Post by chinmusic on Feb 15, 2023 7:41:36 GMT -8
The messaging from the PAC-12 headquarters is the schools are unified and negotiations are proceeding nicely. The opinion of several astute baseball writers from The Athletic and other locales is somewhat different.
It has now been 7 months since USC and UCLA announced their intent to bolt the PAC for greener pastures in the B1G. For the PAC, no expansion and no media deal, while the BIG-12 was expanding and putting together a lucrative media package for their member schools.! One writer suggests that George has the cart before the Horse. Kliavkoff has stated there will be no expansion until a media deal is in place, but the writer says George is a little short of school inventory and needs to come to the table with a minimum 12 team conference to appeal to the media outlets he is courting. In other words, expansion comes first.
SDSU and SMU appear to be the primary targets for PAC expansion (or replacement if you choose). It is estimated there will have to be multiple media partners (led by Amazon) involved since half of the content will be streaming. George is now being compared to Scott in terms of "over-promising" the schools revenue he won't be able to deliver. According to their sources, the writers have mentioned $40m per school annually is his asking price but even parceling it out, he will be lucky to get close to $30m.
What is the truth? I guess it comes down to who do you believe, George or the baseball writers?
It has now been 7 months since USC and UCLA announced their intent to bolt the PAC for greener pastures in the B1G. For the PAC, no expansion and no media deal, while the BIG-12 was expanding and putting together a lucrative media package for their member schools.! One writer suggests that George has the cart before the Horse. Kliavkoff has stated there will be no expansion until a media deal is in place, but the writer says George is a little short of school inventory and needs to come to the table with a minimum 12 team conference to appeal to the media outlets he is courting. In other words, expansion comes first.
SDSU and SMU appear to be the primary targets for PAC expansion (or replacement if you choose). It is estimated there will have to be multiple media partners (led by Amazon) involved since half of the content will be streaming. George is now being compared to Scott in terms of "over-promising" the schools revenue he won't be able to deliver. According to their sources, the writers have mentioned $40m per school annually is his asking price but even parceling it out, he will be lucky to get close to $30m.
What is the truth? I guess it comes down to who do you believe, George or the baseball writers?
