Big 12, Pac-12 partnership talks break down, per ESPN
"Because the Big 12 media rights can't be negotiated until 2024, Pac-12 schools have no motivation to join the Big 12."
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Are we approaching the end of the road for the Pac-12 Networks as we know them?
The Pac-12 is looking at the harsh reality that airing football games on the Pac-12 Networks no longer makes sense.
Pac-12 shift from San Francisco office to work-from-home projected to save each member university $7 million over the next decade
The conference was paying $696,000 per month for its San Francisco office, as per John Canzano.
The three-year timeslot viewership high for Washington State-Oregon adds to criticism of ESPN’s production truck there
Washington State-Oregon drew the highest viewership for a 10:30 p.m. ET start on any network in three years. So why did ESPN send a subpar "E" production truck there, and provide the world with an opportunity to complain about the picture quality?
USC-Cal game postponed over Bears’ positive COVID tests, the first FBS game so affected this season
This postponement has several Cal players upset. The game has now reportedly been rescheduled for Dec. 4.
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel gets naming rights to LA Bowl, to be played Dec. 18
"Never before has a bowl game been named after a human being. And Papa John doesn't count. He's barely human."
2020 Pac-12 season will kickoff with Arizona State vs. USC at 9:00 a.m. local time
You’ve heard people talk about “Pac-12 After Dark,” but are you ready for “Pac-12 Just After Dawn?” The...
Twitter again got the NCAA football schedule wrong, citing Arizona State and Minnesota games (both not happening) as “live”
The Big Ten, Pac-12 and Big Sky are all currently not planning to play football until 2021, but Twitter's events approach missed that information.
The Pac-12’s biggest issue is a lack of recent football success, and that’s hard to fix with a consultant or a commissioner
While the Pac-12's move to look at bringing in an external consultant feels logical and may fix some of the conference's issues, its biggest problem is its football struggles. And those can't be fixed by the central league office.
Pac-12 CEOs may hire a consultant reporting to them, not Larry Scott, and that could lead to a structural overhaul
Some changes could be ahead at the Pac-12.
Pac-12 examines conference-wide loan for athletic departments, through The Raine Group, which led their private equity proposal
A loan against future media rights might make some sense for some Pac-12 members, but there are some questions remaining here.
Pac-12 eyes mid-September start for football, 10 games per team, several possible conference championship game dates
Under this proposed schedule, the Pac-12 conference championship game could be held Dec. 4, or on either of the following two weekends.
Pac-12 Networks’ Mark Shuken says Apple may bid for primary rights, tech firms “told us they want to be in this space”
Apple is reportedly only interested in primary rights, not lower digital rights.
