The UCLA Bruins take to the field before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Rose Bowl Stadium on Nov. 8, 2025 in Pasadena, Calif. Photo by Harry How / Getty Images

The University of California’s pension investment arm is attempting to acquire a 10 per cent stake in Big Ten Conference, one of intercollegiate sports’ most successful franchises, known for the Rose Bowl and a multi-year television deal with Fox.

“We just made an offer to buy 10 per cent of the Big Ten, which is the big sports conference in the U.S.,” Jagdeep Singh Bachher, chief investment officer and vice-president of investments at the University of California where he oversees an investment portfolio of around US$180 billion, said at a conference in Toronto on Monday.

“I hope it goes through by … the 21st

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