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Deion Sanders’ debut with Colorado will boost Pac-12, just not enough to help ongoing media rights talks
Back in December during a conference in Las Vegas, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff was asked if the spectacular aura of Deion Sanders at Colorado would add value to the league’s media deal. CU’s new coach had been hired days before. “He absolutely adds value to the league,” Kliavkoff told reporters. While there may be added value when it comes to the perception of the league and the Buffaloes themselves, there’s not any actual monetary value being brought by Coach Prime. That’s the conclusion of several media rights consultants with whom CBS Sports spoke ahead of Sanders’ debut at Colorado in Saturday’s spring game, which has thankfully (and temporarily) overshadowed the…
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Big 12 looking west, Pac-12 looking for a TV deal: What we’re hearing on realignment
Very last July, weeks immediately after USC and UCLA’s gorgeous Big Ten announcement, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff designed a bold realignment prediction: “No Pac-12 college is going to the Significant 12.” 8 months later on, we might eventually learn regardless of whether his self-assurance was justified or wrong bravado. Kliavkoff is struggling with tension to deliver a new media rights offer to his associates by the end of the month. If the greenback figures or the specifics are underwhelming, March might be the second when the Huge 12 finally strikes. Sources briefed on the discussions say the conference has been in the latest speak to with the so-called 4 Corners…
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News: Pac-12, Bally Sports, Apple MLB Broadcasters
A new streaming business enters the Pac-12 media legal rights foray. Moreover an update on Bally Sports and their impending bankruptcy Apple Television+’s Friday Evening Baseball booths have been announced. Apple reported to be in the mix for Pac-12 rights According to New York Article columnist Andrew Marchand, Apple is producing a surprising late operate at the Pac-12 media rights. The information will come as the Pac-12 sees its current market dwindle. A mid-February Brett McMurphy report indicated that CBS & Turner have both withdrawn from the race. With the Large 10, Massive 12, SEC, and ACC all signing, or previously in, long expression offers, the Pac-12 is the previous significant convention…
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Will the Pac-12 break up? Where each team would go if league disintegrates over media rights deal
A college landscape without the Pac-12 has become a storyline worth considering, though a break-up of the 107-year-old league isn’t particularly likely. Industry sources still project a media rights deal split between ESPN and Amazon for the embattled conference. However, dissolution of the Pac-12 is being talked about openly in those same industry circles as a potential consequence if the league does not wrap up its new deal soon. The fact that it could happen in these tenuous times is enough to project what the process might look like. Multiple sources tell CBS Sports the league is struggling to match its desired value for its 10-team league (south of $400…
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Pac-12 expansion with San Diego State, SMU may be necessary before league inks new media rights deal
The Pac-12 may need to commit to conference expansion first before achieving its compensation target in a new media rights deal, sources with knowledge of the situation tell CBS Sports. In an effort to return to 12 members following the departures of USC and UCLA, the Pac-12 has focused its efforts on evaluating San Diego State and SMU. Pac-12 commissioner Georgia Kliavkoff has already toured San Diego State, CBS Sports previously learned. He is planning to visit SMU on Wednesday, according to Brett McMurphy. The Pac-12’s next media rights deal will be heavily reliant on a digital streaming partner. Significantly more than half of each season’s Pac-12 football games will…
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With a sparkling stadium and surging program, San Diego State makes an easy case for Pac-12 expansion
SAN DIEGO — J.D. Wicker is standing on the top concourse of one of the biggest parties in the country. What else would you call San Diego State’s new stadium, which equates to the latest lob pass for what the school hopes is a slam-dunk entry into the Pac-12? On its best day, which projects to be every game day, college football is almost a sideshow in new Snapdragon Stadium. The main event is the craft brew-infused vibe that San Diego State’s athletic director has, well, crafted. “There are more bars in that stadium than there are in most cities,” said Aztecs coach Brady Hoke. That isn’t entirely why San…
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