EnviroSciGuy
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They must believe that the P12 brand is worth it, and the remaining two schools do have a gigantic warchest for offsetting the departure fees. I agree with other posters that have said UNLV and/or Nevada will be in. The P12 might be having some issues enticing all of their target schools, for exactly the reasons you mentioned.That's my point in this case... what money? Do we think this new Pac-12 is going to secure a media rights windfall much better than the Mountain West?
Right now the MW pulls in $45M a year from CBS and FOX. That deal expires after the 25-26 season. They cut a deal recently with TNT Sports to put games on Max and truTV but I don't believe it was for much money.
The AAC signed a deal in 2019 that pays them $83M/year. If the MW held together I would think they'd double their existing deal, simply due to market conditions.
So that's the baseline for these 4 schools moving to the P12. How much will a reconstituted P12 make over what the MW was going to get in their next deal. +10%? +30%?
Forgive my rambling posts here, I'm just working through this in my mind!
I'd love to see an out-of-the-box move like bringing in UBC or Simon Fraser, two huge Canadian names/brands from Vancouver. SF has found that it's very difficult to compete in NCAA D2, and dropped their football program this year after struggling to find a conference. P12 money would cure those ills, and Vancouver has a stadium for it...