(08-26-2021 03:04 PM)DuelingDragon Wrote: So who got kicked out?
Maybe UAB's Big 12 invitation has arrived in the mail, lol
In a related note:
Pac-12 will not expand at this time
https://theathletic.com/news/pac-12-will...=twitterhq
he Pac-12 announced Thursday that the conference is not pursuing expansion at this time.
"The decision was made following extensive internal discussion and analysis, and is based on the current competitive strength and cohesiveness of our 12 universities," the conference said in a statement. "It is also grounded in our confidence in our ability as a conference to best support our student-athletes and to grow and thrive both academically and athletically."
Commissioner George Kliavkoff said Tuesday the conference would announce its plans by the end of the week. He added that the creation of the three-conference alliance achieves “a lot of what we wanted” when his conference began exploring the potential of adding new members, so the decision to stay at 12 schools for now was the expected outcome.
At Pac-12 media days in July, Kliavkoff said the conference was receiving “significant inbound interest from many schools” following the news of Texas and Oklahoma being accepted into the SEC in 2025. Admitting new members would require approval by three-fourths of the Pac-12’s CEO group.
(Photo: Kelvin Kuo / USA Today)
Why didn't the Pac-12 want to add any Big 12 teams?
Bruce Feldman, national college football insider: Assessing the value of any possible additions, particularly as it relates to Big 12 leftovers, Pac-12 ADs were skeptical at even the prospect of bringing in anyone from that league. All it would do is split their pie further while drawing few more eyeballs.
The feeling from power brokers connected to the Pac-12 is that any of the remaining Big 12 schools just do nothing from a ratings benefit to move the needle.
The leftovers are seen primarily as meriting cable TV coverage, not network, which is a sizable financial distinction. They wouldn’t add any significant value but rather would only further water down the league while also being potentially different fits from the makeup of the Pac-12.
What this means for the Big 12
Max Olson, national college football writer: The Pac-12 not expanding will be viewed as a disappointing development for several Big 12 members. A few of the eight remaining schools were hoping for this in order to have more options, given all the uncertainty about their own conference’s future. If the Big Ten, ACC and SEC are also giving no indication they wish to expand in the near future, these eight schools are likely stuck together for now.
One key question going forward is whether Big 12 presidents and ADs will start getting serious about adding new members, or whether their own expansion process must wait until after Texas and Oklahoma leave for the SEC. It’s hard to know right now whether those schools will wait until 2025 as they’ve claimed or intend to make an early exit.
What's next for the Pac-12?
Feldman: This is really a matter for the brand new boss of the Pac-12, Kliavkoff, to get acclimated not just to his new partners around the league but also to college sports as the climate continues to shift. Kliavkoff is only about halfway through his “listening tour” of Pac-12 schools to get a better sense of what he doesn’t know as it relates to the needs and issues that this league and each school is facing.
In the not-too-distant future, Kliavkoff will be rolling up his sleeves with the other two commissioners of the alliance, Kevin Warren and Jim Phillips, to figure out just where they are aligned and where they are on an island. In the Pac-12’s case, that is both from a TV network and broadcast perspective, a lot to start sorting out.
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What's wrong with this official letter from Commissioner MacLeod?
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