REPORT: Pac-12 takes significant step towards media rights deal

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

Where would you like to see Pac-12 games air beginning in 2026?

[@bryanpbrowning8620]

CBS or NBC

[@dadwithavlog5268]

@@AztecsWrapUpShow I think CW is a major player. They already work with the PAC-12 and the PAC-12 Enterprises media production facilities and capabilities is cost incentive for a network like CW. It’s a huge asset for the PAC-12. But I think Turner will want to get a piece with not being able to keep the NBA. Women’s basketball is on the rise and the rights to a top 3-4 men’s basketball league will be valued. Basketball has always been undervalued, but I think the PAC-12 will divide basketball from football so you’ll see one network for football and a second for basketball with PAC-12 network taking all other sports.

[@geoffreysloan6220]

The CW is headquartered in Burbank, CA and partially owned by Paramount and Warner Bros who are both desperate for a revenue boost like March Madness and College Bowl Games. They may be willing to outbid the AAC to win over TV viewers in the Memphis and New Orleans areas. UNLV and UTSA would be attractive markets again if broadcast TV networks were willing to invest.

[@michaelwall3393]

no body from the AAC is going to join the PAC. SBC maybe. But it is the PAC-West with two new members and five other members from old MWC and leaving behind 7 members who remain part of the original MWC. The media value is no way more than AAC currently holds and in the future and maybe new media deal for G6 PACWest is higher than MWC and SBC but not substantially higher. But nobody from AAC is joining the PAC-West or PAC-Mountain as the revenue and resources and status are not there.

[@StarkSDSU]

I still think Turner is the play. -They recently lost the NBA so they have the money -They are testing the college waters this year with the MWC -They have multiple cable channels in TNT, Tru, and TBS -They have a streaming platform in MAX The new PAC could get very creative with this media group.

[@Popeye4you]

You stay away from ESPN and Fox. Go CW and Prime.

[@tylerbrown2700]

Tnt a good option?

[@StarkSDSU]

@@tylerbrown2700 Yes! Turner has TNT, TBS, Tru, and streaming with MAX. PAC could get very creative with them.

[@silencejames]

I agree I would like to see them add another tv partner

[@PCSPounder]

It’s not that you stay away from them. It’s that they stay away from you after what they agreed to pay the P2 and the next 2.

[@stevedonnie4077]

The way ESPN stashes AAC games on their worst channels and espn+ is telling imo. Personally I’d go with Turner as the main partner with maybe a splash of the CW. I hope if Amazon is involved then they’d be an option to stream 100% of the games for those of us without cable.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

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[@geoffreysloan6220]

If Boise St. Wins a Heisman, do you have any idea what that would do for this conference? If Memphis joins and it showcases Memphis vs. Gonzaga and SDSt every year? They would own the Potato Bowl and the Liberty Bowl.

[@bryanpbrowning8620]

Boise State basketball is picked over SDSU this season. Might wanna add them to that equation of yours

[@rockerfarm6445]

A while ago I woul've said ESPN and Fox, after seeing how they promote the Big10 & SEC over the ACC/ Big 12 I don't think so anymore

[@reverend_wintondupree]

Dont forget more weekday games too

[@timhearden3449]

Does Turner stream outside of a $100-a-month bundled package? Put it on CW or another over-the-air network and an accessible streamer like ESPN+ or Amazon. Otherwise I'll do what I'm doing now, which is listen to audio on the Aztecs website.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

They may stream on MAX? I’m not sure

[@timhearden3449]

That's the problem with CBS Sports Network -- nobody gets it. TNT is in more homes and would bring more money, but it seems like you'd still need a major bundle like Fubo or KZbin TV. I hope they go a different route. As for schools, they should consider looking at Liberty. National brand looking to upgrade. They might be one of the few East Coast schools with the financial backing and inclination to travel.

[@StarkSDSU]

@@AztecsWrapUpShow Yes, Turner streams on MAX. Think NCAA tournament

[@DayOneRob]

If they can add Memphis, Tulane, and UTSA… I believe they can acquire the 12-15 million dollar goal. SDSU💪

[@dadwithavlog5268]

@@DayOneRob they’re not taking 3 AAC teams if they are all demanding more help for their exit fees. So they will focus on Memphis because the PAC also wants to build their basketball brand. Then they’ll go the cheaper route of inviting C-USA teams or Sunbelt. So Memphis (possibly UTSA and Tulane if they pay all their own exit fees) but it’s probably Texas State (that’s why they turned down the MWC because I believe they have some sort of secret verbal agreement with the PAC-12 just waiting on the media deal. Then I can see Louisiana and possibly Rice because they have deep pockets and can afford to leave the AAC without help. That puts the PAC-12 in Houston and with Texas St they will be near Austin. Louisiana gives Memphis a rival in football. Then you’ll see them add Grand Canyon for basketball and the 12th member.

