USC has not threatened to leave the PAC12...this is simply an op-ed piece from fan media. The part that does ring true is the PAC 12 has totally screwed up on their approach to TV -scheduling is horrible - I know some of you like night games but I am not a fan and attendance shows most others are not either. The PAC12 network has not worked out the way it was predicted. The TV revenues could be better and there was an opportunity lost by the structure of Network. When a network (Fox or ESPN) runs your conference Network they have a vested interest in success (revenues). If ESPN was running the PAC 12 network we would be on DirectTV.
To me the question is what is the conference doing to fix the problems. Pushing Olympic sports is great, but they don't generate money.
I think the night games and the odd hours might go away if the conference network had had more penetration. Because we dont these odd hours games are the only chance to get games national exposure.
Maybe this goes away in 2022.