PAC-12 status and media rights deal

[MGB01]

As I said these are regional Raycom games (which apparently were still a thing in 2022 that they were in 1995). They held out Cincy/Pitt, easily their most attractive game as it's now B12/ACC, presumedly for this reason. The game the next week however is likely going to be VMI/NC State with the first three weeks set. They may shuffle around some games in later weeks, but it's still rarely going to be anything higher than overflow that ends up on ESPN+--in other words, don't expect to see Notre Dame/Duke, which was on ACC Network in 2019, there.

For the Pac it's good because somebody else broke the waters first, although I still wouldn't make it anything more than a replacement for the Pac 12 Network games that nobody watches now and phase them back more into the non-revs that Larry Scott was so proud of (yet he still insisted football and basketball carry the network )

[4th&long]

Sportico rightly points out that PAC-12 lost 35% of its viewing audience home market households when USC/UCLA bolted for B1G-10. Losing AZ or Colorado would further devastate the conference.

Add to that Disney's walking away from big contracts, linear TV (talk for now) and cut backs. Plus Fox's huge legal settlement and FoxNews drop (Carlson departure) and CBS/NBC seemingly disinterested and its one hell of a tough time for Pac-12.

Good read ....

https://www.sportico.com/business/media ... 234730699/

>> With the Trojans and Bruins bound for the Big Ten, the Pac-12 will surrender 35% of its TV footprint, or 5.84 million households. And while the conference still enjoys privileges in major markets such as San Francisco, Phoenix, Seattle and Denver—together, the four DMAs will account for 78% of all Pac-12 TV homes once the SoCal schools skip town—any further poaching would result in an existential crisis of the highest order.

In the absence of even the broad outlines of a media deal, talk of a Hail Mary expansion bid seems dubious at best, although people who know things believe that San Diego State and SMU eventually will make their way into the Pac-12 fold. <<

Market size matters - for Pac-12 or spring FB's USFL and XFL.

[4th&long]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

>> No Deion Sanders at Pac-12 Media Day proves to be another loss for a league needing wins <<

Does Deion know something we don't? ie Colorado jumping to Big12? Why bother showing up if that's happening??
The plot thickens

[GDAWG]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

>> No Deion Sanders at Pac-12 Media Day proves to be another loss for a league needing wins <<

Does Deion know something we don't? ie Colorado jumping to Big12? Why bother showing up if that's happening??
The plot thickens

We should never post anything that has a paywall, which the Athletic has.

[BattleHawks]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

>> No Deion Sanders at Pac-12 Media Day proves to be another loss for a league needing wins <<

Does Deion know something we don't? ie Colorado jumping to Big12? Why bother showing up if that's happening??
The plot thickens

We should never post anything that has a paywall, which the Athletic has.

They are very easy to get around.

I can read it just fine.

Thanks for posting!

[GDAWG]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

>> No Deion Sanders at Pac-12 Media Day proves to be another loss for a league needing wins <<

Does Deion know something we don't? ie Colorado jumping to Big12? Why bother showing up if that's happening??
The plot thickens

Deion also had a health scare recently. His absence isn't some conspiracy.

[MGB01]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

BFD, I said in this thread that 7/21 wasn't a hard date.

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

Well other than the fact that the bolded is an actual BFD we know you worship the media, especially in this case essentially the new NYT sports dept

[4th&long]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

>> No Deion Sanders at Pac-12 Media Day proves to be another loss for a league needing wins <<

Does Deion know something we don't? ie Colorado jumping to Big12? Why bother showing up if that's happening??
The plot thickens

Deion also had a health scare recently. His absence isn't some conspiracy.

Its odd in that he's been working, has a surgery on media day. He couldn't have it a few days later? Its not some conspiracy to move semi-elective surgery a few days, unless of course you don't care to be there. Unless its more serious than it sounds and then why coach at all. The Athletic called it correctly - big loss for Pac-12 on media day.

[4th&long]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

>> No Deion Sanders at Pac-12 Media Day proves to be another loss for a league needing wins <<

Does Deion know something we don't? ie Colorado jumping to Big12? Why bother showing up if that's happening??
The plot thickens

We should never post anything that has a paywall, which the Athletic has.

I just googled it and had no issue reading it. But I do tend to get around alot of these paywalls, here i did not experience one.

[GDAWG]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... -concerns/

George is like Annie... the media deal is always just a day away...

Then Deion Sanders no shows... granted for a surgery but why not wait till this coming Monday after media day?

https://theathletic.com/4711160/2023/07 ... media-day/

>> No Deion Sanders at Pac-12 Media Day proves to be another loss for a league needing wins <<

Does Deion know something we don't? ie Colorado jumping to Big12? Why bother showing up if that's happening??
The plot thickens

Deion also had a health scare recently. His absence isn't some conspiracy.

Its odd in that he's been working, has a surgery on media day. He couldn't have it a few days later? Its not some conspiracy to move semi-elective surgery a few days, unless of course you don't care to be there. Unless its more serious than it sounds and then why coach at all. The Athletic called it correctly - big loss for Pac-12 on media day.

He had another procedure before this one:

https://nypost.com/2023/06/26/deion-san ... -recovery/