SoCal_Pony wrote:JasonB wrote:$40 million plus per school, and then they will add CBS on top of it. If they decide to expand, we won't receive anywhere close to a full share, but whatever we see will be good enough.
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Jason, what’s your source for $40M plus per school????
The Athletic article above says ‘north of $40M is unrealistic’
The under $40M number assumes that ESPN is driving the negotiation price to hold it similar to the Big 12.
That assumption is invalid. ESPN and Fox held negotiations with the Big 12 when the Big 12 wasn't a free agent. They controlled the numbers and held them down. The Big 12 had to do it because they needed to sign a deal before Big 12 members looked over at the Pac 12.
The Pac 12 is a free agent, the streaming services need content, and ESPN isn't the factor. In fact, NFL deal escaped Amazon, which was a huge surprise, which makes this deal even more important to Amazon, and they are battling against Apple.
I would be very surprised if the Pac 12 deal is not higher than what the Big 12 got. Including SMU balances out the Big 12 claims of the Dallas market with TCU, Tech, and Baylor. Utah and BYU split Salt Lake. So the Big 12 can claim Houston, and Kansas City? Pac 12 has Portland, Seattle, the Bay Area, Phoenix, and Denver. The population reach is substantially different.
We just need to hope that the Big 12 media deal forced all of the Big 12 schools to sign their GOR agreement so that we can get into the Pac 12.