Jon Wilner's Pac-12 Hotline is brought to The Seattle Times through a partnership with the Bay Area News Group. Wilner has been covering college athletics for decades and is a voter in the basketball and football AP polls, as well as the Heisman trophy. He shares his expert analysis and opinions on the conference for the Pac-12 Hotline.
Pac-12 leadership is gathering in Scottsdale this week for the conference’s annual spring meetings, the only time all year that athletic directors, football coaches and conference executives are together.
The agenda is meaty, but the most pressing issue of all won’t get resolved: The Pac-12’s attempt to secure an equity partner willing to purchase a stake in the conference’s media rights in exchange for $750 million in cash.