The biggest bit of offseason news this year has been the purported flight of UCLA and USC to the Big 10 in football. (Recall yesterday when I insinuated that it had been too quiet of an offseason. Welp).
For today’s purposes, we’re going to mostly ignore USC. As a private institution that is not part of the California State University (CSU) System or the UC “Public Trust” system, the Trojans have significant discretion in where they take their ball and play, metaphorically and otherwise. However, the University of California — Los Angeles has very limited discretion, and is beholden to the California Assembly for many things.