Mailbag: Would unequal rev shares have saved the Pac-12(?), Big Ten ponders private capital, Riley’s future, OSU’s missteps and more

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Did the non-Los Angeles schools in the Pac-12 ever ask USC and UCLA how things were going? Should the Trojans and Bruins have received greater revenue distributions than the others? — Steve L

This topic is rich enough to fill several chapters in a book on the Pac-12’s demise, but real-time context is essential, so let’s begin there.

Unequal revenue sharing is here to stay, with the ACC as the first Power Four conferences to adopt the policy.

Last spring, in response to the lawsuits filed by Clemson and Florida State — as a means of mollifyin