The ACC didn’t offer anything to SMU.
This. ^^^ SMU and UConn are also the big losers in this round of musical chairs. The Big 12 was looking at both until four legitimate P5 programs fell into their lap.
So, SMU went from allegedly whoring out sorority sisters for members of the football team to whoring out the football program to join a conference more than 1,000 miles away from Dallass.
Are you following the NSL's lead by making an accusation saying something happened , making it look current only to have the article about it be from close to 40 years ago..
Are you following the NSL's lead by making an accusation saying something happened , making it look current only to have the article about it be from close to 40 years ago..
Who needs WME when you have professor of who knows what lol. Might not even put the blame on GK's friend because sounds like they came up with about a mid 30s estimate. The presidents just decided to listen to some professor instead of that. Like I say presidents aren't business people but like the article says GK should have pushed back hard on them as commish and get them to come to grips with reality.
www.latimes.com
Who needs WME when you have professor of who knows what lol. Might not even put the blame on GK's friend because sounds like they came up with about a mid 30s estimate. The presidents just decided to listen to some professor instead of that. Like I say presidents aren't business people but like the article says GK should have pushed back hard on them as commish and get them to come to grips with reality.
Also sounds like Washington was the one who decided to leave first and Oregon followed not the other way around.
From the article:
Kliavkoff brought the schools an ESPN offer of $30 million per school annually for all of their rights. The Pac-12’s analysis said the schools would be worth somewhere in the mid-$30-million range apiece, so they could go back to ESPN with a reasonable counter in the high $30-million-range and maybe the two sides would end up around $35 million.
When the Pac-12 CEO group met to discuss the offer, one of the league presidents had other ideas. The president worked with a professor on his campus to come up with their own estimate of what the 10 schools should get based on their market value: $50 million.
“George and our media consultant were pretty clear there was some risk, but they said, ‘Nope, our numbers show we’re worth this, go ask for it,’” a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations not authorized to speak publicly about them told The Times. “... ESPN did not react very well to it.”
Given the stakes of negotiations, a source with experience negotiating media rights agreements told The Times, Kliavkoff should have been more forceful pushing back against the high counteroffer.
Inside the Pac-12 collapse: Four surprising moments that crushed the conference
How did the Pac-12 die? These surprising decisions by USC, Oregon, Washington and others thwarted efforts to save the conference.
It's not hindsight because you hire these consultants because they're experts in the field. Hire another one for a second opinion if you don't trust the first. What's the point of hiring them if you're not going to listen to them or at least be in the same universe as them.
I can't count the number of times when consultants are wrong. Yes, one should put weight on what they say, and one should always be at least a little risk-averse --not take a chance on getting "two in the bush" when one has one i the hand. But that doesn't mean they're always right.
Who needs WME when you have professor of who knows what lol. Might not even put the blame on GK's friend because sounds like they came up with about a mid 30s estimate. The presidents just decided to listen to some professor instead of that. Like I say presidents aren't business people but like the article says GK should have pushed back hard on them as commish and get them to come to grips with reality.
Also sounds like Washington was the one who decided to leave first and Oregon followed not the other way around.
From the article:
Kliavkoff brought the schools an ESPN offer of $30 million per school annually for all of their rights. The Pac-12’s analysis said the schools would be worth somewhere in the mid-$30-million range apiece, so they could go back to ESPN with a reasonable counter in the high $30-million-range and maybe the two sides would end up around $35 million.
When the Pac-12 CEO group met to discuss the offer, one of the league presidents had other ideas. The president worked with a professor on his campus to come up with their own estimate of what the 10 schools should get based on their market value: $50 million.
“George and our media consultant were pretty clear there was some risk, but they said, ‘Nope, our numbers show we’re worth this, go ask for it,’” a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations not authorized to speak publicly about them told The Times. “... ESPN did not react very well to it.”
Given the stakes of negotiations, a source with experience negotiating media rights agreements told The Times, Kliavkoff should have been more forceful pushing back against the high counteroffer.
Inside the Pac-12 collapse: Four surprising moments that crushed the conference
How did the Pac-12 die? These surprising decisions by USC, Oregon, Washington and others thwarted efforts to save the conference.
Who needs WME when you have professor of who knows what lol. Might not even put the blame on GK's friend because sounds like they came up with about a mid 30s estimate. The presidents just decided to listen to some professor instead of that. Like I say presidents aren't business people but like the article says GK should have pushed back hard on them as commish and get them to come to grips with reality.
Also sounds like Washington was the one who decided to leave first and Oregon followed not the other way around.
From the article:
Kliavkoff brought the schools an ESPN offer of $30 million per school annually for all of their rights. The Pac-12’s analysis said the schools would be worth somewhere in the mid-$30-million range apiece, so they could go back to ESPN with a reasonable counter in the high $30-million-range and maybe the two sides would end up around $35 million.
When the Pac-12 CEO group met to discuss the offer, one of the league presidents had other ideas. The president worked with a professor on his campus to come up with their own estimate of what the 10 schools should get based on their market value: $50 million.
“George and our media consultant were pretty clear there was some risk, but they said, ‘Nope, our numbers show we’re worth this, go ask for it,’” a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations not authorized to speak publicly about them told The Times. “... ESPN did not react very well to it.”
Given the stakes of negotiations, a source with experience negotiating media rights agreements told The Times, Kliavkoff should have been more forceful pushing back against the high counteroffer.
Inside the Pac-12 collapse: Four surprising moments that crushed the conference
How did the Pac-12 die? These surprising decisions by USC, Oregon, Washington and others thwarted efforts to save the conference.
Oh is it paywalled? It worked for me and I don’t have a sub. Maybe a certain number of free articles or something.
Like I said hire another one if you don't trust the opinion of the first, just like you might do with a doctor if you don't trust a first on an important diagnosis.
It's Tony Altimore; it has to be. He put out that series of powerpoints a year ago on his valuations of individual athletics departments. He considers Rutgers the 19th most valuable althetics department in the country, Georgia 34th and Alabama 76th (*eye roll*). His data is fine (as far as I can tell), but his conclusions are ludicrous ...
There's one thng we definitely agree on -- it's surprising the presidents didn't take the sure thing. And yes, the commissioner should have done a better job bringing them down to earth. TBH, this version of events is so strange that I wonder if it's a full story.
Yea it jibes because I posted the same article in my first post about the behind the scenes going ons in the PAC lol. Also mentioned GK didn't push back enough.
I'll take RU where he has them! lolIt's Tony Altimore; it has to be. He put out that series of powerpoints a year ago on his valuations of individual athletics departments. He considers Rutgers the 19th most valuable althetics department in the country, Georgia 34th and Alabama 76th (*eye roll*). His data is fine (as far as I can tell), but his conclusions are ludicrous ...
If Stanford doesn't think it can get a media payout, then it wouldn't be surprised if Cal doesn't either -- Stanford sports have a far better record of success.
