Announcer blasts transferring Oregon State players in long Twitter rant, gets roasted himself
"I believe you would never regret changing your minds and staying."
"I believe you would never regret changing your minds and staying."
"Winner, team player" was an interesting way to go here.
The Pac-12 Networks will lay off over 100 employees, beginning in January.
"The conference never became proactive. And I think that's been a legacy of the Pac-12."
It would cost around $500 to watch all 910 FBS games this season.
"The Pac-12 is committed to delivering unprecedented access and entertainment to our fans throughout our football broadcasts, and to working with our media partners to be on the cutting edge of innovation."
Two former Pac-12 Network executives filed a lawsuit earlier this week in a San Francisco Superior Court for wrongful termination.
The Pac-12 reportedly thought Comcast was underpaying at first.
"Earlier today, the Pac-12 terminated the employment of two senior executives, effective immediately."
The Pac-12 is looking at the harsh reality that airing football games on the Pac-12 Networks no longer makes sense.
The conference was paying $696,000 per month for its San Francisco office, as per John Canzano.
Media executives Burke Magnus and Randy Freer have been mentioned as Pac-12 commissioner possibilitites.
Larry Scott, unsurprisingly, still doesn't get it.
What does this mean for the future of the Pac-12 Network and the conference's TV deals?
"No media company wanted to partner with the Pac-12. ESPN declined. FOX, CBS, even the Discovery Channel declined."
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.
Some changes could be ahead at the Pac-12.
Apple is reportedly only interested in primary rights, not lower digital rights.
Pac-12 cuts include laying off around 12 full-time Pac-12 Networks staffers, implementing a hiring freeze at both the networks and the conference, and reducing the salaries of commissioner Larry Scott and senior staffers by 20 and 10 percent respectively.
“A lot of people behind the scenes believed in the conference’s message four years ago and we’ve watched as the vision for the network has slowly died.”
Plenty of coaches have gone into TV work, but there might be some particular challenges there for Petersen, especially given his history with ESPN.
The Pac-12 Networks' total revenue is expected to drop six percent ($8.1 million) year-over-year in 2019, with net advertising revenue falling 22 percent and digital revenue plummeting 30 percent.