On Monday the @pac12 board will meet at a scheduled meeting. On the agenda is an update on the media rights. Along w/ the normal business.https://t.co/SqCgVOlIJZ

— Jim Williams (@JWMediaDC) May 13, 2023

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— Jason Scheer (@jasonscheer) May 13, 2023

https://www.outkick.com/oregon-and-washington-vetted-and-cleared-to-join-the-big-ten-according-to-new-report/

Oh boy.....love it

I have seen that recently. However I would still be surprised if the B10 would go up to 18 on Pac schools. I doubt they would really want to go to 20-22 including future potential ACC schools. At some point the math gets you as a conference including the B10 and SEC and the conference gets too big and the current members of the new B10 start making less per year than what is currently lined up. Outside of ND there is no other rainmaker out there that can make taking on an additional 4-6 including ND and the other hypothetical rainmaker (of which all but ND are now accounted for) worth it.

PartyBear said:

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I have seen that recently. However I would still be surprised if the B10 would go up to 18 on Pac schools. I doubt they would really want to go to 20-22 including future potential ACC schools. At some point the math gets you as a conference including the B10 and SEC and the conference gets too big and the current members of the new B10 start making less per year than what is currently lined up. Outside of ND there is no other rainmaker out there that can make taking on an additional 4-6 including ND and the other hypothetical rainmaker (of which all but ND are now accounted for) worth it.

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If the PAC collapses, that money will follow Oregon and Washington as there will be one less expensive conference mouth to feed in college football media.

I love it.

I was one of the millions forced to watch The Little Mermaid instead of the Eastern Conference Finals.

https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/lists/youtube-tv-disaster-in-celtics-heat-playoff-game-underscores-limits-facing-pac-12-in-media-deals/

Stefano DiMera said:

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I was one of the millions forced to watch The Little Mermaid instead of the Eastern Conference Finals.

https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/lists/youtube-tv-disaster-in-celtics-heat-playoff-game-underscores-limits-facing-pac-12-in-media-deals/

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I understand the argument and agree the platforms need to be stable. What happened to the NBA is the equivalent of the 1968 Jets-Raiders game aired on NBC. It was an exciting game. The Raiders came from behind and scored two touchdowns in the last minute of the game to win.

But NBC viewers saw the movie Heidi instead of the end of the game. The game lives in infamy as the Heidi Bowl.

The platforms will get better, and linear TV is a dead man walking. It still has a long way to walk, but still....

Disney has said that ESPN is going to be a streaming service that can be purchased without a cable or other similar account. Millions of people will drop plans they keep just to get ESPN (I'm one) when that happens, and cable and satellite subscriptions have been falling from their 2012 all time high at a staggering rate year over year.

.@AndrewMarchand reports “ESPN & Pac-12 are having no substantive talks at this time. ESPN passed on Big Ten, Sunday Ticket, Premier League, Champions League & MLS, so the idea it will be completely out on Pac-12 is not in the least bit surprising. Things can always change &…

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 22, 2023

ESPN appears to be out as an Tier 1 partner for the Pac-12, sources tell @dennisdoddcbs, leaving the league without an obvious landing spot.

https://t.co/091QttFUij

— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) May 22, 2023

Edit: Not sure why Shehan is just now citing a three-week old story, except he then also retweets the McMurphy tweet.