Wow Just Wow

I can understand aiming high to move a low-ball number upwards, but who starts at a +67% hike over their first offer?

Apple tv deal was 23 per. Had potential to go up much higher based on subscribers – but let’s be real, barely anyone subscribed to P12 network (another big reason why the Pac died) so don’t see them hitting those numbers.

It doesn’t seem like Arrogance. More like contrivance.

It wasn’t the Pac-12 leadership who’d mixed the idea of adding TCU and Houston. For starters, it wasn’t just those two schools. Tx Tech, Bylr, and Okla St were also being considered. Some Pac-12 presidents/chancellors were in favor, while others were indifferent one way out the other. What prevented the expansion with Big 12 teams was USC, and USC alone. They’d outright vetoed adding anyone, ab’s had done so while they were furtively negotiating their exit to the BigTen.

It was USC who’d screwed us.

From what I read, USC had a lot to do with that. They had one foot out the door and didn’t seem too keen on helping Pac out on way out. Not sure about Hou since they weren’t member of B12 at the time, but multiple B12 teams asked about membership after TX/OK announced their departure. Pac had the chance for the first kill shot – once again due to bad leadership all around (Presidents, GK), they didn’t take it. Thanks USC.

This. Had the Pac-12 accepted the offer, the very same people complaining that they didn’t accept the offer would be complaining that they accepted the offer.

Make no mistake, many errors were made that led to the demise of the Pac-12.

Maybe. But you have to read the room/media landscape too. It’s unclear to me if this deal was before or after B12 signed their deal.

B12, with their brilliant commish/leadership jumped the line and got paid first. They too were criticized for not waiting longer, waiting to see what the Pac got, going to open market, etc. They basically renewed early. And it was a brilliant move. Their commish read the room right – there was finite network money any by getting it first, there wasn’t any meaningful amount left for the Pac. Hence the shift in focus to streaming.

Streaming may work for the SEC/B10, even B12, because they have passionate fans that will watch sports wherever. It was clear P12 could not support their own network.

Basically, B12 worked P12 over like prime Mayweather vs insert whoever.

UW and UO “wanted” unequal revenue shares, but they knew they weren’t going to get it, because if the 4 corners schools didn’t get an equal share, they’d leave for the Big 12, and the Pac-12’s subsequent media deal — if it survived the losses of 4 more schools — would be worth less than what the Huskies and Ducks would have received under an equal revenue sharing model. And that’s to say nothing of the fact that once UW and UO went on record of wanting unequal shares (they were demanding $40M/yr), Stanford and Cal decided they were worth higher shares too. And you can’t have 7 of 10 teams receiving higher shares. The math doesn’t work out that way.