Charles Fischer Administrator No. 1 Share Posted August 30, 2023 OK...I had no idea that the LA schools drove that much value. Crap, they should have got more. And so should the Ducks! From Canzano: • That got me thinking about USC and UCLA’s media value to the Pac-12. Retired Fox Sports Networks president Bob Thompson told me last year that he projected the Pac-12’s media rights package was worth $500 million with the two Los Angeles schools included and $300 million without them. • That’s $41.7 million per school with them and $30 million without. The two LA schools were driving a 28 percent increase in media value while each received only 8.3 percent of the pie. • Thompson’s estimate ended up dead solid perfect. We now know that ESPN offered the Pac-12 exactly $30 million per school in October of 2022. The conference presidents foolishly turned that down and countered at $50 million per school. • They should have hired Thompson to consult. 1 Mr. FishDuck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Ducker1 No. 2 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Some people cant handle the truth, Sad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Joseph No. 3 Share Posted August 30, 2023 No wonder after ESPN/SEC purloined OK and TX Fox wanted to elbow ESPN out of LA. The 2 LA schools have more of an impact on the B1G deal than I expected, but I knew that it was a B1G impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Ducker1 No. 4 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Metro of 21 million people apparently matters. Love or hate Southern California it was of utmost importance to the PAC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Hilarius Moderator No. 5 Share Posted August 30, 2023 As an Angeleno, I can say that I NEVER see UCLA or USC sports on in public. It’s all NFL, NBA, MLB, etc. I would really like to know how they calculate the % of a market’s eyeballs they can expect to actually tune in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceaniaDuck No. 6 Share Posted August 30, 2023 I guess in a sense, these revelations do kind of absolve GK. Now the onus falls of course still on LS and whoever was driving the $50 million price tag that caused the whole deal to fall apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tandaian No. 7 Share Posted August 30, 2023 It is perceived value in my eyes. The TV executives never give a clear picture as to how they value teams. Is it metro area, is it eyes on actually watching games, how much is it a combination of both? Rutgers has terrible TV numbers, but they are considered valuable because they are NYC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
