Oregon and Washington reportedly leaving Pac-12 for Big Ten
After reports of doom, not doom, and uncertainty, the Pac-12 now seems to have more actual defections.
After reports of doom, not doom, and uncertainty, the Pac-12 now seems to have more actual defections.
Over the last 12-plus hours, the Pac-12 has lurched from "done" to "optimism" to...no one knows.
Could the Pac-12 be heading to Apple on a fully streaming media rights deal?
"Sources indicate that there is very little linear aspect to the deal that will be presented tomorrow."
"They can continue playing football – good for them – but they will no longer be a Power Five conference in my opinion."
"We are focused on concluding our media rights deal and securing our continued success and growth."
Reports emerged on Wednesday that Colorado is eying a potential move back to the Big 12 Conference.
The conference will not, in fact, announce its next media rights deal this Friday at the 2023 Football Media Day.
San Diego State's latest media rights payment is being withheld at least until an upcoming Board of Directors meeting on July 17.
"We'll evaluate things as we move forward."
The school will also pause all “non-essential travel, purchases and professional development,” system president Kirk Schulz announced Monday
"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.'"
A Dennis Dodd report that "it appears ESPN is out as a Pac-12 primary rightsholder" was contradicted by reports from Nicole Auerbach and Ross Dellenger.
"I think in five years we’ll get a much better feel for streaming services."
Two former Pac-12 Network executives filed a lawsuit earlier this week in a San Francisco Superior Court for wrongful termination.
John Ourand reported that there were Pac-12 talks with The CW, but "those talks never got serious."
Jamie Zaninovich served as the Pac-12's COO and Deputy Commissioner for nearly the last decade.
This doesn't seem to be a good development for the conference.
We might not get a resolution on the Pac-12's media rights until the summer.
"This whole streaming thing? That's overplayed."
"I think [the Pac-12 is] in a tough spot."
"There's going to be more realignment."