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CU has rejoined the Big 12 and broken college football - talking out asses continues
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Not that I’ve heard, I just don’t know why they would allow ESPN to take it. It’s still live sports which is the most valuable TV inventory there is.
I was under the impression that there's a bit of a gentleman's agreement to leave the Friday slot largely alone to give HS football its space.
Nebraska is a mistake.
But if the Pac agreed to a regular cadence of Thursday and Friday night games throughout the season wouldn't that increase their value to ESPN? I would think it would
241Volcanos
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There’s was also a gentlemen’s agreement between Big10 and pac10.
I can't imagine Fox and ESPN give any ****s about HS football at this point, and it appears they are pulling the strings, not the conferences or schools
Only if there is another bidder on that inventory, otherwise ESPN would just be bidding against itself
That hasn't stopped them before, there's already plenty of Friday night college games being played
If CU is not going to be a part of the Big10 (lol) they need to go to Big12 asap.
PAC is dead conference walking, B10 is not done with expansion.
IF you want hope fast forward to around 29.30 in. It's all about the trash can and Colorado is on it on the top left corner.
So we have a chance. lol
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Right, but if the Pac agrees to make concessions in the form of regular Thursday and Friday night games then maybe espn would be willing to pay more
BerkeleyBuff
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Again, not unless there's another bidder.
"We won't play Thursday games unless you pay us more."
"Oh, you have other offers from someone willing to pay you more while making you play on Thursday?"
"... No...."
"Ah. Well then."
Why? What other options does the Pac have? ESPN getting shut out of the B1G deal was good news for the Pac10, but only if there is competition for the Pac10 rights. The Pac10 comes to ESPN and says, we'll give you our tier 1 rights for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, but we want $500m/year. ESPN says, we'll take those tier one rights and the evening inventory, but we're only giving you $350m for it. What does the Pac10 say in response? We'll take our proposition to FOX, CBS, and NBC? Nope. Turner? Apple? Only if they're interested.
All I keep hearing is “this is a business” and we’ve dropped everything that made it uniquely “college”, so…… why not double down and fully sell out.
Add 8 teams and partner with Pornhub to make “PACHub18+“ and use a hot chick voice drop saying “After Dark”
Relocate offices to Vegas and partner with casinos. The ultimate home of late night entertainment
Our distribution would be unmatched. Built on a platform already designed for men to hide from their wives in the bathroom while “taking a shower”
Add 8 teams and partner with Pornhub to make “PACHub18+“ and use a hot chick voice drop saying “After Dark”
Relocate offices to Vegas and partner with casinos. The ultimate home of late night entertainment
Our distribution would be unmatched. Built on a platform already designed for men to hide from their wives in the bathroom while “taking a shower”
There's leverage because ESPN has a profit motive to have that content on its networks in those time slots. Without other bidders to drive the price up, they won't be pushed to their absolute highest number but that doesn't mean they can't be pushed to a very strong offer.
Ouch...each P12-2 school could lose $13M per year after USC & UCLA leaves the conference.
www.espn.com
Hope RG didn't lose the new Big 12 commissioner's number somewhere.
USC, UCLA exits could cost Pac-12 schools $13M
The departures of Southern California and UCLA from the Pac-12 Conference could mean an estimated loss of around $13 million per year in media rights for each of the remaining schools, according to an interim report issued by University of...
Hope RG didn't lose the new Big 12 commissioner's number somewhere.
BIG is playing Risk while we’re chewing on tiddlywinks in the corner
there is at least a chance we will see some more movement that helps us soon--- ucla is not going to be forced back into the pac-- i think it is a ****ing wet dream and that a bunch of regent-bureaucrats just want to posture. cal is DOA. wsu and osu are DOA.
i don't think we need to jump to the b12 right now. their GoR expires a year after ours. stay flexible and play it out a bit. i think when the smoke clears the big and the sec are going to be larger conferences and we might make the cut. espn does in fact need inventory and that will get something done in the short term.
the biggest obstacle to CU landing alright is CU. have to show some life on the field.
i don't think we need to jump to the b12 right now. their GoR expires a year after ours. stay flexible and play it out a bit. i think when the smoke clears the big and the sec are going to be larger conferences and we might make the cut. espn does in fact need inventory and that will get something done in the short term.
the biggest obstacle to CU landing alright is CU. have to show some life on the field.
I am not saying it is the sole reason, but damn if that song playing before Buffs games would not be a great reason to join the B1G.
darth-horax
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We should have gone to the PAC 12 when we were first invited after winning hte National Championship.
We left at the wrong time....at the lowest point in our existence, but we needed hte money to help build up to be able to compete.
Now it's time to choose a path:
1) stay in hte PAC and hope to get better and hope that they get better TV rights
or
2) go back to the BIG 12 (a growing, competitive conference that just lost their tv money sucker in TX) and get out before hte entire situatoin gets worse
Personally, I hope we go back to the Big 12.
The PAC is like everything else in California....total crap and killing themselves iwth stupidity.
We left at the wrong time....at the lowest point in our existence, but we needed hte money to help build up to be able to compete.
Now it's time to choose a path:
1) stay in hte PAC and hope to get better and hope that they get better TV rights
or
2) go back to the BIG 12 (a growing, competitive conference that just lost their tv money sucker in TX) and get out before hte entire situatoin gets worse
Personally, I hope we go back to the Big 12.
The PAC is like everything else in California....total crap and killing themselves iwth stupidity.
iWillDuYu
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What do you mean we needed to leave to. make more money? We've always made less here than we would have if we stayed in the B12. there was the HOPE that the PACN would allow us to make more, but ... well ... we know how that venture has gone.
darth-horax
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Texas was taking the lions share of all TV revenue in the Big 12.
we left because we were 'supposed' to make more iwth the TV profit sharing as well as get a better inroads to california recruiting.
Niether actually happened
IQ test = fail. i am noticing an interesting break among the few fans we have left... fear and loathing of california for opinions not based on reason, facts, truth, or reality is actually a prime indicator.
split time between both actually. love them. your view doesn't reflect reality. unlesss you hate prosperity, progress, and education--- then maybe hating california is best for you.
WWCD
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Agree, Califnoria is the place for me. I can't get enough of stepping on used heroin needles, human faces, and tent cities.
THIS !!
PAC is dead. Their last advantage (PAC 12 After Dark) could be taken away with the loss of Oregon, Washington and Stanford..
ESPN gets in on Big 10 late slot game and it's curtains for the 8 or 9 surviving schools.
THIS right here is a very important tweet and situation to closely monitor.
My question is IF those three schools leave would their be a 4th ? Three seems uneven,
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ESPN. 830 slot on Th/F/S
If you can’t trust a guy living in North Dakota who sells fake vaginas to have his finger on the pulse of California, who can you trust?
I’ve been to both in the last 30 days - the rumors of California’s decline to 2nd world status is greatly exaggerated.