Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[dayooper]

What the hell is a PAC asset?

The network was fully owned by the PAC. The tournament credits, maybe? The headquarters building? The supply of designer coffee and really expensive, gold laced toilet paper? It’s one of the WV Twitterati so who knows what’s he’s talking about?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The Big12/Yormark were not due a new contract before the PAC12. That was Yormark's genius. Convincing them to cut the line on the PAC and grabbing the last lifeboat of network money. Visionary type stuff.

It was the last lifeboat from the standpoint that ESPN offered 2 leagues, the PAC 12 and Big 12, virtually the same deal, and whichever league took it was going to buy the other one with ESPN’s and Fox’s money. At the end of the day, most of the PAC 12 is going to find a home.

As I said, the Big 12 just happened to have their hand out when ESPN was willing to write a big check.

 

[noeynox]

It was the last lifeboat from the standpoint that ESPN offered 2 leagues, the PAC 12 and Big 12, virtually the same deal, and whichever league took it was going to buy the other one with ESPN’s and Fox’s money. At the end of the day, most of the PAC 12 is going to find a home.

As I said, the Big 12 just happened to have their hand out when ESPN was willing to write a big check.

Yeah, but it was brilliant to look to negotiate before the PAC more importantly, he got his presidents to accept a reasonable offer while Kliavkoff let his presidents send him back to ask for 20 million more per school per year. That's an insane negotiating tactic. One commissioner got his presidents to be reasonable and one allowed his to be delusional. That's the real difference. It wasn't random luck.

 

[HailUConn]

Sounded like we are always a means to the end. Never a lock. Fudge him

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Yeah, but it was brilliant to look to negotiate before the PAC more importantly, he got his presidents to accept a reasonable offer while Kliavkoff let his presidents send him back to ask for 20 million more per school per year. That's an insane negotiating tactic. One commissioner got his presidents to be reasonable and one allowed his to be delusional. That's the real difference. It wasn't random luck.

The guy who picks the winning lottery numbers is brilliant for picking those numbers. It doesn’t mean he is going to win the lottery again.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Washington State is prudent? LOL. Would love to see the face of the East Coast president schools.

 

[metsfan2323]

Sounded like we are always a means to the end. Never a lock. Fudge him

In this case the end is click bait.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

ACC is shaking down ESPN for more money. I think they will get it.

 

[noeynox]

The guy who picks the winning lottery numbers is brilliant for picking those numbers. It doesn’t mean he is going to win the lottery again.

That is random luck.

 

[huskymedic]

ACC is shaking down ESPN for more money. I think they will get it.

Shakedown somewhere…

 

[RegisteredUconn]

GoKU had us at 14, but Greg Flugar always said that we were behind Arizona, Arizona State and Utah. Greg also indicated that there was legitimate interest by Yormark. The disconnect with the order of priority schools is what confused me. Greg and GoKU have different sources. Perhaps what Yormark wanted differed from the presidents.

Seems like everything points to Az St and Utah being off the board until Wash and Ore left. That's how we were 14.

Couple of years ago I bought a car. The brand was my third choice behind a new Rolls Royce and a used Rolls Royce. Turned out nobody would sell me a Rolls for the money I had available so I went with door #3.

 

[How Sway?!]

Still think the best way forward is the below:

Stanford
Cal
Oregon State
Washington State
San Diego State
UNLV
Colorado State
Gonzaga
Saint Mary's
Loyola Marymount
Santa Clara
UConn (football only)
Army/Navy (football only)

Good Olympic sports, academics and eastern football presence.

 

[jostar1]

What the hell is a PAC asset?

Canzano said:

The Pac-4 members may attempt to keep an imbalanced share of conference revenue in the next year. The conference expects to receive $420 million in television and postseason funds.

There’s also an “emergency fund” that had more than $40 million in it before the pandemic hit in 2020.

 

[NH Husky]

Still think the best way forward is the below:

Stanford
Cal
Oregon State
Washington State
San Diego State
UNLV
Colorado State
Gonzaga
Saint Mary's
Loyola Marymount
Santa Clara
UConn (football only)
Army/Navy (football only)

Good Olympic sports, academics and eastern football presence.

I agree this wouldn’t be bad for us (re football only) but our hoops is what makes us attractive.

 

[How Sway?!]

I agree this wouldn’t be bad for us (re football only) but our hoops is what makes us attractive.

Yeah but we also provide an eastern presence for TV.

 

[Vowelguy]

Yeah, but it was brilliant to look to negotiate before the PAC more importantly,

One of the writers tweeted (can’t find it right now) that the PAC had a $30M/team offer from ESPN in 2022 and rejected it.

 

[huskymedic]

One of the writers tweeted (can’t find it right now) that the PAC had a $30M/team offer from ESPN in 2022 and rejected it.

Dovetailing into the SBJ story ^^




Access <<

 

[dayooper]

One of the writers tweeted (can’t find it right now) that the PAC had a $30M/team offer from ESPN in 2022 and rejected it.

This video talks about an Athletic.com article stating that Amazon was a player until Colorado exited. They had a small linear component that would have made the PAC members much more comfortable with the deal.

 

[Chin Diesel]

That's a shame. The MWC should at least buy the PAC name if not its obligations

Nah. Let the Pac8/Pac12 die with dignity.

The bloodline for the family name is dead.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Whenever someone mentions Christopher Cross, you gotta throw this in there.

View attachment 90233

Wrapping up work week on second shift out in California.

Get to hotel room and start channel surfing and see Cartoon Network has Space Ghost After Dark. It had been a while but it was always good for a laugh.

And what do I see? Tenacious D as guests.

 

[timdawg]

Still think the best way forward is the below:

Stanford
Cal
Oregon State
Washington State
San Diego State
UNLV
Colorado State
Gonzaga
Saint Mary's
Loyola Marymount
Santa Clara
UConn (football only)
Army/Navy (football only)

Good Olympic sports, academics and eastern football presence.

How’s Santa Clara going to be a full member when they don’t play football?

 

[Vowelguy]

Definite key tweet:

 

[WestCoastHusky]

How’s Santa Clara going to be a full member when they don’t play football?

WCC would be a great place to park all the Olympic sports for Cal and Stanford if they want to do a national football conference while keeping Olympic sports in a regional conference.

Santa Clara would be a great add since it is a great academic school, and both are very close to Stanford and Cal. Got to give me other Alma mater some plug here.

Also, there is ST Mary's and USF nearby as well in the WCC.

The other option is to merge with the Big East if the Catholic schools are willing to do it.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

WCC would be a great place to park all the Olympic sports for Cal and Stanford if they want to do a national football conference while keeping Olympic sports in a regional conference.

The other option is to merge with the Big East if the Catholic schools are willing to do it.

Stanford may look the other way for possible acc consideration (ignore 1 Catholic school BCU). Would a school rumored to be uninterested in the Big XII due to BYU and Baylor associate with the mostly Catholic WCC? (Exceptions: Church of Christ Pepperdine, historically Methodist Pacific)