Phase one of Larry Scott’s vision was to increase conference membership. This was completed with the additions of Colorado and Utah in 2011, with further growth still pending. That enacted phase two, which is to promote the new Pac 12 conference by making it easily accessible to a broader audience. That model was laid out on Wednesday, and with it a network was born.

I guess I shouldn’t say it was born, since the new network won’t officially launch until August of 2012. But it is in the early incubation stage, where partnerships were made and agreements sealed. The I’s were dotted and T’s crossed, and we now wait through the period of construction before the fledgling is hatched.

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