Impacts more than basketball obviously but thought I'd share here: https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/pac-12-s-collapse-means-women-s-sports-stanford-18278305.php
" College football has produced just a fraction of the Pac-12's total titles, but it's football that is deciding the future of women's sports and Olympic athletes across the conference, a blow to the rich histories of Stanford and Cal and their current athletes with the conference's collapse.
Stanford and Cal boast some of the best women's sports teams in the country. Stanford has won the most national championships of any NCAA school with 134. Without a media rights deal to help finance either school's programs, and the likelihood of a large revenue hit by going into a lower conference or independent, those sports at Stanford and Cal could be in danger..."
" College football has produced just a fraction of the Pac-12's total titles, but it's football that is deciding the future of women's sports and Olympic athletes across the conference, a blow to the rich histories of Stanford and Cal and their current athletes with the conference's collapse.
Stanford and Cal boast some of the best women's sports teams in the country. Stanford has won the most national championships of any NCAA school with 134. Without a media rights deal to help finance either school's programs, and the likelihood of a large revenue hit by going into a lower conference or independent, those sports at Stanford and Cal could be in danger..."