The move of UCLA and USC to the Big Ten leaves the Pac-12 Conference's future in doubt and many aren't happy.
. He thought that had to be a mistake.
That does indeed appear to be the case with the move, effective in 2024, by the Los Angeles schools effective in 2024. The two schools will get a bigger portion of a media rights pie, which is a sore spot for the Pac-12 where the deal pales in comparison to the other major conferences. "I played in this conference, coached in it for 30 years, so this is really a gut punch," Turner Thorne said."I still don't quite get it. Yes, the move is all about money, but there are so many factors like travel and time missed from school for games. We used to talk about the interest of the student-athletes. But that really doesn't seem to matter as much anymore.
There has been a lot of speculation as to what happens now with the Pac-12. Does it proceed as a 10-team conference, add schools, or merge with another conference such as the Big-12? "You do the math and it's probably the only option," he said."You're looking at the Pac-12 schools getting maybe 30 million and then other conferences are getting twice that, even more if UCLA and USC end up getting what it looks like they're going to be getting. It makes it very difficult to compete. It's not an even playing field."
The marquee event of that partnership would be a showdown between the football champions of the two conferences, most likely at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which already serves as host for the Pac-12 title game as well as theThe partnership would likely involve crossover games early in the season in football and men's basketball.
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