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The brand Big 10 is worth more than that.Proving that everything in CFB is now for sale, the Big 12 is apparently considering becoming the Allstate 12. Could be worth $3M per team.
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Proving that everything in CFB is now for sale, the Big 12 is apparently considering becoming the Allstate 12. Could be worth $3M per team.
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$250 million is a pipe dream.Wonder if Pres. Schulz and Mrs. McCoy are collaborating with their counterparts at Oregon State.
That could be a chance to add to the $250M nest egg
Not sure what you mean. $250M is a real number, as has been discussed numerous times. But it is already being spent, along the lines of ~$10M to balance our FY 24 budget, and $30M plus to balance FY 25's budget. Plus the money for our scheduling agreements ($14M to the MW, $7M for our half). So WSU's $125M is already spent or committed to the tune of $47M and counting. Of the rest, $30M in future NCAA BB $ will be lost if we join one of the fantasy conferences everybody but the mighty Loyal One crows about.$250 million is a pipe dream.
Sure it’s a real number*
Contingent upon New-PAC regenerating itself into a power 5 with a Mega Media deal.
That money was also committed to future liability awards from pending court cases, yes?
- there’s always a chance. It’s why you play the game.UberCoug, any chance the Pac-2 could go back and get additional financial assistance from the 10 schools that left if these legal bills pile up?
Could the Whitman County judge take another look at the matter as conditions have changed now that the NCAA's blood is in the water so to speak?
WTF are you talking about? Contingent upon what? The only contingency is the $30M in NCAA BB units - we have to still be a conference.Sure it’s a real number*
Contingent upon New-PAC regenerating itself into a power 5 with a Mega Media deal.
That money was also committed to future liability awards from pending court cases, yes?
Then there is this article. The MW isn't sitting on their hands. Yet another reason for us to get the reverse merger going and rebrand as the Alaska Air PacWest or Alaska Pac Mtn conference. Otherwise we are going to be left out and totally F-ed. It is sooo obvious. Oh but let's be patient.....This guy spit balling some names for naming rights. Pac-12 mentioned in the article.
The (Potential) Future World of Conference Naming Rights: Which Sponsors Fit Best? — Hoosier Huddle
By Evan Alvarez McDonald’s Ligue 1, La Liga EA Sports, Barclays Premier League (formerly), and Serie A Enilive are recent examples of European and English soccer leagues signing title sponsors for their respective leagues - effectively changing the name of the leagues entirely when discussing them.hoosierhuddle.com
Highly insightful post as usual. The MW, as per the link in another post, is already looking at naming rights. A new PacMtn-12/14 is not a pipe dream. And an Alaska Air PacMtn Conference is not a pipe dream. What is the name of the mutts BB arena? Merging into the MW, as discussed ad nauseum, would cost us $30M in lost NCAA BB revenues. While we sit around for 2 years and earn -0- in future NCAA revenues. That is just stupid.There will be no naming rights to the Pac 2/12ths
We need to stop living in a pipe dream. Hang on for two years to get any remnants of Pac 12 assets then merge with the MWC.
Wasting money and brain cells trying to convince 10 institutions to jump into a resurrected PAC 12 is titling at windmills.
What part of hold tight for two years is difficult to understand?Highly insightful post as usual. The MW, as per the link in another post, is already looking at naming rights. A new PacMtn-12/14 is not a pipe dream. And an Alaska Air PacMtn Conference is not a pipe dream. What is the name of the mutts BB arena? Merging into the MW, as discussed ad nauseum, would cost us $30M in lost NCAA BB revenues. While we sit around for 2 years and earn -0- in future NCAA revenues. That is just stupid.
In two years the most likely outcome is a merger between the Pac 2/12ths and the MWC without having either party need to pay exit fees or give up what they already have in hand.
Observer11:Why would the MWC voluntarily implode? They already have a deal, a conference and a schedule.
