UCLA reveals FY2025 financials: Big Ten revenue kicks in, shortfall narrows, Calimony payments begin

UCLA’s athletic department on Friday released its financial report for the 2025 fiscal year — a year unlike any other for the Bruins in their long, storied history.

The report showed a $21.6 million shortfall that, while substantial, is nonetheless smaller than the prior year’s total.

The report also quantified the impact of the Big Ten’s media rights agreement, which spun off approximately three times the cash UCLA received in the final year of its Pac-12 existence.

It showed a $30 million assist from central campus...