No. The PAC-12 is not finished. At least I don't think it is. But the ten remaining schools find themselves at a crossroads. While traditional cable may be on its way out, ESPN and other services are not going away, there are changes and uncertainty. All this comes as the PAC-12 loses its biggest loses its biggest market to the Big10.
But I believe that one big issue is the gap between wants and reality. I think we have all been there. Get laid off from a well-paying job and then you are forced to take a job with lower pay. To put in in Hollywood terms, you were going to film with Tom Hanks and Jennifer Lawrence. But now they have dropped out for other projects. The financial backers of the film are willing to move forward with Jeremy Renner and Melissa Rauch, but they don't want to front as much cash. The whole project is at danger of falling apart.
It should also be considered that those remaining in the PAC-12 at this time may not be as valuable to other conferences as USC and UCLA were to the Big 10. But it is really had to pick truth from fantasy. However, it appears that the ultimate goal is to pick apart the PAC-12, ACC and Big 12 until there are only two big conferences left. If that happens, is it really conferences who will suffer? Will it be fans? It will probably be the student athletes. Fewer conferences will eventually lead to fewer choices and fewer opportunities, especially for talented young men and women for whom a nearly free college education is a chance they will never otherwise have.
That is why I hope the PAC-12 survives in some form.
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