Hereās the thing. If the PAC can get a contract that allows them a reasonable financial stability. I can see them staying pat and not even adding SDSU IF there is no value add in adding them financially.
Becauseā¦
The most important thing in the future is going to be playoff access. The remaining PAC schools will have much better access to the playoff than UCLA and USC.
Same thing with Texas and OK.
They may have jumped at just the wrong time.
Reminded that AAC requires a 27 month notice plus a $10 million exit fee, though Aresco has shown heās willing to negotiate.
If the PAC gets a deal that they are comfortable with to sign a GOR donāt be shocked if they donāt just stand pat and not dilute the money.
Lots of the PAC are a snooty bunch.
https://twitter.com/GSwaim/status/1676709269624823809
https://twitter.com/GSwaim/status/1676756535563673601
Depends on how much you trust Greg Swaim I guessā¦
Nothing new - just another messenger:
https://twitter.com/Spencer_Linton/status/1674469366329638912
https://www.si.com/college/2023/07/05/big-12-commissioner-two-additions-replace-oklahoma-texas-2024
UNLV and Boise are never getting a Pac 12 invite as long as Cal, Stanford, Washington, Oregon and Colorado are in the league.
Never going to happen.
Vegas is turning into a sports mecca, did you see those rendering of the Aās stadium on the strip? Wow.
You are 100% correct about that.
Unfortunately for UNLV teams can come there and play easily and have huge traveling parties of fans.
UNLV is not required.
Now that being said. I would not be opposed at all to UNLV joining our conference. Bring them in and letās make Vegas our permanent tourney and championship home.
I just donāt think the PAC schools (as currently constituted) will hold their nose and invite them or Boise. They arenāt high enough on the academic ladder.
Hell I think SDSU would be a great add for the PAC but Iām almost at the point Iāll believe a CU school is in the same conference with Cal when I actually see it.
FWIW, there already is another UC school in the Pac-12 with UC Berkeley. Of course, that changes next year. Agree that Boise State and UNLV donāt fit the academic profile of the conference. Was just looking at an academic ranking of the 23 campus Cal State U system and Cal Poly SLO actually placed first ahead of San Diego State.
I donāt think the college presidents give a crap about affiliate memberships.
Those get no press and no attention.
Itās the full membership where they will turn their noses up to the CU schools and others they see as not being āgood fitsā.
I think the entire thing about āacademic fitā is a big load of horse manure.
So CU schools are ok to be affiliate members in some sports but not ok for full membership?
Why isnāt that a problem?
Literally no one gives a crap about that when their thinking about the actual games, watching the games, etc.
Itās all just so much pretentious posturing.
Not up to speed on the majority of affiliate memberships, so not familiar with those as pertaining to the Pac-12. Anyway, most are borne out of necessity, such as when C-USA menās soccer included Kentucky and South Carolina because the SEC doesnāt sponsor that particular sport.
And I agree, definitely a lot of posturing going on.
clt says the presidents and chancellors care about being with academic peers.
your average fan doesnāt know or care about academics
Yormark had some things to say at the Big 12 media days:
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1679190812834267161
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1679186086336274433
https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/status/1679184497395236864
That signals the Big 12 might not expand. The question now is if the PAC 12 adds SDSU and SMU?