Timing of Pac-12 return to football legally auspicious

Sportico: Five weeks after suspending its fall season, the Pac-12, the last holdout among the Power 5 conferences to greenlight fall football, reversed course on Thursday and announced the restart of games with an abbreviated fall season that will commence Nov. 7.

It appears that West Coast political leaders heard the increasingly loud calls for the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten, which, under intense legal and political pressure, reversed its own postponement decision on Sept. 16 and restarted football.

Cooperation From State Officials and Limited Liability Exposure Enable Pac-12 Return

Pac-12 football returns with help of state governments. Return also helps other Power Five conferences argue return to play is reasonable.

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