Jon Joseph No. 1 Share Posted June 7, 2023 Lo and behold! "The B12 continues to wait for the Pac-12 to reveal a new media rights figure to its members before taking the next step in that pursuit." At last an understanding of basic economics. Why would any Pac-10 team bolt to the B12 without knowing what the new media deal will be? What media network would agree to bid for additional B12 football teams without knowing the details of the new media deal? As to the B12's pursuit of Gonzaga, basketball only and UConn: "A developing mystery becomes who would pay for Gonzaga and UConn. It's highly unlikely FOX or ESPN would want to reopen a B12 deal that has yet to begin." The B12 Commissioner has proposed that existing B12 members take a revenue haircut to add these two teams. This is understandably meeting with internal resistance. It is so easy to spend other people's money but when the rubber hits the road? Inside the Big 12's pursuit of Gonzaga, UConn as Brett Yormark aims to increase league's basketball dominance - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Whether Yormark has the support from the rest of the Big 12 remains to be seen 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph Author No. 2 Share Posted June 7, 2023 And today's article by John Canzano that Charles posted today on BFD only supports this take from Dodd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
