The Calimony payments may be ending soon. Mercury News’ Jon Wilner reporting that we’ve made it to the final fiscal year of UCLA's payment to the Cal Bears.
The annual Calimoney payments that the UCLA Bruins have sent north to Berkeley over the past two years. After UCLA bolted for the Big Ten Conference, the University of California Regents ordered the school to fork over $30 millio
n for the Bears’ getting left behind in the Pac-12.New UCLA head coach Bob Chesney was asked earlier this week if he was familiar with the Calimony. Ahead of his introduction to the UCLA-Cal rivalry, Chesney announced that he doesn’t care for the deal.
"I think it is what it is. I don’t know if I would have agreed to that, but that’s how it went down, so it is what it is."
Chesney told California Post reporter Ben Bolch.
It will be the first meeting in three years for the former conference rivals. The similarities between the two programs are plentiful, with Cal featuring a first-year head coach who has gotten off to a strong start on the recruiting trail.
The two rivals will become familiar once again, with the two programs set to face off over the next four seasons, meaning the Bears will serve as an important nonconference foe for Chesney to conquer.
Cal will host this year’s showdown, with UCLA heading to California Memorial Stadium as slight road favorites. Chesney has the chance to begin his tenure with a foundational win or Cal will keep making UCLA pay.
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA's Bob Chesney is no fan of the Calimony payouts to Cal
