[Realignment: Forcing a Round Peg, Square Hole…]

I agree 100%. The travel alone is mind boggling. I suppose the big dollar teams pack their FB teams around on private charters but I highly doubt they'll be carting the gymnastics team along with them. 

[Not so fast UCLA...]

USC is a private school and can do what they want.

 

UCLA is a state school and the state of California may have something to say about them teaming up with the Midwest.

 

Article explaining the possible issues:

 

Don’t Stick to Sports: I’ll believe UCLA joins the Big 10 if and when it actually happens

WWW.MSN.COM

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UCLA has an Everest-sized mountain of problems to surmount to join the B1G.