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Latest update:​

Should be an all day thing. Oregon may stay. If Oregon stays, Washington stays.

Oregon is leading the attempt to keeping the conference together, in addition, Oregon does not like the Apple contract.

Too complex to get this resolved quickly. Also, Arizona is most likely gone to the Big 12. If Arizona goes, then ASU goes. Then UW and Oregon will go.

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Pac-12 CEO group enters Friday morning meeting with survival on the line​

Mike VorelAug. 4, 2023 at 8:14 am
By
Seattle Times staff reporter
It’s come to this.

With the very survival of its 108-year-old conference flapping wildly in the realignment winds, the Pac-12’s presidents entered an emergency meeting Friday morning, according to reports by Yahoo! Sports and ESPN.

The meeting’s intention, according to Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellenger, was for Pac-12 members to sign a grant of rights — thus (temporarily) salvaging the embattled conference’s future.

But an ESPN report later stated “the Pac-12 is unlikely to land the plane this morning and get its media rights deal signed on this call today. Multiple variables at play here, including 11th hour Big Ten push for Oregon and Washington. Everything remains fluid.”

According to Action Network’s Brett McMurphy, the Huskies and Ducks are “still expected to be Big Ten bound when finances are worked out.”

John Canzano reported Friday that all nine Pac-12 presidents/chancellors are present at the meeting, including Arizona president Robert Robbins. Canzano added that the conference is discussing potential expansion as well.


This comes a day after reports surfaced that Big 12 executives had met to approve Arizona’s application to become its 14th member, though that move has yet to be finalized.

Washington and Oregon, meanwhile, have been discussed as expansion options for the Big Ten Conference — though a formal invitation has not followed. The University of Washington Board of Regents held a hastily scheduled “special meeting” at 9 p.m. Thursday that lasted an hour and 35 minutes, as Big Ten rumors swirled.

Pac-12’s future the latest news and commentary​

On Friday morning, ESPN reported that the Ducks “are expected to stay in the Pac-12, barring an eleventh hour change.” It’s unlikely that UW would make such a leap without its Pacific Northwest rival.

Granted, that decision doesn’t solely rest with Washington and Oregon. Yahoo! Sports reported Friday that “pushback from the Big Ten’s powerhouse programs in further expansion, something they have been against,” is also a factor.