In an ongoing effort, commissioner George Kliavkoff is attempting to convince Pac-12 presidents and chancellors that investing in football can provide beneficial returns for athletic departments and the campus community….
Jon Wilner
The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday. Send questions to pac12hotline@bayareanewsgroup.com or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline. Due to volume — and in some cases, the need for research —…
As the Pac-12 formulates a strategy for its upcoming media rights negotiations, one component seems clear: Eliminating football night games altogether isn’t realistic — or smart. Instead, the conference is…
More than 2,600 players entered the transfer portal in the 2021-22 recruiting cycle. Many remain there, in limbo and lacking satisfactory scholarship offers. But we have enough clarity — more…
The Hotline’s late-spring assessment of Pac-12 basketball rosters for the 2022-23 season confirmed our suspicion that the conference is positioned to improve on its showing from last season, when only…
*** Third in a series examining the financial state of the Pac-12 and its media strategy … Once again, the Pac-12 is following the Big Ten on a momentous issue….
*** First in a Hotline series examining the financial state of the Pac-12 and its media strategy. Projections updated with official Big 12 revenue for FY22 … The release of federal…
The cyclone that walloped college basketball rosters this spring has lost much of its force, allowing us to peer into the future with reasonable clarity. The NBA Draft deadline has…
If you are Washington, Oregon, USC and UCLA, would you lob a call to the Big Ten or SEC for a “football only” conference? — @dsteven7 This issue has…
The near-term outlook for Pac-12 basketball changed markedly in the final days before the NBA Draft deadline, but not in a one-size-fits-all fashion. Stanford, USC and Oregon received good news…
