Hotline mailbag: Merger with the ACC (now or later), the Pac-12’s radio silence, Friday on Amazon

*** Please note: Several topics related to Pac-12 media rights and expansion will be answered separately, in forthcoming articles.the ACC and Pac-12 should mergeAnytime Skipper addresses college sports realignment or media matters, we listen. And the concept of a bicoastal merger has been discussed since the immediate aftermath of USC and UCLA announcing their departures to the Big Ten.

Is there a way to construct a merger that benefits ESPN in both value and duration? Perhaps. The scenario feels too complicated at the moment, but Skipper is, well, Skipper. — after they pluck the premium remaining brands on the two coasts — and a third league of 24-to-26 teams that forms around the Big 12.

Why is the Pac-12 being so tight lipped about everything and allowing the Big 12 to control the media narrative? — @Brandt_AndersonPresumably at commissioner George Kliavkoff’s direction, the Pac-12 has kept the details of its negotiations quiet and refused to respond to media reports suggesting the conference is on the brink of collapse.

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