Here is another part of Arizona's gripe:
http://www.azdesertswarm.com/football/2015/10/19/9571185/arizona-wildcats-football-rich-rodriguez-goes-off-on-pac-12-scheduling-student-welfareFrom Rich Rod last year:
"I think it's ridiculous. I understand TV is going to pick the times, and they have the right to do it, and they're paying us all this money so they're able to pick the games. But every road game is a late night, and you're getting back with no open date, so you have to turn around and go back on the road again."
"Don't go on your soapbox and talk about student-athlete welfare and then have these kids get back at five or six in the morning, and then you're going to go back on the road again. If we're in it for that part of it, there's gotta be a better way. At some point, the conference has to have a little bit of ability to step in and say 'Hey, give this team one afternoon road game. Maybe all the rest of 'em are night, but give them one break so they get home at a reasonable hour'. It's silly. It really is. I'm going to complain about it now, and then I won't have to complain about it again, cuz the no open date thing is still disturbing. But the late night road game combined with no open dates is a little bit not being cognizant of what these student-athletes go through. It's not good."
A part of the ire of their new TV contract is all of the late games. There are a lot of 8 PM start times, and the Pac 12 is very geographically dispersed. You wouldn't think that, but think about how long it takes to fly from Phoenix to Seattle.
They'd probably play more 11 AM/2:30 PM/6:00 PM games here. On occasion, they'd play a primetime 7:00 PM game, but depending on the time of year, that will either be 5:00 PM or 6:00 PM AZ time. After the rest of the country hits daylight savings time, AZ gains an hour, so when they play at 8 PM in Seattle, it's 9 PM in Arizona.
Again, very slim chance, but there's been a lot of anger fermenting from them over the last several years.
