UC regents expected to hit UCLA with maximum annual subsidy — err, “contribution” for Cal

The University of California Board of Regents is planning to require UCLA to “contribute” $10 million annually to Cal’s athletic department in the aftermath of the conference realignment that separated the sister campuses, according to a summary of the upcoming meeting at UC Merced on the regents’ website.

That is the maximum amount agreed upon by the regents in late 2022, after UCLA’s announced departure to the Big Ten placed the Pac-12’s future, and Cal’s athletic revenue, at risk.

Since then...