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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Dec 25, 2023 19:08:22 GMT -8
In total, though, the Pac-12 Network was only not on around 25%-30% of all cable TVs. It really should not have been that big of a deal. I think that, psychologically and emotionally, several people overestimate the importance of a "successful" Pac-12 Network versus on "unsuccessful" Pac-12 Network. It certainly was nowhere near the $8-$9 million per team per year blunder that George K. stumbled into after the fact. Or the whole driving around in Montana while UCLA and USC were leaving the conference blunder. Larry Scott was imperfect, but he was not the unmitigated disaster that George K. was. And George K. was hired by Oregon and Washington, too. I think George inherited a dumpster fire. No matter what he did, he was going to be ineffectual Recent pic of George K.:  George K. wishes that he were a dumpster fire. |
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Post by spudbeaver on Dec 25, 2023 20:59:00 GMT -8
Oliver Luck certainly did a good fade out. Hope he didn’t get paid much.
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Post by beavs6 on Dec 26, 2023 9:08:51 GMT -8
Oliver Luck certainly did a good fade out. Hope he didn’t get paid much. He took care of Stanford...I guess |
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Post by hottubbeaver on Dec 26, 2023 11:10:32 GMT -8
What was apparent all along. UW and O were joined at the hip, spoke out of both sides of their mouths and quack stabbed the conference in the final minutes of making a deal with Apple. Cauce was clearly not acting on her fiduciary duties as conference chair, had conflicted interests, and did not honor her own promise to alert all members if there was ever a point where her responsibilities' to UW conflicted with her representing the conferences best interest. She clearly was negligent in both. Scholz was her sock puppet in the act. Negligence implies that there was no intent. However, it seems pretty plain that there was intent. Also, all of this makes it clear that Washington was driving the bus. Oregon only left, because Cauce and Cohen decided to. Good point, there was intent. UW and O were seeking a Big invite weeks, maybe month prior to. One didn't come because the Big didn't need them and still doesn't. Then the Big recognized with the right strings attached there was some upside. So they offered partial membership/reduced revenue percentage with the real goal of blowing up the Apple deal, a move to streaming, and the conference all at the discounted membership priced offered to UW and O. The Big did/does not need UW or O, even at a big discount. With that in mind, do the math, what were they really after? What the Big was really after was the elimination of a competing conference. USC and UCLA's departure allowed plenty of time for the remaining members to work out a viable solution and the conferences future. They did not kill the conference. What UW and O did, as you stated, had some deliberation to it and given Cauce's position as chair, she was in the perfect position to exploit all the other members and just needed a willing coconspirator which she found in Scholz. . Their departure and the timing of announcing it, was part of the Big deal which was extended with the expectation it would serve the death blow to the conference. . |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Dec 26, 2023 12:11:36 GMT -8
Oliver Luck certainly did a good fade out. Hope he didn’t get paid much. He took care of Stanford...I guess He apparently did not. |
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