definitely appropriate for the board and all my original post intended to confer was that these articles need to be viewed with a healthy dose of inquiry into source, motive and what they factually say versus possibly speculate with bias. As far as your question, the closer they get to 2024 the worse their prospects get. Right now, I would give them a 6 trending down as time passes. It was always going to be tough losing USC and UCLA. Their negotiations are made tougher by Yormark's effective PR BS campaign being spun by his media buddies. They say they have a deal but, NOBODY has gone on record with specifics and that allows Yormark to "sell" wavering PAC 12 schools on a better deal in the Big 12. The PAC 12 is in a tough position because the idiot Larry Scott thought he could play hardball with ESPN and others, the useless PAC12 Presidents and ADs went along and now ESPN and others are telling them those former offers are not available anymore with USC and UCLA gone and they are choking on the new numbers.