chose not to block U.C.L.A. from leaving the Pac-12. But it attached conditions to protect U.C. Berkeley.

U.C.L.A. and U.C. Berkeley played against each other in football on Nov. 25. The University of California Regents have spent months this year considering how U.C.L.A.’s move to the Big Ten might affect both schools.Credit...Kyle Terada/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

LOS ANGELES — The University of California Board of Regents voted on Wednesday to approve U.C.L.A.’s move to the Big Ten Conference, but attached conditions meant to ensure that money the school reaps from its new league’s lucrative television contract would offset the byproducts of athletes making repeated trips across the country for sporting events.