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Commentary: UCLA rushes for the Big Ten and the big payday. But what about the players?

UCLA tight end Michael Ezeike celebrates his touchdown catch against USC in the first quarter at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, in Pasadena, California.

Big Ten football means something in the national psyche. It’s the Midwest. It’s Frigidaire-snowy Saturdays after a crisp fall. It’s teams defined by tough running games and rounded shoulders. One thing it is not and has never been is a coastal operation of golden beaches and year-round sunshine.

And yet, here is UCLA, planning to abandon the Pac-12 conference and join the Big Ten, following a vote from the University of California Board of Regents next week. Opponents of the move are hoping

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