UCLA aims to clear final hurdle for Pac-12 to Big Ten move with UC Regents set to meet Thursday

The last hurdle before UCLA and the Pac-12 can go their separate ways is turning into a bit of a mountain hike. UCLA officials will meet with University of California Regents in a Thursday meeting that is expected to decide the school's ability to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten.

UC Regents, as well as California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were upset about not being informed prior to UCLA announcing its move to the Big Ten (alongside USC) on June 30. Since then, there has been continuing rancor regarding both schools leaving for the Big Ten -- from fans, politicians and some of the regents.

Unlike USC, a private institution, UCLA public and part of the UC system with California considered its sister school. Those UC Regents have increasingly asserted authority to block the move. This is their fourth meeting on the subject since that June 30 decision.

"The regents have the power to overturn UCLA's decision," California Sen. Nancy Skinner told CBS Sports. Skinner is not a regent. "They're the ones who created the rule that gave UCLA the autonomy [to leave]. They can take that autonomy back if they choose. I don't know if they'll do that."

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