LawDawg1
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When USC and UCLA said they were LEAVE!ing for the Big 10, I was pissed Oregon and Washington didn’t get taken along, and was convinced it was the death knell of the Pac 12 (which has been on life support for awhile).
Now I’m more in LIPO mode. An Amazon deal would help (but CHRIST, anything is better than what the conference has now, so super low fucking bar), but with the upcoming college playoff expansion I doubt this would delay the inevitable: all[/i] conferences will continue to get reshuffled.
I waffle on this. Getting enough money to stay competitive with the B12 and the ACC is great I guess but if the P12 is cutting out ESPN to do it that, it might not be such a great idea. Like selling the rights to game times to ESPN 12years ago and them showing the majority of P12 games after bedtime on the east coast, selling to Amazon and losing the sliver of interest the narrative makers at ESPN have in P12 football seems risky. I'm afraid that ESPN who currently owns over half P12 rights and cares little to none about P12 football will essentially turn their backs on the conference if they are cut out. May as well be the Big Sky. ESPN runs the CFP. Outside of the Oregon Duck mascot and Deion Sanders they will have no reason to talk P12 football. Ever. They own the ACC, they own the SEC, they own the B12 and the Big 10 is too big to ignore. Where does that leave the Pac? 40 million a year will feel pretty cold when they will essentially be on the dark side of the moon trying to survive. Give ESPN one after dark game a week. Stay on the network so they can't forget about you.
That way when they do broadcast your game they can put cupcakes on your field and talk shit TO YOUR FACE!