Will There Be A Partnership Between The Big 12 and Pac-12?

The SEC and Big Ten are becoming the two big conferences in college football leaving the Big 12 and Pac-12 to fend for themselves. So, will they join forces? According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, you can forget about any partnership between the two leagues. Officials from the Big 12 reportedly told their Pac-12 counterparts on Monday that they do not wish to merge...

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"Because the Big 12 media rights can't be negotiated until 2024, Pac-12 schools have no motivation to join the Big 12," Thamel wrote, citing a Pac-12 source. "The Pac-12 has announced that they're staying together and are in the middle of media rights negotiations."

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(The Spun)