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<blockquote data-quote="This Ain't Chopped Liver" data-source="post: 3165401" data-attributes="member: 74137"><p>This doesn’t sound good for Big 12 leverage. [USER=72515]@Gary's Shirtless Revenge[/USER], any thoughts on this?</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2022/07/04/why-espn-not-fox-is-the-network-which-can-save-the-pac-12/[/URL]</p><p>ESPN and Fox are trying to get as much leverage as possible in the battle for college sports media rights. Each has an idea of how it wants the national map of conferences and member schools to be aligned when the dust settles.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/03/pac-12-survival-guide-five-forces-that-will-define-the-path-to-salvation-or-extinction/" target="_blank">This point is underscored by Jon Wilner of the Wilner Hotline,</a> who makes the point that <strong>Fox is going all-in with the Big Ten and is therefore overextended in its media commitments and resource allocation:</strong></p><p></p><p><em>The move suggests that Fox will have little interest in Pac-12 media rights in the next contract cycle. <strong>Most, if not all of its cash will be spent on the Big Ten and the expanded College Football Playoff.</strong></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Meanwhile, ESPN could play a key role in rescuing the Pac-12.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>When the next contract cycle begins, ESPN will control all ACC and SEC football content but perhaps very little — or none — of the Big Ten’s inventory.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>That’s significant, because ESPN has more shelf space than Fox due to additional linear networks (ESPN2) and its commitment to a digital platform (ESPN+).</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It needs viable college football in the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones to fill all those broadcast windows.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Given the desperation level of the Pac-12 and Big 12, whose current media deal expires in 2025, their inventory will undoubtedly be available for whatever price ESPN is willing to pay.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>ESPN can name the terms and, if desired, dictate which schools are in which league.</strong></em></p><p></p><p>Fox has chosen to steer away from the Pac-12 as a part of its future. It’s ESPN or bust for the Pac-12. Maybe this includes the Big 12. Maybe it doesn’t. Fox, though, is out of the picture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="This Ain't Chopped Liver, post: 3165401, member: 74137"] This doesn’t sound good for Big 12 leverage. [USER=72515]@Gary's Shirtless Revenge[/USER], any thoughts on this? [URL unfurl="true"]https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2022/07/04/why-espn-not-fox-is-the-network-which-can-save-the-pac-12/[/URL] ESPN and Fox are trying to get as much leverage as possible in the battle for college sports media rights. Each has an idea of how it wants the national map of conferences and member schools to be aligned when the dust settles. [URL='https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/03/pac-12-survival-guide-five-forces-that-will-define-the-path-to-salvation-or-extinction/']This point is underscored by Jon Wilner of the Wilner Hotline,[/URL] who makes the point that [B]Fox is going all-in with the Big Ten and is therefore overextended in its media commitments and resource allocation:[/B] [I]The move suggests that Fox will have little interest in Pac-12 media rights in the next contract cycle. [B]Most, if not all of its cash will be spent on the Big Ten and the expanded College Football Playoff.[/B] Meanwhile, ESPN could play a key role in rescuing the Pac-12. When the next contract cycle begins, ESPN will control all ACC and SEC football content but perhaps very little — or none — of the Big Ten’s inventory. That’s significant, because ESPN has more shelf space than Fox due to additional linear networks (ESPN2) and its commitment to a digital platform (ESPN+). It needs viable college football in the Central, Mountain and Pacific time zones to fill all those broadcast windows. [B]Given the desperation level of the Pac-12 and Big 12, whose current media deal expires in 2025, their inventory will undoubtedly be available for whatever price ESPN is willing to pay. ESPN can name the terms and, if desired, dictate which schools are in which league.[/B][/I] Fox has chosen to steer away from the Pac-12 as a part of its future. It’s ESPN or bust for the Pac-12. Maybe this includes the Big 12. Maybe it doesn’t. Fox, though, is out of the picture. [/QUOTE]
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