Jul. 10—LAS VEGAS — Standing at the dais, Gloria Nevarez smiled at the question.
What do you see as the biggest existential threat to the Mountain West in this changing landscape?
“You know, that changes day-by-day,” Nevarez laughed.
In her two years as commissioner of the Mountain West, Nevarez has been tasked with navigating perhaps the most significant period of conference realignment in history, its aftershocks and an expanded college football playoff all while exploring new revenue streams and distribution models within college athletics — all with another media rights deal looming.
Such is the life of a conference commissioner in 2024.
With that in mind, Nevarez sat down with the Journal at Mountain West Media Days to discuss some of those items and their effects on the Mountain West. Responses have been edited for clarity.
Is it a little surreal to look back on this time last year — when San Diego State’s status within the league was perhaps the main question at media days — only for the Pac-12 to basically dissolve just about a month later?
“It’s a blur, frankly. It seems like a long time ago, because so much else has happened. But yeah, it’s nice because I’ve had a chance to get around the entire footprint. I know a lot more faces — although we have a lot of new faces (now), it’s definitely a lot more familiar this year than last time.”
During your opening address, you said that there’s “mutual interest” in an agreement for another year of the “7+1” (football) scheduling agreement with Oregon State and Washington State — one that you also said would likely be announced before the 2024 season began. Right now, how satisfied are you with the current arrangement between both (remaining Pac-12) schools and the Mountain West?
“Really good. Felt really good about year one, looking forward to playing them….
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Author : Albuquerque Journal, N.M.
Publish date : 2024-07-11 03:01:00
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