SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott defended the conference’s spending practices Friday, saying the Pac-12 should be viewed as a media company and should not compared to traditional major conferences.
Scott said there were “a lot of mischaracterizations” in a four-part series published this week in The Oregonian that detailed the culture and spending habits at the Pac-12 headquarters.
“I know we’re challenging to follow because we’re unique as a conference … certainly when it comes to financial results and headcount,” Scott said before the Pac-12 championship game between Washington and Utah. “We’re actually a media company, and the way that all gets reported is all together and that’s very hard to parse.