The easist way for Disney (ESPN) to gain all rights to the best brands in both XII & PAC (under 1 conference banner) by 2025..?
It takes 9 schools to dissolve PAC as a league (GoR´s expire in 2024), likewise it takes 8 XII teams to have a landing spot also...
History already has shown in past, USC & Texas, leaving members behind to form or join new membership, as in 1959 & 1995...
*Washington/ *Oregon/ *California/ *USC/ *UCLA/ *Arizona/ Arizona State/ *Utah/ *Colorado, are the needed 9 votes to disband... *(AAU brands)
*Iowa State/ *Kansas/ Oklahoma/ Oklahoma State/ *Texas/ Texas Tech/ TCU, total 7 votes (WVU to ACC gives 8), for no legal issues... (AAU brands)
Now, could Baylor (or more logically, Stanford) remain in the group of 16 brands that host athletic events for a PXC (or B16), & 2 others are left out, yes...
But most posters seem to have a favoring of Baylor as a brand left out, could Baylor find an invite to SEC (along with 1 other brand), possible, not likely...
Anyhow, this shows a ¨rough blueprint¨ of what Disney may look to seek in having Texas/ Oklahoma/ Kansas/ USC/ Oregon /Wahington, in one league...
The same has already been done with ESPN partner league ACC, in raiding BigEast of best brands, back in the early 2000/ early 2010 era, & form ACCN...
So we shall see how this all shakes out, but Disney could place PAC brands within XII & keep both league best brands, or parse XII into SEC, interesting...