r/Pac12

Wow, that is very good for the new Pac.

Now that the Pac-12 is rebuilding and bringing in new teams, there’s a lot of talk about what direction it should take moving forward.

What do you think the focus should be for the new Pac-12 era, developing powerhouse football programs, becoming a basketball-heavy conference again, or building a balance of both with strong rivalries?

Part of the settlement will probably be that the MWC can keep most or all of what they withheld from the departing schools. Yet, how much has been withheld, and is it equitable to each of the schools? I read somewhere that the total was 65 million. How much was withheld from each school to come up with that amount? I am sure Boise State contributed the highest amount. What if the exit fees are settled at 11 million per school, but Boise State had more than that withheld, and other schools had less? How do you think this will be resolved?

The Boise State club baseball team is looking to raise $25,000 to cover expenses in participating the the NCBA World Series Tournament.

Hopefully the success of their club team leads to Boise State sponsoring baseball at the NCAA level and competing in Pac-12 baseball in the future.

"What I know....

On the ‘poaching penalty’ front, mediation between the Pac-12 and MW last summer was tough sledding. The parties dug in as the judge set court dates that spanned into the summer of 2027. Neither league appeared interested in relenting. I had sources on both sides tell me, straight-faced, that they thought they had a winning case.

The Pac-12 seemingly prevailed on a series of court rulings and was holding the money. One source told me, “Nothing in the arc of the antitrust case ever went against the Pac-12.” File that away while we wait for details of the settlement to leak.

One involved person compared the exit fee mediation to a tug-of-war with an elephant. At one point, the attorneys for the five departing schools said they’d be willing to pay $9 million per school, according to a source.

The MW counteroffer came: “$18 million per school.”

A second offer was eventually presented: “$10 million per school.”

The answer again came: “$18 million.”

That’s where things stood last summer when talks stalled."

Honestly I think about that all the time, like how did that happen. The pac-12 had Usc, Ucla, Oregon, Washington, huge brands, huge markets. and somehow the big 12 with Texas and Oklahoma and a bunch of other schools pulled way more money. reading about it now and apparently the pac-12's media strategy was just a disaster, they turned down a chance to add San Diego state and smu when they could have and the guy they hired to negotiate their tv deal was a college friend of the commissioner, not a real heavy hitter. meanwhile the big 12 just kept it simple with espn and fox and let their schools keep local rights . By the time the big ten took usc and ucla, the gap was already huge. The pac-12 was offering something like 20 to 30 million per school while the big ten was talking 60 to 80 million that's not a small difference that's existential.

The schools are there now, the rivalries are forming again, and basketball especially looks way stronger with Gonzaga coming in. But the TV deal is what decides whether this rebuild is just survival… or the start of a legit comeback.

If the Pac12 lands a respectable media package, the whole perception around the conference changes fast.

Yet another 40 win season, which is considered to be near impossible for other programs and Oregon State did it again and as an independent, but it is not surprising for a program with 3 CWS to their resume but still very impressive.

43-12, well done Beavers.

Link to Board of Regents Agenda Item Here.

This number would presumably include all media deal numbers, CFP (keep in mind OSU/WSU get $1.6 million more than everyone else in CFP monies), NCAA Tournament units (43 Units at $360,000 each for $15.5 million, then divided), and other conference revenues.

I've been following the pac-12 rebuild and i can't figure out what's happening with expansion. A few weeks ago Oregon state's ad said they want to add at least two more schools quickly, made it sound like things were moving but now I'm seeing reports that Washington state and Colorado state are hinting they might just stay at eight football schools, something about not wanting to add anyone who doesn't bring value and they don't see good options right now . The new logo about "open seats at the table" made everyone think expansion was coming but now Im not sure

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• Pac-12 Enterprises produced $4.4 million in revenue in its first year operating as a business-to-business entity, according to the conference
• The conference generated $74.4 million from the college football postseason. The majority (believed to be $50 million) came from the Pac-12’s contract with the Rose Bowl that expired this year.
• Pac-12 Enterprises produced $4.4 million in revenue in its first year operating as a business-to-business entity, according to the conference and I’m told by sources that the second fiscal year of revenue for Pac-12 Enterprises will include 20-25 percent growth.
• The conference paid $10.5 million to the Mountain West for a one-year scheduling agreement that became the source of an ongoing lawsuit over the so-called ‘poaching penalty’ included in the deal. (It makes the $30 million the MW asked for in 2025 ridiculous. The Pac-12 walked away from that negotiation and, eventually, poached five MW members. Lawsuits galore followed.
• Not surprisingly, total revenue for the conference plunged: from $566.6 million in the final year of the legacy Pac-12 to $111.5 million with Washington State and Oregon State existing alone with a meager media rights agreement.
• The media rights arrangement with The CW (11 games) and Fox (two) produced $3 million. That figure should increase next year, to more than $50 million annually, with the start of the new contract cycle.