Editing Pac-12 Conference (section)

====Oregon State and Washington State lawsuit====
On September 8, 2023, Oregon State and Washington State filed a lawsuit against the Pac-12 and Commissioner [[George Kliavkoff]] in [[Washington state court system#Superior Court|Washington State Superior Court]] for control of the conference and its assets. They contended that the departing schools, under the conference constitution, forfeited their right to participate in governing the conference by publicly declaring their intention to leave, and that if they retain control they might use it to dissolve the league and drain its millions of dollars in assets.<ref name="OSU WSU lawsuit">{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/conference-realignment-pac12-court-order-a23404ef843d20e921956e571b4426e1 |title=
OSU, WSU ask court to prevent departing Pac-12 schools from standing in way of rebuilding conference |last=Russo |first=Ralph |date=September 8, 2023 |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=November 9, 2023 }}</ref> On November 14, 2023, Judge Gary Libey of the [[Whitman County, Washington]], Superior Court ruled in favor of the two schools.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[The Athletic]] |author=Nicole Auerbach and Stewart Mandel |url=https://theathletic.com/5064577/2023/11/14/oregon-state-wazzu-pac-12-board-injunction/ |title=Oregon State, Washington State granted preliminary injunction, gain sole control of Pac-12 |date=November 14, 2023 |access-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref> The [[University of Washington]] (UW) filed an emergency motion to keep the two schools from gaining full control of the conference for the 2023–24 academic year; a Washington Supreme Court commissioner granted UW's motion on November 28, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |website=The Athletic |last=Auerbach |first=Nicole |url=https://theathletic.com/5096718/2023/11/28/pac-12-control-lawsuit-washington-state-oregon-state/ |title=Washington wins motion to keep Washington State, Oregon State from sole control of Pac-12 |date=November 28, 2023 |access-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref> However, this was overturned on December 15, 2023, by the [[Washington State Supreme Court]], giving Oregon State and Washington State sole control of the Pac-12, meaning the departing schools will no longer be able to vote on conference decisions.<ref>{{cite web |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |last=Stumbaugh |first=Julia |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10101320-oregon-state-wsu-in-control-of-pac-12-after-court-denies-request-to-review-lawsuit |title=Oregon State, WSU in control of Pac-12 After Court Denies Request to Review Lawsuit |date=December 15, 2023 |access-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref>