Despite campus shutdowns and a conference office rendered vacant by shelter-in-place regulations, Pac-12 administrators are engaged in regular discussions about several key issues facing college athletics.
The list includes the status of NCAA Tournament distributions, likely changes to transfer rules and the looming legislation on name, image and likeness — momentous stuff, for sure.
But a subset of those officials convenes daily about a topic no one could have ever guessed would need addressing:
The restart of the college football machinery generally and spring practice specifically.
“The focus now, and rightfully so,” a conference source said, “is on the issues staring us directly in the face.