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Post by Judge Smails on Aug 5, 2023 18:19:50 GMT -8
So if the remaining Pac 4 schools stay together, can we get at least two more teams by the 2024 season? I think 6 is the minimum number to remain as a conference. Then work on getting up to 10+ by 2025. Remain the Pac-n. Poach from MWC, SMU, maybe someone else? Of course the trick is getting a media deal that will let it happen. Belt tightening for a year or two..then back in business? So do we keep the office in expensive San Francisco and pay George K. his full salary. I say move the conference offices to the Portland area after firing George K. You can't leave him. Conference offices moved from San Francisco long ago. |
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Post by seastape on Aug 5, 2023 18:20:22 GMT -8
So if the remaining Pac 4 schools stay together, can we get at least two more teams by the 2024 season? I think 6 is the minimum number to remain as a conference. Then work on getting up to 10+ by 2025. Remain the Pac-n. Poach from MWC, SMU, maybe someone else? Of course the trick is getting a media deal that will let it happen. Belt tightening for a year or two..then back in business? So do we keep the office in expensive San Francisco and pay George K. his full salary. I say move the conference offices to the Portland area after firing George K. You can't leave him. Hasn't the office already moved to San Ramon? |
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Post by sparty on Aug 5, 2023 18:28:17 GMT -8
One way to solve this, assuming Apple will still fund at $20+ mil per team with clauses for subscribers increasing (or not... we'll take the guaranteed $20 mil). Merge... with the right language, there would be no buyouts. And, maybe due to P5 status the (4) Pac12 members receive larger shares, $25-30 mil vs $12-16 mil for the MWC teams for the first 5 year deal. That is still 3 to 4x what they get now. The former Pac12 members still hold NCAA rights as P5 conference... auto berth in CFP, autonomy in other NCAA rules, and have the leftover Pac12 "war chest" (my understanding is that the "4" will have 80% of approximately $400+ mil. The other approximately $80+ mil can be accessed as damages from the 8 teams leaving during a negotiation process. You'd have a decent league, plenty of money for each university, a media deal with a tech giant, P5/CFP standing, schools with decent to excellent facilities, and very reasonable travel. Most of all,schools that mesh, no real arse wipe elitist athletic programs. Apple's offer expired on Friday. That ship sailed. And I will add to that. George K. announced the deal to the schools and the Apple deal expired at mid night Friday. He screwed up twice. Presented the Apple deal too late for the schools to ponder and mull over it. Secondly he did not allow did time to go back to Apple with more negotiations. He basically had everyone under a short clock and many just cut in ran after hearing of a 12 midnight deadline. Do you still want George K running this thing? He was just doing a slow walk.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Aug 5, 2023 18:34:12 GMT -8
If the schools didn't have time to ponder it, then why did they go to bed on Thursday night expecting to sign the deal on Friday?
Except for Colorado, who wanted out anyways (IMHO), no one cut and ran until Oregon refused to sign the deal on Friday morning, and instead went to the Big Ten for 45 cents on the dollar, taking UW with them.
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