Washington State president Kirk Schulz, in a letter to "Cougar Nation" on Monday, said the recent decisions by Washington and Oregon to join the Big Ten "sealed the fate of the Pac-12," noting he was "shocked" on Friday morning when they announced their intent to leave.
Schulz, in his letter to the school community, confirmed that on Aug. 1, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff presented the league's presidents and chancellors with an Apple streaming deal for its television contract that expires after this school year; the approach proposed by Apple was to be a subscription-based model similar to its partnership with Major League Soccer.