what's more interesting is that some are interpreting this as a puff of white smoke indicating that the member schools are ready to reach a settlement on the breakup of the Pac-12.
Pac-12 Conference is a multi-state corp headquartered in Cali, so the ruling last week by Judge Cowbell of Cornpone County in WA state court is far from the final word (despite Huckleberry Oram wetting his Depends in a contemporaneous column).
most likely outcome is a settlement whereby Wazzu and OS are compensated something along the lines of the reported $23 mill per year of the declined Apple broadcast proposal for one or two years. and then the ten departing schools get their remaining shares of the money. the notion that Wazzu & Beavis could somehow grab the whole $$ pot is too far-fetched.
everything is secretive, behind-closed-doors, and there are lawyers around every corner. but it doesn't seem likely that UW & WSU would sked five years's worth of Apple Cups unless a satisfactory resolution of the P-12 breakup is within reach.