Everything hinges on the Big Ten, but another raid could be years away
Jon Wilner The San Jose Mercury News Not only has Chuck Neinas seen everything in college sports five times over, he’s partly responsible.
For insight into the Pac-12’s state of disruption, the Pac-12 Hotline reached out to one of the original disruptors. "The thing that impressed me about the Big 12 was that it took a big blow," he said."Everything was going wrong. But they got the four best remaining teams to turn it into a positive. "I’d like to see them get San Diego State," Neinas said."That gives them a footprint in Southern California."
"The amount of media revenue they will receive is very similar, so why leave? Why would it be attractive for the Pac-12 schools to go to the Big 12? Both will stay as they are," said Neinas, who also ran the Big Eight conference in the 1970s.The greatest threat to the Pac-12’s future isn’t the Big 12 but the Big Ten, which could add a handful of West Coast schools to create travel partners for USC and UCLA.
Meanwhile, the Pac-12 is in the middle of negotiating a new media rights contract. Sometime this fall, the schools will be asked to sign up — or skedaddle.
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