"We don't take positions on public referendums, so we're not a part of it and we made no commitments." Potential Sportsbook, sports betting partnership in the District, elsewhere "As far as I know, we're not on any of the committees and on any of the structures," Crow said. READ MORE: Mullett Arena era begins as Coyotes eye new development in Tempe That's not in our wheelhouse," Crow said. They wanted us to become involved in the pursuit of this bigger project. "We worked with the Coyotes on the use of Mullett Arena. In May, voters in the city of Tempe will vote on Propositions 301, 302 and 303 regarding a 46-acre development project that will include a new stadium for the Arizona Coyotes, a Sportsbook and housing, among other things. We are committed to the Pac-12." ASU's involvement in and conversations about Tempe Entertainment District "I mean, there's been discussions between everyone everywhere on all things related to where our conference is going and where stuff's going to end up and what's happening. "There have been no discussions with the Big 12 conference on moving," Crow said. We're in the final stages of that process." Discussions about ASU moving to the Big 12ĬBS Sports reported last week the Big 12 "renewed contact" with ASU, Arizona, Colorado and Utah and that the four schools' interest in leaving for the Big 12 has "picked up in recent weeks." But, we have fabulous sports teams and the remaining teams, we're going to get a good offer. The media rights became more complicated also, as things always do because markets go like this. "I think that the Pac-12 media rights became more complicated with the departure of USC and UCLA. "We're close to knowing where we're going to be, and I think we're close to a deal," Crow said. Last summer, USC and UCLA agreed to leave the Pac-12 for the Big 10, which was a financial blow to the Pac-12 because the schools were two of the more lucrative ones in the conference. The money is generally distributed evenly to conference schools. ASU makes a significant amount of money on its sports by being part of a conference that sells packaged media rights to media companies like ESPN and FOX. For the past nine months, the Pac-12 has been engaged in negotiations regarding a new media rights agreement for Pac-12 sports.
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