After months of posturing, procrastinating, and professing patience that a Pac-12 media rights deal is right around the corner, Arizona president Robert C. Robbins may soon have to make a decision he’s purposefully put off until now.
Passively wait for the Pac-12 to deliver the numbers of its just-over-the-horizon media deal or bolt for the Big 12, leaving the remaining eight members of the Pac to fight for their place in the fast-changing hierarchy of college athletics?
A spot in the Big 12 would ensure Arizona receives upwards of $31 million a year in annual media revenue, which is how much the Big 12 will reportedly pay new member Colorado.