From presidential leadership to media partners to state politics, numerous forces will frame the next step for a conference reeling from the departures of USC and UCLA.
In coming days, weeks and months, the Pac-12 will plot a course to salvation … or go the way of the dodo.
Now, they must settle on an identity for the reconfigured conference and determine which universities clear the barrier for entry. At the moment, conference and campus leaders gather on Zoom calls and wonder who’s truly committed and whose face they might be seeing for the last time. The Pac-12 declined to merge but, by not poaching the most desirable schools, allowed the Big 12 to survive.3. Media partner motivationThat shared interest probably won’t continue once the current contract expires in the spring of 2024.
That’s significant, because ESPN has more shelf space than Fox due to additional linear networks and its commitment to a digital platform .
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