[@michaelwall3393]

@@dadwithavlog5268 no body from the AAC is going to join the PAC. SBC maybe. But it is the PAC-West with two new members and five other members from old MWC and leaving behind 7 members who remain part of the original MWC. The media value is no way more than AAC currently holds and in the future and maybe new media deal for G6 PACWest is higher than MWC and SBC but not substantially higher. But nobody from AAC is joining the PAC-West or PAC-Mountain as the revenue and resources and status are not there.

[@CatsClaw44]

​@dadwithavlog5268 Then the Pac-12 will make significantly less money if they don't add the AAC. Better cough up money for the exit fees. You need them, not vice versal

[@DocSkirv]

@@DayOneRob agreed.

[@dadwithavlog5268]

@@CatsClaw44 they will add the only school that makes their media deal better, Memphis. No other school in the AAC moves the needle much. The only reason the PAC12 offered Tulane and USF is they wanted in Florida and Louisiana for views and recruiting. USF makes less and less sense unless they want to be football only. Tulane can come, but the PAC-12 is not going to break the bank for them when they can get the Rajin Cajuns for almost nothing and really accomplish the same thing as Tulane. There is some thought that UTSA won’t have as high an exit fee because they just joined the AAC and don’t get a full share. Rice makes sense because they have deep pockets and the PAC12 can get into Houston. But not taking Tulane or USF will not hurt the PAC12 much if at all.

[@tbx59]

Get enough money to just add Memphis and have a nice, small (mostly) regional conference, sell every game played to someone - CW, cable, streamers, youtube, etc.

[@dadwithavlog5268]

They want at least 10 football schools because the NCAA requires that for you to have a conference championship game. Conference championship games are big money and typically have the most TV viewers. So any media deal is going to want 10. They also want at least one more basketball school. That allows 22 conference games and will prominently place the PAC-12 among the top 3-4 basketball conferences in the country. 6-7 bids to the tournament with each unit (game) being worth $2 million dollars. Each team gets 50% with the other 50% split among the other members (that’s the PAC-12 agreement). So that’s big money for the conference.

[@ricodelavega4511]

@@dadwithavlog5268 wichita state for basketball, plus memphis, after that it doesnt matter

[@dadwithavlog5268]

@@ricodelavega4511 I tend to agree, but the media partner is going to want to have that championship game. So it will be 3 football schools and maybe a 4th if the basketball is decent otherwise they’ll get a basketball school. Grand Canyon? San Francisco? Wichita State? Creighton? St Louis? But PAC-12 commissioner Teresa Gould flat said that basketball is a priority and all members will be required to fund basketball to a certain level to maintain membership. Tournament shares are huge and basketball has been undervalued but with the women’s sport gaining a lot of popularity its value is on the rise for both men and women.

[@michaelwall3393]

@@ricodelavega4511no body from the AAC is going to join the PAC. SBC maybe. But it is the PAC-West with two new members and five other members from old MWC and leaving behind 7 members who remain part of the original MWC. The media value is no way more than AAC currently holds and in the future and maybe new media deal for G6 PACWest is higher than MWC and SBC but not substantially higher. But nobody from AAC is joining the PAC-West or PAC-Mountain as the revenue and resources and status are not there.

[@commodorezero]

@@dadwithavlog5268 Conference championship games suck and should be abolished. They also hurt the conferences chances of having a CFP team.

[@adamcompean9385]

Who are the media network partners? Theirs is Prime, TNT, CW, apple tv, ESPN, FOX? For Pac12.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

We’ll find out soon enough

[@erikhancock98569]

Turner Broadcasting network does seem like a good one.

[@paulmezzetta6905]

There was no reason to divide the MWC. There are not enough FBS schools in the Western region of US. It will be interesting who will be the 8th and 9th schools to be invited.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

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[@JerryGone-Fishin]

Last year they had 1 guy in charge of Apple streaming contract, this year they have 2 guys in charge of Live stream networks. 2 peas in a pot

[@DocSkirv]

MWC schools signed a “memorandum of understanding” not a contract. Yet.

[@KaseArkeder]

Thanks for keeping us informed on the latest!

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

I appreciate you watching!

[@bdesd]

Jon is used to explaining how dumb 20 game schedules are, of course he has that huge smile now 😂

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

😂 exactly!

[@mhalbert]

I feel like NBC would be a good landing spot, too. Even if they put some games on USA Network. The CW is probably more likely considering their new owners, Nextstar is super focused on getting live sports now.

[@Acevedo-i6n]

I'm old school hit hard play aggressive! I wld watch all sports on fox TV then ESPN came now you have all these other chumps I say focus and stay with the fox, if ESPN wants in negotiate stay simple friends and execute things will follow!

