George still trying to sell SDSU and SMU . But additions dont provide more media $$$. Even with those schools taking half shares. Their might be enough votes for State , due to being in SoCal, but not for SMU.
the latest figures have been around $26 mil/ school.
while UA has always been looking at the big 12, the latest is Utah and CU are now looking.
there has been some Twitter rumors of George selling a Merger with big 12 without Cal and Furd ( buy them out). But the big 12 doesnt want 8 schools. Wormack wants room to grow from East Coast in future.
Right now things are looking bleak for pac 10/12 . With or without expansion the money just isn’t there, and media parters really have all the inventory they need with the other P4. ESPN will take pac after dark, but for the cheap.
id give the odds of the pac 10/ 12 at 50/50 staying together and accepting $26 mil for 5 years
4 corners to big 12 could be picking up steam over the month of March. If that happens, what do the remaining 6 do? Add 4 Mtn west teams? Driving the media $$ down to less than $20 mil/ school?
bottom line is George is in over his head. He did nothing for a year while SC and UCLA we’re negotiating with the big ten. In fact he was fishing Montana when he got the text they were leaving.
he then strung the pac along convincing pac Presidents he could get them $40 mil/ yr with streaming/ espn combo.
will be interesting March
It’s a bad look. Either way, Pac appears to be shopping at Dollar Tree. There’s very little value in SMU, there are 10 schools that draw more eyeballs in Dallas market.
SDSU at least gives the conference representation in SoCal.
Oregon/UW would be wise to call the B12 and beg for entrance. It’s only way to keep relevant on TV and in the rankings….and in the recruiting living room.
Why don’t oregon and uw just holt and beat the four corners to the big 12? That would be a win for the b12 and give up and uw quality teams to play against. The four corners teams then could join the mtn west.
cal could join the west coast conference or the mtn west. Stanford could go Indy because they don’t really care anyway.
Oregon state. Wsu. Colorado. Utah. Asu ua all could form a strong mtn west with colorado state. Sdsu. Fresno. Shoot. Add in smu.
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Pac is decades late and millions of dollars short. You don't bite the hand that feeds you.
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