San Jose Mercury News: What’s next for the devastated Pac-12: Survival scenarios in a world without USC and UCLA

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San Jose Mercury News: What’s next for the devastated Pac-12: Survival scenarios in a world without USC and UCLA

By JON WILNER | San Jose Mercury News

The Pac-12 Conference has existed, in some form or another, for 107 years.

After the thunderous news Thursday that USC and UCLA are becoming members of the Big Ten starting in 2024, the future of the conference is very much in doubt.

What’s next for the shattered Pac-12, which was caught completely off guard by the planned departures of the schools in its largest media market and its most fertile recruiting ground?

Without an anchor in Southern California, the league is a shell of its former self.

Read more at https://www.denverpost.com/2022/06/...al-scenarios-in-a-world-without-usc-and-ucla/

 

[PurplFrawg]

Is it the San Jose Mercury News, or the Denver Post?

 

[TopFrog]

Is it the San Jose Mercury News, or the Denver Post?

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Looks like the author writes for both but I got paywalls on both.

 

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Newspapers are owned by media companies that are owned by hedge funds. In this case both the Denver Post and the San Jose Mercury News are owned by Digital First Media which is owned by Alden Global Capital. The newspapers in a media company share everything: writers, newsrooms, printing, distribution, etc., in order to cut costs. Saw an article about US newspapers yesterday. Article said five newspapers go out of business in the US every day.