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Jim Burns's avatar

Thanks John. You've been spot on with your insistence the Pac2 market and fight for themselves. They should have been doing it from the moment the rest of the conference left them. Shout it out loud every day, make sure you're in the news every single day exposing the hypocrisy and collusion going on. Don't worry about pissing anyone or any other conference off, they're to busy pissing all over you!! But for the most part, they've sat quiet, played by the rules and have made sure to not ruffle any feathers. The exception was when they were FORCED to bring suit against the leaving members or they would have lost their entire athletic programs. Other than that, they continue to sit back and play nicely with everyone. The same strategy that landed them in this position. It's clear they don't understand the game and really haven't since the 70s when things started to change. Sad to say it, but they got what they EARNED. Small time athletics now, from small time thinking over decades. They've always played checkers while everyone else was playing chess.

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John-Henry Cottrell's avatar

Sadly, on the marketing end, I have to agree.

I could market better out of my bedroom as a side job than what they are doing. It is absolutely frustrating.

Gould acts like PAC2 is an insult and not allowed to be used... What a missed opportunity! Make lots of Pac12 with the "1"crossed out... Promote it not just for the conference, but for the those across the nation unhappy with how NIL transfer portal and conference realignment has changed college athletics... Tap into that national emotion!!!!

Butters they refuse and want to play nice... Absolutely frustrating

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Hoxie's avatar

I agree we need to be MUCH louder. We need to be aggressive, buying commercial slots, social media, more content, interviews, documentaries, etc. The only thing I will say in their defense is that I believe I read they have to hang on to the PAC 12 brand for legal reasons. Contracts with sponsors and things of that nature are with the PAC 12. May also have something to do with the cfp language. Not sure about that part though.

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