ELLISON BARBER HAS CONCERNS FROM STUDENT ATHLETES OVER THE MOVE. >> Reporter: SINCE 1916 THE PAC- 12 CONFERENCE HAS INSPIRED FANS AND ATHLETES ALIKE TODAY, IT IS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENT ATHLETES WORRY THAT THEIR DREAMS AND YEARS OF HARD WORK MAY BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE. >> I AM SURPRISED AND DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE OF SO MUCH TRADITION AND PRIDE THAT GOES ALONG WITH BEING A PART OF THE PAC-12. >> Reporter: THIS WEEK FIVE TEAMS INCLUDING OREGON, WASHINGTON AND ARIZONA ANNOUNCE THEIR PLANS TO LEAVE THE CONFERENCE. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL OF PAC-12 TEAMS JUMPING SHIP TO EIGHT THE BIGGEST POWERHOUSE PROGRAMS USC AND UCLA. TEAM STARTED LEAVING AFTER THE PAC-12 FAILED TO SECURE A LUCRATIVE TELEVISION DEAL FOR FOOTBALL GAMES. OTHER CONFERENCES AND SCHOOLS MAKE MILLIONS. >> OVER THE TENURES OF THE DEAL WE ANTICIPATE AVERAGING $50 MILLION JUST FROM -- >> Reporter: THE BIG TEN STANDS 15 STATES FROM COAST TO COAST FOR SOME FANS IT IS WELCOME NEWS. >> IT IS EXCITING AND I THINK WHAT IT WILL DO AT A NATIONAL LEVEL FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT TRANSFERRED FROM THE PAC-12 WILL BE POSITIVE. HOUR FOR OTHERS, THE COLLAPSE OF THE ICONIC PAC-12 IS WORRISOME, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENT ATHLETES WHO DO NOT PLAY FOOTBALL. THE NEWLY ALIGNED CONFERENCES WILL CREATE A TRAVEL NIGHTMARE FOR MOST ATHLETES FORCING THEM TO LOG THOUSANDS OF MILES CRISSCROSSING THE COUNTRY FOR COMPETITION MAKING IT MORE CHALLENGING TO BALANCE SCHOOLWORK AND THE PHYSICAL POLL POLL. >> I DO NOT IMAGINE HOW YOU TRAVEL SIX TO EIGHT HOURS TO GET TO ONE THEN YOU. IT IS SO GRUELING ON THE BODY ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE COMPETING IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. >> Reporter: EVEN BIG NAMES IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL OR WORRIED >> THE NUMBER ONE INDICATOR OF MENTAL HEALTH IS LACK OF REST AND SLEEP. TRAVELING IN THOSE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL GAMES, THOSE PEOPLE TRAVEL COMMERCIAL, THEY GET THEM PLAYING AT 4:00, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE AIRPORT AND THEY COME BACK IT'S 3:00 AND 4:00 IN THE MORNING AND THEN THEY HAVE TO GO TO CLASS. DID WE ASK THEM? >> Reporter: QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN ABOUT THE STATE OF THE PAC-12 AND THE FOUR REMAINING TEAMS. CAL, OREGON STATE, STANFORD AND WASHINGTON STATE. FOR THE TEAMS THAT HAVE LEFT HIM ATHLETES COULD BE PLAYING IN OREGON ONE WEEKEND AND NEW JERSEY THE NEXT. >> ELLISON BARBER JOINS US IN THE STUDIO. I KNOW THIS IS A HUGE DEAL FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE COLLEGE SPORTS AND THOSE ATHLETES, THIS IS THE TALE OF TWO SPORTS. IF YOU ARE A FOOTBALL PLAYER A BASKETBALL PLAYER YOU DO NOT TRAVEL THE SAME WAY AS A SWIMMER OR SOMEONE WHO IS ON THE TENNIS TEAM. >> VERY BIG DIFFERENCE TRAVEL LIFESTYLE AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS WHEN WE SPOKE WITH STUDENT ATHLETES WHO ARE NOT IN THE BIG FOOTBALL PROGRAMS A BASKETBALL PROGRAMS. THOSE TEAMS ARE FLYING TO GAMES ON CHARTER JETS IT IS FASTER AND MORE COMFORTABLE THAN COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS, WE HAVE TO TAKE SOCCER PLAYERS AND TRACK STARS AND THAT ADDS TO THE DIFFICULTY THAT THEY FEEL FOR MAKING THESE VERY LONG COMMUTE . >> DO WE KNOW IF THE NAMES ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE PAC-12 AND THE BIG TEN, WILL THEY CHANGE? >> THE NUMBERS HAVE MADE A CHAOTIC SO SURELY THEY WILL. NO OFFICIAL WORD YET. WHEN WE LOOK AT THE BIG TEN A LOT OF FANS HAVE -- WHY DON'T THEY DROP 10 CALL IT THE BIG CONFERENCE AND CALL IT THE CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE. SOME SAID LET'S CALL IT THE LOSING BIG CONFERENCE. >>> IS THERE ANY TALK ABOUT HOW THIS WILL AFFECT THE SEC? THEY ARE A FOOTBALL POWERHOUSE NOW YOU HAVE OTHER CONFERENCES AND TEAMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> THIS COULD GET ME IN TROUBLE BECAUSE I GREW UP IN A SEC HOUSE AND MARRIED AN OHIO STATE FAN. THERE IS A HOPE THAT THE GAMES WILL BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE AND MORE EXCITING FOR FANS WHEN YOU
