Pac-12 Faces Legal Battle: Conference In Legal Crosshairs
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00:00 Sports Press Rick Horowitz, another $1.3 trillion business to sports with your Daily Numbers
00:03 game, a court suit that may have some significant implications regarding the Pac-2.
00:08 It's a Pac-12 until such time as they finish this season.
00:13 But in the meantime, Oregon State, Washington State file for declaratory judgment against
00:19 the Pac-12 teams, against the conference, against its commissioner.
00:23 What they want is a clarification of voting rights and a clarification of assets.
00:28 They say they don't wish to punish the schools for leaving because there are legitimate contracts
00:33 that will allow that.
00:34 They just want to know what the assets may be.
00:37 What the play is is twofold.
00:39 One is to give them leverage for overall negotiations because clearly they're not going to play
00:44 each other in a conference championship every year.
00:46 They need some teams around them.
00:48 Second, the Pac-12 brand becomes important.
00:51 Who owns it?
00:52 What can they do with it?
00:54 What happens with teams that might merge in?
00:56 It all depends on what happens in a court of law.