Sources: Colorado board discussing Big 12 relocation

• Pete Thamel, ESPNJul 26, 2023, 05:21 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS– The future of Colorado in the Pac-12 remains in flux, as the school is discussing the future of athletics in a university board of trustees meeting Wednesday relating to “sports operations.”

  The school is mulling a potential transfer to the Big 12, according to sources, and Wednesday’s meeting represents a potential action in the procedure for university authorities to approve a move there, according to sources. Colorado has actually gone over sports in a private session multiple times in current months, however sources suggest the tenor of this meeting is different.When ESPN asked Colorado athletic director Rick George today about a prospective conference choice for the school, he declined comment, although he did express aggravation at the Pac-12’s inability to put together a tv deal, stating he had no meeting set up with the league this week.Editor’s Picks 1 Related”We are where we are,”George informed ESPN.”We have actually simply got to figure it out.”The Huge 12 is also holding

a presidents and chancellors meeting tonight, which sources stated is expected to consist of an upgrade on possible growth. The corresponding conferences project that some clarity on Colorado’s future in the league will appear in the coming days.There would still require to be more steps for Colorado to settle the move, as sources told ESPN that Colorado has not officially applied to sign up with the league.

Public applications to a league are frequently thought about procedures, and on Wednesday afternoon, Colorado scheduled a follow-up”unique board conference”that was expected to be required to formalize any conference move.Colorado officials satisfied in person at a neutral site with Big 12 officials back in May, according to sources. That’s been the most extensive contact any Pac-12 school has had with the Big 12

. The Pac-12 as a group has actually jointly been waiting for a tv number from commissioner George Kliavkoff. A source told ESPN’s Heather Dinich that the Pac-12 presidents have still not existed a media deal, a recurring theme the previous few months. Colorado chancellor Phil DiStefano told The Denver Post recently that he was expecting numbers in a conference prior to the Pac-12’s media day last week. Those never materialized.The possible move marks a return for Colorado to the Huge 12, which it belonged to from 1996 to 2010. Colorado left for the Pac-12 in 2011 and has had no bowl wins and simply two winning football seasons since the relocation. George hustled out of Pac-12 media

day without commenting recently, sustaining suspicions of Colorado’s roaming eye. When asked by ESPN on Tuesday why he wouldn’t express fidelity to the Pac-12 at a time when much of his peers spoke of solidarity, George stated:” It’s simply who I am. When I have something to say, I’ll state it.”A Colorado departure from the Pac-12 would come after the 2023-24 season and accompany the end of the Pac-12 tv offer. That would mean that Colorado would not need to pay any exit cost to the league.ESPN’s Heather Dinich contributed to this report.