The Pac-12 expects to strike a new media rights deal in the “very near future” and remains “united” to one another, the presidents of the 10 remaining members announced in a joint statement on Monday.
The statement, clearly meant to show strength at an unstable time, comes as the conference’s television deal and league makeup hangs in doubt. The Pac-12, already losing UCLA and USC to the Big Ten starting in 2024, is entering its fifth month of negotiations for a new TV deal without a resolution, and its members continue to be a target of an aggressive Big 12 conference that is seriously exploring expansion.
“The 10 Pac-12 universities look forward to consummating successful media rights deal(s) in the very near future,” the statement says. “Based upon positive conversations with multiple potential media rights partners over the past weeks, we remain highly confident in our future growth and success as a conference and united in our commitment to one another.”
