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The conference is making sure that no leaks about expansion and the media rights deal numbers are coming out and they have NDA's signed so that no AD's can leak the information to news sources.

I actually like this because it's shows how the Pac-12 is wanting to keep the information to itself, so it can release it when ready and that the conference is learning and growing from the Larry Scott and George Kliavkoff days and becoming more tight knit than it was in the old Pac-12.

• The distributions will eventually come out via public records when the Form 990, telling the story of the first year of Pac-12 competition, is released. The league will be compared to other conferences. But the Pac-12 might just want to avoid being an unnecessary target right now. It may not want to provide public fodder that sets the league up as a target for scrutiny.
• The ambitious early projections for the Pac-12 suggested a $15 million-per-school deal might be out there. That delusional figure was on an early spreadsheet the Pac-12 gave out as it tried to lure Memphis, Tulane, and UNLV into the fold. We’ve since seen a measured $10 million to $12 million range used as the frame, but I think that is also a touch high.
• I expect the early Pac-12 media rights distribution to land somewhere in the $8 million to $10 million range per school, depending on how the league accounts for the work done by Pac-12 Enterprises. The Pac-12 may see no upside in leaking the figures because they aren’t impressive enough.
• The Pac-12’s production entity appears to be much more than a nice little side hustle. It’s humming along as a viable business, generating millions in revenue. I’m told the entity is already doing work in other areas for some of the media partners, and the Pac-12 schools keep telling me they’re excited about the upside. There may be a surprise here that makes the Pac-12’s overall business look much better on paper.

Today is his last day at the helm.

Well, I have seen that the Pac-12 is moving way different than other conferences, the conference is using YouTube to allow fans to have a better grip on their schools like The Dawn, the new series for Pac-12 Football, not having a traditional media day and creating a flex schedule, which is a new concept for college football.

I think this quote explains it the best, "One of the things I’m not sure the general public is really aware of is to the extent that we unwound the old league,” Gould said. “We’re building our staff back up. We’ve been building this thing and having to literally build it from scratch".

If there are more examples I missed drop it in the comments, but I like how this new Pac-12 is operating with innovative ideas in mind.

The top two seeds will receive double byes to the semifinals of the event.

The third and fourth seeds will receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

This is basically the WCC format, Gonzaga must have wanted this probably.

Source:https://x.com/JonRothstein/status/2072123017493168456

The Big Mountain is not a well liked podcast in Pac-12 circles, I know. But, I posted this as we have a little more confirmation and new stuff for the conference from this video and things we already know.

• PAC-12 Enterprises has signed multiple 7 figure deals w/partners.
• Every school is an equal/full share partner.
• Pac-12 Enterprises can produce 2,000+ events/yr.
• The streaming portion for the olympic sports will be free which was already known but now confirmed.

As for changes to football media days: "We're not doing a traditional football media day. ... Those are expensive. Traditionally, you spend a lot of money, you bring everybody together for two or three days, you disrupt camp or whatever's going on. Maybe you get the media there, maybe you don't. ... This year we're doing what's called a Pac-12 wave. ... It'll be more of a drum beat to kind of build momentum, tell the story, meet people where they're at." - Pac-12 Deputy Commissioner, Rick Hart.

Source:https://my.omeda.com/portal/report/EmailPreviewDeploymentExternal.jsp?aW5Ccm93c2VyPXkmU3BsaXRJZD01MDUzMyZFbnZpcm9ubWVudElkPTEyNTY4

The Pac-12 is seeking its first Chief Commercial & Growth Officer, sources tell SBJ.

The process is being headed up by Elevate's Kyle Bowlsby and Liz Moulton.

The role centers on the league's for‑profit commercial enterprise, media, content and production, among other things

Source:https://x.com/bportnoy15/status/2070280033113981297

"The process is being headed up by Elevate's Kyle Bowlsby and Liz Moulton.

The role centers on the league's for‑profit commercial enterprise, media, content and production, among other things".

Sources:https://x.com/bportnoy15/status/2070280033113981297

Interesting news for the Pac-12 and it could allow for more money of the conference.

• Oregon State will host the rebooted Pac-12’s conference baseball tournament next season. It has a chance to be a mini-Omaha experience. The conference is only committed to Corvallis for one year, per sources. It’s considering some neutral sites (Think: Arizona) for year two and beyond, but OSU gets the stage first.

• The Pac-12 officially relaunches on July 1. The conference will hold championship events in 19 different sports in the first year of competition, including baseball, football, basketball, etc.

• My bet on the men’s and women’s conference basketball tournaments is that the Pac-12 ends up playing at MGM Grand Garden Arena. I expect it to be a two-year deal. My sources on The Strip in Las Vegas are nodding at me there. Why only two years? The Pac-12 wants to get back inside T-Mobile Arena, which is booked with the Big Ten tournaments for the next two years.