WSU president: Oregon-Washington/Big Ten move happened to block Pac-12/Apple deal
“I do think if I was Fox and ESPN, I’m not sure I want Apple in the marketplace, frankly."
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Washington State latest school to feel financial squeeze from Pac-12 television debacle
The school will also pause all “non-essential travel, purchases and professional development,” system president Kirk Schulz announced Monday
Washington State president cites media and tech layoffs for delay in announcing Pac-12 TV deal
"At least one of the partners we were talking to said, 'We’re ready to sign today, but the optics of us announcing that we’re laying off X number of people and we signed a multimillion-dollar deal with the Pac-12 are just not the best, so we’re going to have to wait six weeks.'"
Washington State president says Pac-12 Network struggles causing conference to fall behind
"The Pac-12 Network is still not providing the sort of dollars the other schools in the SEC and Big Ten get from their conference networks."
