UCLA legend Bill Walton does not support the Bruins' proposed move to the Big Ten, and he hopes that the move will be reversed.
John Canzano has been writing about Oregon for decades. He expressed his disappointment at his alma mater possibly moving to the Big Ten.
"I am not in favor of UCLA's recent announced decision to leave the Pac-12 Conference of Champs, nor their desire to join the Big 10," wrote the author. I don't like this move and I hope it doesn't happen.
I don't think joining the Big 10 is in the best interest of UCLA, its students, its athletes, its alumni, its fans, the rest of the UC system, or the world at large.
One of the main reasons for his feelings is the increased cost and increased travel for student-athletes.
"I went to UCLA, willingly, and proudly, it was my dream, that dream never included the Big 10," he wrote, "I have spoken to no one, other than the highest-level directors of athletics at UCLA, who believe that this proposed move to the Big 10 would
He hopes that the proposed move by UCLA will be reversed.
One of the greatest college basketball players of all time was named the National Player of the Year three times in a row. His first 73 college games were won by the Bruins.
He was selected first in the 1974 NBA draft and went on to be a member of the basketball Hall of Fame.
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