Conference executives, athletic directors, head coaches and other campus officials will convene in Scottsdale this week for the Pac-12's annual spring meetings. But the story isn’t the participants; it's the backdrop.
The meetings will unfold during a revolutionary era in college athletics, with momentous change targeting the revenue-producing sports and enhancing the Pac-12's competitive challenges.
People are also reading… But the gathering will allow the coaches, athletic directors, commissioner George Kliavkoff and associate commissioner Merton Hanks to take an in-person plunge into the best strategic options for Pac-12 football. But options that might have worked for a 12-team event must be reconsidered with expansion on hold until the 2026 season.
The move to eight league games seems unlikely at this point because the Big Ten is not expected to do the same. Without a partner, Pac-12 teams would not have quality options for filling the extra non-conference slot.Currently, NCAA rules require conferences to have divisions in order to stage a championship game. If the policy is relaxed, as many expect, the Pac-12 could shift to a single entity for football — the same format it uses for basketball — and still hold the event.
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