Ol Stewart is losing credibility here each passing day, and if no deal equal to the B12 is reached, it will dog him for years to come.
Realignment Megathread (All The Moves)
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Ol Stewart is losing credibility here each passing day, and if no deal equal to the B12 is reached, it will dog him for years to come.
Add this to the wall with their other smokescreens: “a deal is on the way”, “we have the framework of a deal”, “Our presidents have agreed to media rights distribution”.
Source: New Pac-12 rights deal in 'near future'
The Pac-12 will not announce a new media rights deal Friday, a source told ESPN, but the conference's patience "is about to pay off" in the "near future."www.espn.com
I totally understand why Colorado and Arizona don't want to jump before they have all the info. It would look really bad to move and then find out you'd have had a similar deal if you'd stayed but how much longer can you wait?
If you're moving, you've now got less than a year for the transition. It's just a mess.
If you're moving, you've now got less than a year for the transition. It's just a mess.
Seems about right. That’s about the length of time I’d spend watching PAC football each week.
Meh, **** CU. They had no problem scurrying like little rats the last time they were in this situation. I didn't think things would turn out well that round, but imo, this looks just as bad, if not worse for the PAC. Let em ******* rot. You can still go on your trip to Colorado without ISU playing a game there.
The PAC really had no choice but to take the bad PR hit that comes with not having a deal to announce. If they don't, the lack of a deal is the only topic at media days. Even now, it's going to loom over everything else. But at least they've addressed the question with a little lead time to permit some other story lines to emerge. Not getting a deal done by media days is a huge missed opportunity for the Kliakoff, however. But it really isn't in his hands at this point. Every media partner has called his bluff.
initially, i was on the "let them eat (****) cake" but at this point i think it would benefit ISU/B12.
From a business perspective, I don’t know what else the PAC can say other than what they are saying.
From a deal standpoint, I think it’s Apple, CW and ESPN. Apple is taking over PAC 12 network and that is the biggest hold up. Considering no one could find the pac 12 network I’m guessing the only real value to Apple is property and assets which probably takes a lot of eyes on both sides to determine the value.
From a deal standpoint, I think it’s Apple, CW and ESPN. Apple is taking over PAC 12 network and that is the biggest hold up. Considering no one could find the pac 12 network I’m guessing the only real value to Apple is property and assets which probably takes a lot of eyes on both sides to determine the value.
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The irony would be glorious considering how much the Pac 12 refers to the Big 12 as the “truck stop conference”.
I'm sure the presidents are being fed information. But, what would be foolish is to not to have it notarized in some fashion or another. That way if they're slow played they have legal recourse.
The rumor I'm hearing is the Pac 12 has a super hot new girlfriend....who goes to a different school....in Canada....so you wouldn't know her.
The classic timeline that doesn’t include time or deadlines.Source: New Pac-12 rights deal in 'near future'
The Pac-12 will not announce a new media rights deal Friday, a source told ESPN, but the conference's patience "is about to pay off" in the "near future."
“The Pac-12 has never wavered from its timeline, which has been to complete its media deal, get the grant of rights signed, and then consider further expansion.”
Wow, he is really throwing anything up against the wall. Which he does kind of admit - no one knows what is gonna happen, changes day to day. But throwing out Tulane, Boise, Colorado St... not to mention SMU & SDSt. Really reaching there, but I think that is the reality of where PAC is at if you talk expansion.
He also says the missed timelines and promises of "on par" with ACC and Big12 - if that turns out bad in the end it would be "bad for the brand" of the PAC. No dude, it wouldn't be BAD for the brand, it would be the END of the brand.
He is against it, but I think at this point, their least bad option is staying at 10, like the Big12 did. But that only works if OU/UW are willing settle for "performance pay" and a better chance to make the CFP (which they might). Adding G5s would add a game or 2 to the inventory, but the value of those added games is rock bottom. And you still have more mouths to feed, even at partial shares. It doesn't work financially in my mind, and I don't think they are in desperation mode for quantity until OU/UW leave (again just like the Big12 - looked but didn't need to add until after OuT).
Listen AZ, CU, ASU- do you want to join the Big12 now, or wait a few years so you can fall behind further and have even less leverage when joining? If you are getting divorced regardless, better sooner than later...
Funny (or sad) thing about this is that PAC is actually going to be a very good conference this year. They're going to have arguably the best QBs in the country, and it's going to be awesome to watch that conference race unfold. Too bad the great football is going to be overshadowed by this crap all season.
