At the moment, what options do Oregon and Washington have?
- Sign a short-term GOR with the PAC and get ~$28M-$35M/yr (or thereabouts, maybe more, maybe less, but close enough)
- Ditch the PAC and join the Big 12 and get $31M/yr... but have to sign a GOR
- DON'T sign any GOR and stay in the PAC....but doing so reduces the TV payout to $25M or less
- Go independent and sign your own TV deal... meaning you have to build schedules from scratch (with everyone knowing you're going to a different conference soon so won't be good for it) and probably won't get a huge TV deal (ND currently gets $22M)
Clearly the best option is ... join the B1G. Except that isn't an option. I get why Washington and Oregon wouldn't WANT to sign a GOR. But I don't see what the better option is.