Gonzaga leaving West Coast Conference to join Pac-12, source told
@ActionNetworkHQ
. Pac-12 still needs minimum of two football members by 2026, but Gonzaga, even w/out a football team, will receive a full conference revenue share in Pac-12, source said

Or not.

Sources: Contrary to reports, Gonzaga currently has no deal in place to leave the WCC for the Pac-12.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) September 23, 2024

The report stating that Gonzaga is headed to the Pac-12 is not accurate, source close to the discussions tells @NBCSports. Both sides have had/are having serious conversations, but nothing has been agreed upon by the parties at this point.

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) September 23, 2024

They need football schools. Gonzaga brings them nothing there. I am also not sure Gonzaga remains a basketball power after Few.

They had three options: 1) merge with the MWC and avoid buyouts, 2) get commitments from a majority of the MWC (leaving out whomever they want left out) and have them vote to dissolve the MWC or 3) continue the "scheduling agreement" and play your cards close to the vest until the MWC GORs expires.

calumnus said:

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They need football schools. Gonzaga brings them nothing there. I am also not sure Gonzaga remains a basketball power after Few.

They had three options: 1) merge with the MWC and avoid buyouts, 2) get commitments from a majority of the MWC (leaving out whomever they want left out) and have them vote to dissolve the MWC or 3) continue the "scheduling agreement" and play your cards close to the vest until the MWC GORs expires.

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You forgot option 4 which is take just enough teams so that neither conference has enough teams to meet minimums and sue the MWC to get out of the poaching penalty after agreeing to it just a year ago.

ColoradoBear said:

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calumnus said:

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They need football schools. Gonzaga brings them nothing there. I am also not sure Gonzaga remains a basketball power after Few.

They had three options: 1) merge with the MWC and avoid buyouts, 2) get commitments from a majority of the MWC (leaving out whomever they want left out) and have them vote to dissolve the MWC or 3) continue the "scheduling agreement" and play your cards close to the vest until the MWC GORs expires.

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You forgot option 4 which is take just enough teams so that neither conference has enough teams to meet minimums and sue the MWC to get out of the poaching penalty after agreeing to it just a year ago.

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That is the current failing strategy that likely ends up with 2 weak western G6 conferences and a lot of money going to lawyers on lawsuits.

Zags to P12.

parentswerebears said:

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Zags to P12.

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They still need a football school and will probably go after another MWC school.

MWC added UTEP but Texas State turned them down. I bet they go after North Texas, UTSA, Rice or Tulsa next.

I know everything is for $$$. That being said, the whole college football/basketball conference switches, between conference geographical and numerical names that don't make any sense, coupled with the fact there are scenarios in which some conferences have teams that play one sport only, has made this entire series of events for an older sports fan like me completely laughable.

And if that wasn't enough, there are certain teams like Hawaii (I think) that play in one conference for football and another one for basketball. Then there's Notre Dame that is a "half independent."

It's just all so ridiculous and funny.

And don't forget this is all for TV $ and it's more difficult than ever to watch all your favorite team's games.

BC Calfan said:

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And don't forget this is all for TV $ and it's more difficult than ever to watch all your favorite team's games.

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Is it? Seems A LOT easier to me.

Well as a Cal fan, I missed the Davis game because I don't have ESPN+---there were numerous long threads on how difficult it was to get it. Then B10 has the ongoing carriage dispute with Xfinity. Disney has a dispute with Charter which affects a lot of CFB.

BC Calfan said:

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Well as a Cal fan, I missed the Davis game because I don't have ESPN+---there were numerous long threads on how difficult it was to get it.

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You didn't need to pay for ESPN+, you just needed a service that carried ACC Network. Wasn't difficult at all.

sycasey said:

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BC Calfan said:

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Well as a Cal fan, I missed the Davis game because I don't have ESPN+---there were numerous long threads on how difficult it was to get it.

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You didn't need to pay for ESPN+, you just needed a service that carried ACC Network. Wasn't difficult at all.

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It was confusing as hell for some, but not difficult if one used the proper log in.

ColoradoBear said:

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sycasey said:

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BC Calfan said:

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Well as a Cal fan, I missed the Davis game because I don't have ESPN+---there were numerous long threads on how difficult it was to get it.

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You didn't need to pay for ESPN+, you just needed a service that carried ACC Network. Wasn't difficult at all.

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It was confusing as hell for some, but not difficult if one used the proper log in.

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Yup, that's it. Go to the ESPN app and log in with your cable/satellite/streaming TV provider. You can find the games there.

Oh, I thought you were talking about the good old days when ABC had the afternoon game: USC vs ????

Never saw Cal growing up.

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sycasey > Yup, that's it. Go to the ESPN app and log in with your cable/satellite/streaming TV provider. You can find the games there.

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um, what's an app? signed, lifelong mobile-less in cupertino

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> Yup, that's it. Go to the ESPN app and log in with your cable/satellite/streaming TV provider. You can find the games there.

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um, what's an app? signed, lifelong mobile-less in cupertino

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You can also use the ESPN website and do the same.

For those like me who don't like paying the cable company for useless bundles just to get ESPN… try Sling and add the sports package, you'll get every game for a lot less $$ and can cancel during the off season.

82gradDLSdad said:

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Oh, I thought you were talking about the good old days when ABC had the afternoon game: USC vs ????

Never saw Cal growing up.

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Lol

ColoradoBear said:

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sycasey said:

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BC Calfan said:

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Well as a Cal fan, I missed the Davis game because I don't have ESPN+---there were numerous long threads on how difficult it was to get it.

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You didn't need to pay for ESPN+, you just needed a service that carried ACC Network. Wasn't difficult at all.

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It was confusing as hell for some, but not difficult if one used the proper log in.

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It's called "Phone a Friend"
**** the ****ers!