Who's in Control? - Part 2

We recently noted a lawsuit by the U of Washington in which UCLA seems to be a ally-by-proxy that goes to who will control the remaining assets of the Pac-12 after the departure next year of ten of its members (including UCLA). If successful, the legal strategy would give the departing ten control over the assets instead of the remaining two.

As perhaps a footnote to that development are remarks by UCLA football coach Chip Kelly expressing sympathy for the remaining two:

“I think it’s a travesty that Washington State’s not in a conference. That, to me, is a joke. That’s a really, really good football team and a school that’s had a bunch of tradition. And it’s the same thing with Oregon State. The fact that those two schools aren’t in a Power Five conference, or won’t be in a Power Five conference next year — people should figure it out. There’s a lot of really smart people in college athletics, but if we let those two schools not end up in a Power Five, then shame on us. That’s just not right. You’re talking about two nationally-ranked football teams that do it the right way. I’ve got a ton of respect for both of those programs. I hope things work out for them, because they deserve to play football at the highest level because they can play football at the highest level… I’ve got a ton of respect and I think those are two outstanding programs. And we gotta play them back-to-back. You saw what they were like today, and we know what it’s going to be like next week when we go to Corvallis.”

Quote from https://www.si.com/college/ucla/football/ucla-football-chip-kelly-weighs-in-on-conference-change-rks97.

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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/10/whos-in-control.html.