(09-08-2023, 03:10 PM)Goose Wrote: IMO the only "decent" think to do would be for all the schools that are leaving to support the suit and the remaining PAC-12 members. Cal and Stanford were also "victims", but they found a landing spot and left. They shouldn't try to claim any of the PAC-12 "assets". This is partially self-interest. The day could come when the schools that left, particularly Stanford and Cal, want/need to return to a west-coast conference. Having residual good-will rather than rancor may be very useful.
I don’t know what the “official” party line out of the AD is — probably whatever fills their pockets in the short-term, but I am with you — I am rooting for WSU and OSU too reconstitute a Pac-8 (it’s a little cruel what this will do to the MWC), and for them to keep Rose Bowl rights, media rights, Big Dance money and invitations, Bowl rights, and for them to sign a massive streaming deal with Apple+.
Regardless of what colleges want, the west coast deserves and would benefit from a regional power conference. It’s better for kids who dream of playing sports, it’s better for families, and it’s better for communities.
I hope they also take over all Pac-12 assets including the Pac-12 networks. I hope they fire the Pac-12 and Pac-12 networks leadership for cause, with no exit money — because they were total failures — and they give the network to Apple+ to manage.
Regardless of all the short-term thinking, one day, contracts with the ACC or whomever will need to be renegotiated, and if there is a vibrant Pac-X power conference, Stanford will have more leverage in those negotiations.
Plus, I dream that one day the Pac-10 will return, even if only as a region in one giant super conference.