Without the blessing from both Michigan and Southern California, a proposed $2.4 billion private investment deal to acquire 10% of the Big Ten Conference will remain on hold, Front Office Sports reported this week.

UC Investments, the pension fund for the 10-school University of California system, does not want to go through with the massive investment deal unless "the unity of the 18 Big Ten university members," occurs.

While Michigan and USC want more information on how the partnership would work, UC Investments also has concerns that not all Big Ten member schools are up to speed with the details involved equity stake purchase of the conference, and the benefits for each member school.

Big Ten member UCLA is one of the schools whose employees have their retirement funds run by UC Inv

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