University of Arizona president says talk about schools leaving PAC-12 is premature

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University of Arizona President Robby Robbins says until Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff gives the conference's leaders hard numbers on a future media rights deal, any talk about schools leaving the league is premature.

Robbins spoke to a small group of reporters Wednesday, the day before the university hosted a Future of College Athletics Summit not far from Capitol Hill.

Robbins was cautious about providing a timetable for when the Pac-12 schools would be presented a new television contract, saying only he expected to Kilavkoff to deliver a deal "soon."

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A high angle view of the Pac-12 logo on the field at Stanford Stadium during an NCAA Pac-12 college football game between the Stanford Cardinal and the UCLA Bruins on September 26, 2021 in Palo Alto, California.  (Photo by David Madison/Getty Images)

The Pac-12's current deal expires after the 2023-24 school year.

"We have not seen a deal," Robbins said. "If we see a working document that gives us numbers, that’s what we don’t have. Until we have it, nobody can make an informed decision because we will not have been informed."

Robbins called the steady drum beat of speculative media reports that have the Pac-12 on the verge of falling apart "propaganda." He acknowledged that he has spoken with Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark, just not recently.

Yormark has said he would like the Big 12 to expand West and include more schools in the Mountain and Pacific time zones.

"He’s aggressive. He has big plans for the Big 12. I wish him well. All 10 of us are focused on the (media rights) deal," Robbins said.

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