Colorado is in discussions about leaving the Pac-12 for the Massive 12, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellenger and others.
CU’s Board of Regents held a gathering Wednesday discussing a transfer to the Massive-12 and one other “Particular Board Assembly” is scheduled for Thursday, which is anticipated to concentrate on the potential transfer.
“An agenda of Thursday’s assembly posted on the Colorado Board of Regents’ web site lists the beginning time as 3 p.m. MT with the topic as “athletics operation” and the sort as “ACTION” — an indication {that a} formal vote will likely be known as,” Dellenger reported Wednesday afternoon.
A number of non-public classes concerning athletic affairs have been held in current months. Nevertheless, Wednesday’s assembly was considered one of a extra decisive dialogue, and Thursday’s assembly will likely be public (confirmed by Brian Howell of the Boulder Each day Digital camera) signaling {that a} vote to make the transfer might happen.
“We’re the place we’re,” athletic director Rick George instructed ESPN this week. “We have simply obtained to determine it out.”
On the Massive-12’s aspect, the convention’s presidents and chancellors are holding a gathering Wednesday night time that’s anticipated to element an replace on potential enlargement, per ESPN.
So as to finalize the transfer, Colorado would want to use to hitch the Massive-12, which it has not accomplished. CU’s scheduled Wednesday afternoon assembly was held to “formalize” the transfer, per ESPN.
The turnaround comes after the Pac-12’s commissioner, George Kliavkoff, didn’t element a media deal, which the convention has waited on for the previous yr, forward of final week’s convention media day in Las Vegas.
In line with Dellenger, Pac-12 presidents met with Kliavkoff Wednesday to debate the present standing of a media rights deal.
“The Pac-12 board of administrators has met repeatedly all through the method, and has been united of their dedication to at least one one other and to the Pac-12, and this dedication and endurance will likely be rewarded with an announcement within the close to future,” Kliavkoff stated final week. “Getting the precise deal has at all times been extra essential to our board and to the convention than getting the expeditious one.”
The convention commissioner has been assured that his league would stay intact past final yr’s departures of USC and UCLA, and he expressed no concern over different packages leaving the Pac-12.
“Our colleges are dedicated to one another and to the Pac-12,” he stated. “We’ll get our media rights deal accomplished.”
Colorado would depart after the 2023-24 season ought to a call to depart the convention turn out to be finalized, and that coincides with the tip of the present Pac-12 TV deal that means CU wouldn’t should pay an exit price, per ESPN.
The Massive 12’s new media deal is reportedly set to usher in almost $32 million for every college within the convention after leaders in that league negotiated partnerships with Fox and ESPN.
The Buffs final had been a part of the Massive 12 in 2010. 13 years later, it seems CU is headed towards making its return to the convention.