What broadcaster(s) are holding their breath with checkbook open, to add WSU and OSU to MWC?
Explain it to me like I’m 6 years old.
Oh you guys.What part of hold tight for two years is difficult to understand?
What part of there will be no Pac 2/12ths naming deal is difficult to understand?
In two years the most likely outcome is a merger between the Pac 2/12ths and the MWC without having either party need to pay exit fees or give up what they already have in hand.
Well those are a good start. Plus being part of their next media deal. Plus start earning NCAA BB units (the MW had what, 5-6 teams in the tourney this year?). Plus being able to compete for a league title and a helluva better shot at getting a CFP invite. And saving a shit ton of money closing the Pac-2 offices in favor of Gloria as Commissioner and her offices as the league HQ. And maybe, just maybe salvaging a decent bowl affiliation or 2.0-11, Some in the media as well as Mik here at CougZone think including all the MWC schools will dilute the value of the conference, in other words: "cut the bottom feeders" to raise the value.
Are they any other advantages to a 14-team superconference other than dodging exit fees or spending a rightfully-earned windfall?
Loyal is anxious. And refuses to realize that the bargain basement, discount rack TV deal the MWC has will still be around.What part of hold tight for two years is difficult to understand?
What part of there will be no Pac 2/12ths naming deal is difficult to understand?
In two years the most likely outcome is a merger between the Pac 2/12ths and the MWC without having either party need to pay exit fees or give up what they already have in hand.
Loyal is anxious. And refuses to realize that the bargain basement, discount rack TV deal the MWC has will still be around.
Don't count on them being around buddy. And pray tell just what better options will materialize for WSU in the meantime as we spend our nest egg with -0- return? Big-12? ACC? Ain't going to happen. And even if it did, and even if WSU got to have a full share of whatever money they will bring, we would still be woefully underfunded compared to all but maybe a few of their members and be flying all over the country in all sports.Loyal is anxious. And refuses to realize that the bargain basement, discount rack TV deal the MWC has will still be around.
I’m a business guy that works in the business world - not the public sector. The sponsorship will be worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. If at all.Loyal is anxious. And refuses to realize that the bargain basement, discount rack TV deal the MWC has will still be around.
Now I see what you have been saying on the 2/12th notion. To clarify, my premise is that we reverse merge and seek naming rights for the new PacMtn-12/14, not the Pac-2. And to your point, I imagine that a Mtn West agreement would contain contingencies as you describe. But I will stick to my opinion that we and they are better off to come together NOW (as of July 1, 2025), and negotiate naming and media rights, and bowl affiliations, as a new and seemingly stable conference rather than limp into the picture when all of those birds have already flown. Contingencies or not.I’m a business guy that works in the business world - not the public sector. The sponsorship will be worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. If at all.
Unless there’s some corporation whose brand is “we try harder”, there’s no compelling reason to spend marketing funds building a brand around something that may or may not be around in two years. Hence, no sponsor for the Pac Two-Twelfth Conference.
Whoever the MWC signs on with as their corporate sponsor may or may not score an affiliation with the New and Mountainous Pac-12 in a couple years, but certainly their negotiations would include contingencies and fees with or without WSU and OSU.
Let me be the very first one to propose a lucrative agreement for the new Pacific Mountain Dew Conference!I’m a business guy that works in the business world - not the public sector. The sponsorship will be worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. If at all.
Unless there’s some corporation whose brand is “we try harder”, there’s no compelling reason to spend marketing funds building a brand around something that may or may not be around in two years. Hence, no sponsor for the Pac Two-Twelfth Conference.
Whoever the MWC signs on with as their corporate sponsor may or may not score an affiliation with the New and Mountainous Pac-12 in a couple years, but certainly their negotiations would include contingencies and fees with or without WSU and OSU.
Ok I like that one.Let me be the very first one to propose a lucrative agreement for the new Pacific Mountain Dew Conference!