Memphis AD Ed Scott responds to tweet about Tigers and the Pac-12
Memphis athletic director Ed Scott speaks at a June 28, 2024 press conference. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
It’s been more than eight months since the University of Memphis publicly announced in late September that it would remain in the American Athletic Conference instead of jumping to the new-look Pac-12.
Memphis athletic director Ed Scott even held a press conference days later, confirming that the Tigers did indeed consider an offer from the Pac-12 but ultimately decided to stay put in the AAC because of what he deemed to be less-than-ideal financial terms associated with the deal, uncertainty surrounding the Pac-12’s non-existent media rights deal and other factors.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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