UC Regents Demand Report on Impacts of UCLA Move to Big Ten Conference

The University of Southern California (USC) Trojans play football against the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 23, 2019. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—One day after discussing the matter behind closed doors, the University of California Board of Regents demanded a full assessment of UCLA and USC’s planned move from the Pac-12 Conference to the Big Ten’s influence on the UC system on July 21.

The assessment will be conducted by the UC system president Michael Drake and his staff.