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Benjamin Miller's avatar

John, come on. Do your sources expect us to believe that no established media company was willing to partner on a Pac 12 Network in 2012?

Everyone who followed sports business back then (and since) knew the Pac 12 had certain terms they wouldn’t budge on because the Big Ten and SEC were getting those terms. Precisely what those terms were, I do not know. Perhaps your sources know

But these Pac 12 people should not be allowed to elude responsibility for being stubborn in the lead up to the launch of the network. They thought ESPN and Fox were asking for too much, so they gambled a went off on their own. The gamble lost

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KPR's avatar

Just to kick the dead horse, but does it gall anybody that Gene Block who was present and had a vote at the beginning of the ill-fated Larry Scott era, and who did nothing right the ship when Larry Scott ran the PAC 12 aground, and was at the helm when UCLA athletics went deeply in the red, ultimeately made the decision for UCLA to cut and run to the BIG10? The man is made of teflon.

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