ESPN, Fox Open Discussions for Next Big 12 Deal

[SCNCY]

I didn’t see in the article, it does it say who first made contact for this negotiating window? Was it the Big 12 or the media partners?

In any case, this shows that Fox and ESPN are kind of moving on from the PAC. It could be a rouse to low ball us and somehow combine the leftovers of the big12 and PAC to form a conference while throwing the bottom feeders, but I doubt that.

 

[trevn]

Every other tweet Ive read about this this morning has a mouthbreathing Hawk fan in the comments talking about how this isnt an advantage for the Big 12.

If one of you is also on CF and reading this, Id kindly like to ask you to please go have sex with yourself.

Who doesn't rely on the expert analysis of Iowa twitter trolls when trying to understand what's going on with realignment?

 

[Al_4_State]

Literally every media person I've seen report this has couched it as an advantage for the Big 12.

 

[GTO]

Why are we even talking to ESPN/Fox? I thought we were going with Netflix or Prime.

I was hoping for PlutoTV.

 

[BCClone]

I was hoping for PlutoTV.

Goofy is a pain to deal with I heard though.

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Didn't we kind of know that OuT was gone next year when OU pulled out of Battle 4 Atlantis to be replaced by Tech? The writing has been on the wall for a few weeks that everything was going to move early.

I think FOX takes the lion's share of football with an afternoon or evening window on FOX and the rest on FS1/FS2, ESPN gets a few football games, keeps basketball at about the same level they do now and streaming stays on ESPN+.

 

[BCClone]

Didn't we kind of know that OuT was gone next year when OU pulled out of Battle 4 Atlantis to be replaced by Tech? The writing has been on the wall for a few weeks that everything was going to move early.

I think FOX takes the lion's share of football with an afternoon or evening window on FOX and the rest on FS1/FS2, ESPN gets a few football games, keeps basketball at about the same level they do now and streaming stays on ESPN+.

CBS and NBC are in the mix now also. ESPN has several channels they need to fill. While the B12 doesn't have any giant names, they do have some well known names. Throw in a wide array of timeslots available and it becomes somewhat attractive.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I don’t know how much of an “advantage” this is for the Big 12, but this is going to secure the league as the #3 league and the a big 12 will be an expanding league not a league losing teams. Fine by me.

 

[Stormin]

ESPN and FOX are getting their dream. Carve up the PAC and get OUT out sooner. Throw a decent offer to achieve their goals. Big 12 will have a good selection of rivalries and games to fill the time slots. CBS and NBC will be in the mix.

 

[KidSilverhair]

CBS and NBC are in the mix now also. ESPN has several channels they need to fill. While the B12 doesn't have any giant names, they do have some well known names. Throw in a wide array of timeslots available and it becomes somewhat attractive.

Beth Mowins needs more Big XII content on ESPN2

 

[cyatheart]

The big hangup that the Pac schools are having is how much do i make if I move? So this allows the Big 12 to give them a number, not just a guess. And Yormak knows that number already, so I think this just allows him to take a piece of paper from Fox and ESPN that says $x if school Z comes to the Big 12.

Yormack would not have opened the window if he thought it would disadvantage the Big 12.

 

[DeereClone]

This is horrible news. I thought we were going to NetFlix and Amazon Prime and that OTA/Cable TV was dead and streaming was the future. We are going down a dinosaur path.

 

[LLCoolCY]

Media just confirming the obvious.

 

[theshadow]

ESPN has several channels they need to fill.

They do, but I think in this round of TV deals a lot of people are overlooking what ESPN is already holding in future SEC and ACC inventory -- mostly because those leagues aren't currently up for bid.

 

[inCyteful]

If this news is out then I would bet the deal is already struck and they are just giving Big XII cover to take the numbers to the Four Corner Schools.

 

[Triggermv]

Media just confirming the obvious.

You gotta love how Kliavkoff makes that statement in a way that attempts to completely ignore the monstrous kicker on the end "they want to sign up for". Its like me saying "yeah, my wife would totally say yes to me buying that $100,000 boat, providing its something she would be okay with."



"Last month, Kliavkoff told Action Network he was confident the Pac-12’s remaining members would sign a new Grant of Rights.

“They’ll sign as soon as I have a deal in front of them that they want to sign up for,” Kliavkoff said."

 

[exCyDing]

This is probably the best news possible for the B12 to reel in some PAC teams and solidify itself as the #3 conference.

The PAC schools are going to get a side-by-side look of continuing in the PAC or jumping to the B12. I think this will stress the PAC. Either the corner schools will see the PAC has no future when the B10 comes back for a few more schools, or OR/WA decide they can best position themselves to move to the P2 from the B12.

Either way, getting just one school to cave will open the floodgates. The PAC can't continue with 8 or 9 teams, and getting back to 10 is just puts them further behind. Each school that leaves puts the PAC further behind, which makes the decision to move all the more attractive.

 

[Cyclonepride]

 

[CascadeClone]

I think FOX takes the lion's share of football with an afternoon or evening window on FOX and the rest on FS1/FS2, ESPN gets a few football games, keeps basketball at about the same level they do now and streaming stays on ESPN+.

That's as good a guess as any, very plausible.

 

[Cyclonepride]

This got me thinking- is it possible that they could come to a deal that gets the four corners, and then allows for expansion (also rumored) in an attempt to lure Washington and Oregon if they're left hanging by the Big 10?