Gloria Navarraz, the MWC commissioner sounds upbeat about some sort of complete merger going into effect.
“I’m pretty confident," she said. “You never know with how contracting goes. It was built in anticipation as a two-year schedule. Because that’s how you mitigate competitive inequities, and we figure if we’re going to do it, it’s easier to do two. It’s not for any reason except for we had to get through June meetings, then July gets kind of quiet. (Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould) and I have been talking, and it’s just been a phone tag thing.”
Big picture, Oregon State and Washington State want to buy as much time as possible and see what happens elsewhere — perhaps, say, if Florida State and Clemson try to officially leave the ACC, that league might explore getting back to 17 members.
Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes told The Athletic earlier this year that joining a Power 4 conference is the top priority, followed by some merger with the Mountain West (Gotta figure AD McCoy is working side-by-side with Mr. Barnes as the Pac-2 orchestrate a package deal to one of the power conferences.
LINK: Why the Mountain West and Pac-12 leftovers’ shared realignment future is no longer a given
“I’m pretty confident," she said. “You never know with how contracting goes. It was built in anticipation as a two-year schedule. Because that’s how you mitigate competitive inequities, and we figure if we’re going to do it, it’s easier to do two. It’s not for any reason except for we had to get through June meetings, then July gets kind of quiet. (Pac-12 commissioner Teresa Gould) and I have been talking, and it’s just been a phone tag thing.”
Big picture, Oregon State and Washington State want to buy as much time as possible and see what happens elsewhere — perhaps, say, if Florida State and Clemson try to officially leave the ACC, that league might explore getting back to 17 members.
Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes told The Athletic earlier this year that joining a Power 4 conference is the top priority, followed by some merger with the Mountain West (Gotta figure AD McCoy is working side-by-side with Mr. Barnes as the Pac-2 orchestrate a package deal to one of the power conferences.
LINK: Why the Mountain West and Pac-12 leftovers’ shared realignment future is no longer a given
