Canzano: Pac-12 in no hurry as Las Vegas looms

"The room just shifted" said one member of CEO Group.

Resorts World will host the Pac-12 Media Day next week.

In mid-June, a member of the Pac-12 Conference CEO Group told me something that I haven’t stopped thinking about.

“Finally feeling no time pressure,” the source said at the time.

The Pac-12 had been engaged for months in its media-rights negotiation. The conference had taken a public beating from outsiders who claimed it was surely left for dead. But internally, the mood was suddenly pressure-free?

What happened exactly?

One member of the CEO Group told me on Tuesday: “The room just shifted.”