Josh Neighbors shares some thoughts on the latest news from the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand. He discusses the report that the Pac-12 & ESPN are ‘not close’ to a deal.
“The PAC-12 could turn back to ESPN/ABC, but the deal that was once on the table — the same $31 million per year per team that the Big 12 got — is no longer there. If the Pac-12 returns to ESPN, it will likely mean it is willing to take less money in exchange for exposure. At this point, a deal with ESPN is not close,” – per Marchand in the NY Post.
Josh talks about what the Pac-12 Presidents had to say last & why it now seems that the Pac overplayed their hand.
Pac-12 & ESPN Are ‘Not Close’ To A Deal Per Report: Did The Pac Overplay Their Hand Last Week?
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We have heard from the presidents of Utah, AZ, AZ St., WA St., OR St. publicly. Any thoughts on WHY no one has heard from OR, WA, Stanford or Cal publicly as well? I mean not a peep! Thoughts?🤔 Just the fact that the PAC-10 Presidents could get a bigger TV WITHOUT the LA schools is staggering🤨! I would love to know how that thought process evolved. 🤭
Lol PAC 12
You all aren't going to be satisfied until the Patriot League is the only conference willing to schedule you.
You guys are almost completely misreading the Arizona President. He is creating a rip cord to exit the Pac-12 unless Kliavkoff pulls off a miracle. Those presidents out there talking WAS NOT a good thing because none of them denied talking to the Big 12. It doesn't show unity it shows desperation.
Bro I can't even take you seriously while you're chugging ice tea. Wtf buy a straw
Hey Josh, it's really starting to seem like they are just stalling for time. We need to find out a way to pick off two schools and then put a time frame offer to the rest that we want. We can't let the PAC control the negotiation. We don't want the schools who can't commit within a reasonable time frame.
Did Josh out himself as a liberal 😳
ESPN owns the SEC and Fox and Friends owns the B1G and they are guiding CFB into a direction where their conferences are D1.
I agree! I think Az is gonna jump first to the big 12
The PeeWee 12 is unified in running for the exits.
A data rights deal sounds somewhat odd, as basic data is not copyrightable, so needs to be sufficiently difficult to collect, valuable real time, or process that individual people/organizations could not do on their own. Though there also can be efficiencies by one organization collecting it and selling it to multiple interested parties, or limits placed on what sort of equipment can be brought into stadiums/arenas to collect data.
Being progressive doesn't make one a soothsayer. Most of the time, they're just blind and tone deaf to reality.
The reason is that the Big12 Commission and Endeavor is giving a lot better message than the Pac12
Hence the need for Pac12 presidents to talk more than they should
I think what could be done is a combo deal where ESPN could pay $ 16 million per team and Apple pay $ 16 million per team. Where each School will get $ 32 million . PAC 12 must get aggressive and bring in San Diego St., Fresno State, Utah St. Boise State,
I'm starting to believe that GK has no intention of presenting an unacceptable deal. He knows everyone wants to stay together so he will not present anything, and the conference stays together until Oregon and Washington leave. The question is, how long can he pull this off? Will the light ever go on in the heads of the school presidents???
Mediocre academic conference in mediocre towns are still overselling themselves
Noze
Cal alum turned Tech grad. I knew there is something to like about you. Totally resonate with your Bay Area apathy remarks. They need miracles in both football and basketball on many levels.
Time is of the essence. The country is heading toward a possible recession which affects everyone. If any PAC teams decide to leap to Big XII they need to consider it very quickly so Commissioner Yormark can get an opportunity to approach all media partners to get them to equal revenue shares. As of now, the only guaranteed revenue share is the ESPN $24 million per P5 school. The economy is getting worse, not better, so it the time is at hand for Colorado and Arizona to jump.
Josh, can you please do a show or segment on B12 expansion finance. For example, I have a question about B12 expansion money. Who owns the new 4 schools' media rights until the 2025 media rights extension kicks in? When it was announced that they would be getting $18M, it sounded like that would be taken 100% from the remaining schools. Does that mean the networks get their rights for free? This is also important as the B12 considers additional expansion. If they add 2-4 schools in 2024, would the rest of the conference need to pay them until the 2025 contract kicks in? Thanks.