How did the Pac-12 die? These surprising decisions by USC, Oregon, Washington and others thwarted efforts to save the conference.
USC football is the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 in the conference preseason poll released Thursday.With the hopes of a potential Big Ten invite out there for Oregon and Washington, it was always going to be hard to persuade them to sign a grant of rights for what amounted to half a Big Ten distribution share. What if the Big Ten later decided to add them at full shares like USC and UCLA? There was no reason for the Ducks and Huskies, in particular, to box themselves in.
As part of the Big 12’s deal, Yormark got the networks to agree that if he were to add “Power Five” schools in expansion, the networks would pay for the additions at the same annual rate. Colorado football coach Deion Sanders was among those who pushed for the team to join the Big 12, multiple sources told The Times.The presidents and chancellors gave Kliavkoff a deadline of July 31 to present final media rights offers.
The second option was an all-streaming deal with Apple, which was excited to add the Pac-12 to its growing sports subscription offerings.
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