PAC-12 Signs New TV Deal

[waggy]

FOX and ESPN splitting the deal.

$3B over 12 years. Compare to recent Big 12 deal of $1.1B over 13 years. Two more schools to feed, but this blows the B12's deal away.

Also includes it's own channel I believe.

Probably better reports out there, but I came across when I just happened to go to the Merc News P12 blog.

Linkie (http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2011/05/03/pac-12-tv-negotiations-the-deal-is-done/)

[X-band '01]

It's not just Fox Sports Net and their chain of networks; the national Fox network is going to have regular season Pac-10 football games as well. They're going to alternate the Pac-12 football championship with ESPN annually; they're also going to alternate who televises the Pac-12 basketball championship as well; for example Fox hosts the Pac-12 football title game in years that ESPN has the basketball title game and vice versa.

That is a lot of coin for that conference.

[waggy]

From another post on his blog: "Games will be shown on Fox, ABC, FX, Fox Sports Net, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU."

Was probably premature for me to say it blows the B12's deal away, because I'm pretty sure the B12 still holds rights to a bunch of games (the deal they signed wasn't for all their games).

[xavierj]

FOX and ESPN splitting the deal.

$3B over 12 years. Compare to recent Big 12 deal of $1.1B over 13 years. Two more schools to feed, but this blows the B12's deal away.

Also includes it's own channel I believe.

Probably better reports out there, but I came across when I just happened to go to the Merc News P12 blog.

Linkie ("")

I think Texas has it's own network package worth like $300 million alone, don't they?

[SixFig]

Compare these deals to the ##### ones orchestrated by the A-10 and you'll see why X needs to move up if its going to survive.

I don't think Xavier's entire endowment is 300 million!

[Muskie]

you think that's big. Wait until the SEC and Big Ten renegotiate their deals in the next couple of years.

[whitesox]

I don't think Xavier's entire endowment is 300 million!

It is around 85 million. So not even close.

[AZtoCA]

From another post on his blog: "Games will be shown on Fox, ABC, FX, Fox Sports Net, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU."

Was probably premature for me to say it blows the B12's deal away, because I'm pretty sure the B12 still holds rights to a bunch of games (the deal they signed wasn't for all their games).

Actually the PAC-12 will own their own PAC-12 Channel outright ( And a ESPN3 type internet channel )
- ( B12 only Owns 50% of their network)

PAC-12 also holds rights to a bunch of loose games ( Like the B12 )

Larry Scott said something like we did everything the B12 and learned from their (mistakes)


The Funny thing is if Texas, A&M, Olk & olk st. had come to the PAC-16 or PAC-18 the deal would have been for at least 6Billon with each team pulling in 50Mill a year from TV rights

As is stands right now each team will pull in 25 MILL in Pac -12 per year ( Texas only 30MILL )
-But the kiker is A&M, Olk & olk st. stayed with Texas and go screwed if they would have bolted they would be making 50MILL now they are only getting maybe 20 Tops just to stay with TEXAS ( Texas gets to be the Big fish in small pond )

[xudash]

It is around 85 million. So not even close.

Please don't quote numbers if you're not sure. You're off by about $45 - $50 million from the last figure I saw, and that doesn't count whatever they've allocated from the $200 million campaign they've now exceeded and are extending.

The number you're quoting came at the low end of the market, during the recession.

[xudash]

FOX and ESPN splitting the deal.

$3B over 12 years. Compare to recent Big 12 deal of $1.1B over 13 years. Two more schools to feed, but this blows the B12's deal away.

Also includes it's own channel I believe.

Probably better reports out there, but I came across when I just happened to go to the Merc News P12 blog.

Linkie (http://blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports/2011/05/03/pac-12-tv-negotiations-the-deal-is-done/)

We must stay close to Fordham and LaSalle, forget television, lock up AM radio, and ban all Internet related activities for security reasons. We can catch Muskingum within 10 years.