[@PCSPounder]

So you want 11pm kickoffs? There’s only so many time slots. ESPN and Fox pay the big money for SEC and B1G. They pay a lesser amount for the ACC and b12, and they’re not going to pay that to the Pac-?. Three of those conferences have PTZ and MTZ teams now, so they’re going to normally use the 7:30pm PTZ slot for those conferences (to the chagrin of USC). Now… watch the B1G ask to have some of their volleyball games follow up football games on Fox. A deal with Fox means FS2 and FS1 with maybe the conference championship game on the main network on Friday. A deal with ESPN might merit the occasional 7:30 Pacific slot twice a year, maybe ESPNU… and maybe streaming. This is why other options are being placed front and center in these discussions.

[@BrentSchmurda]

Get the deal and secure Memphis 👌🏽

[@frankpitman3431]

TNT can do Basketball.

[@lawrencefunding8219]

We need a Spanish language broadcast. Even if they developed an internship program with SDSU Telecommunication and film department. Then hired a team of Spanish speaking students to do a talk show and play by play for b-ball and F-ball. There's 20 million people withing 100 miles of the stadium and probably 40 +/- % speak Spanish. Also, the old Neilson rating system is antiquated. Was designed for advertising companies to determine how far a person would drive to buy a used car or cheap furniture. SDSU's market is huge one of the biggest in the nation. If the product is appealing someone in LA will be a fan because of proximity just like someone in Montana will be a Boise St fan. A Spanish language broadcast is a start.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@joeguerra8435]

The new PAC needs to always be thinking big. ESPN or Fox. Ignore the armchair skeptics. Thinking big has to be the standard going forward into the PAC new era.

[@GO-kg2dw]

Whoever pays the most should get the media rights. Favoring ESPN or Fox should not be considered

[@m.nielsen9050]

What will they do when WSU, OSU, and BSU leave for another conference.?

[@larryanderson7266]

they won’t

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

Nothing certainly no one is going anywhere, hence the point of the league.

[@larryanderson7266]

agreed

[@liljoe31]

UNLV won't be joining. but hey best of luck

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

They don’t need them to join, they just need an eighth member

[@PadresFan420]

Idk anything abt Networks but I do know having anything on Apple TV is awful. Gotta be one of the worst streaming services, there’s nothing on it besides like Ted Lasso 😂

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

lol thanks for watching!

[@vw8886]

Doesn't matter the deal it's still gonna be 3rd tier.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

Why?

[@liljoe31]

because it isnt the old pac w usc, cal and stanford. it's mw-lite

[@bdesd]

Pause 😂

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

😆- this show can go off the rails occasionally. Thanks for watching!

[@HikingPNW]

I'm starting to wonder more and more the timing of getting the original 4 MWC schools to the Pac 12 if it had to do with seeing how the media deal with the Big East developed. There really hadn't been any whispers of realignment from WSU and OSU for a year and then a couple months after the Big East got 7.2 million per school in a non football conference we get realignment in the beginning of the football season. The Big East even had a little bidding war so that could be looking positive for potential media companies looking for content. A couple months could've been the time it took to get some preliminary estimates to convince the 4 schools to get on board. I wonder if they figure with the money the Big East got without football and picking the right schools like Gonzaga and Memphis that they would be able to get the media deal of 12-15 million that has been tossed around. On that same note, I know it has pretty much been only media deals with all sports but I wonder if the Pac12 will actually try to sell football separate from basketball and other sports like what Brett Yormark, B12 commissioner, has been talking about possibly doing in the future. Hopefully it all turns out well.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

Great comment and great points! It’ll be interesting to see how this all comes to be over the next few weeks. Thanks for watching.

[@PCSPounder]

Yormark has won a couple battles, but he talks bigger than he gets.

[@GreggRobinson-rb3xy]

The guy in the white tee shirt is a joke. Nothing constructive but decidedly negative and not even convincing then.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

Agreed

[@JonandJim760]

Thanks loser - guy in the White Shirt

[@CharlesFosterMalloy]

Can I have my time back from watching this waste of time ?

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

No but thanks for the view that we get to keep for forever

[@russrichards6685]

The Pac12 is dead. It’s just another G6 conference.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

lol ok

[@michaelwall3393]

no body from the AAC is going to join the PAC. SBC maybe. But it is the PAC-West with two new members and five other members from old MWC and leaving behind 7 members who remain part of the original MWC. The media value is no way more than AAC currently holds and in the future and maybe new media deal for G6 PACWest is higher than MWC and SBC but not substantially higher. But nobody from AAC is joining the PAC-West or PAC-Mountain as the revenue and resources and status are not there.

[@AztecsWrapUpShow]

That’s your opinion, certainly not a fact.