Larry Scott, the Pac-12 commissioner since 2009, is preparing to step away under pressure.
On his watch, the league signed a then-record-setting television deal; added schools; and played sports during the coronavirus pandemic after planning not to compete last fall. But Scott also championed the creation of a television network quickly and widely deemed a white elephant; presided over the league when its teams were repeatedly shut out of the College Football Playoff; and saw his grandest expansion ambitions go unrealized.
The Pac-12’s payouts to its universities have lately been among the lowest in top-tier college sports, and the league announced in January that its university presidents and Scott had “mutually agreed that the commissioner would not seek a new contract.