Dallas Melendez

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

USC IS ON TV BUT THEY MADE IT PAC-12 NETWORK EXCLUSIVE!? ESPN HAS UMASS ON TV THEY COULDN'T GET USC?

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

how bad must that apple deal have been for 30 mil to be "good enough!" for oregon and washington??

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

How did this happen?

Minutes before Pac-12 presidents planned to meet this morning and potentially agree to a Grant of Rights, Oregon officials alerted commissioner George Kliavkoff that their concerns with the Apple deal had led to a re-engagement with the Big Ten.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

Clemson - just the ESPN thing. They also don't seem nearly as willing to deal with that GoR fee that FSU is.

and if just FSU goes, the ACC could scoop up one of the G5 teams and reshore up (ND would be the most WTF pickup despite being ACC in most sports, so like...uconn?)

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

there's only like 3 schools left that move the viewing needle, and they all seem harder to budge:
ND - infamously independent, they have a looooot of nbc money to stay indy.
FSU - grant of rights, not sure the SEC would want them (between espn already having both and UF market)

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

also if possible, get sankey to talk with apple about that 9th conference game. also a little cash to come with getting 2 of those ACC teams (if I were guessing, I'd guess clemson and one of the tobacco road teams)

still a $120-300 million problem to address tho.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

the cfp makes sense to try and pull the super bowl method if it all works out: spread their championship game between ABC/FOX/CBS/NBC, all of them get the first 2 rounds, ABC and FOX get the semis.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

@JuMosq unless you draw the scheduling short straw and have to go through michigan/ohio state/usc in a season. if they schedule like the SEC it's not out of the question.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

@UrinatingTree the pac 12 needs a whole vid for a eulogy if it comes to that (or they merge with the MWC), this rot has been there from larry scotts tenure 13-14 years ago

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF THESE THO

[Pete Thamel @PeteThamel]

Sources: Big Ten expected to move ahead with formal offer letters for Oregon and Washington. A Big Ten vote is expected to take place later today to formalize their admission, barring any last-minute snags.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

arizona is gonna take that big XII deal in a heartbeat.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

"We don't want to be responsible for killing the Pac-12."

*proceeds to slit their throat, then shoot them in the heart for good measure.*

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

BREAKING: Oregon & Washington joining Big Ten, becoming latest schools to leave Pac-12; putting Pac-12 future in doubt, sources told @ActionNetworkHQ 👀👀👀

https://t.co/FtVKNdjHuD

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

utah wins the pac 12 in back to back years and may well end up in the MWC for their effort.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

@JuMosq then nah. can't justify spending that extra cash to watch maybe 1 game a week.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

"Oregon and Washington are all but set in the big ten it's just a matter of money."
MY BROTHER IN CHRIST THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OFFERED IS THE WHOLE POINT OF ALL OF THIS.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

the most important call of the pac-12's existence.

[Nicole Auerbach @NicoleAuerbach]

The Big Ten presidents and chancellors are about to hop on a call, source says.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

i don't know if the SEC or B1G want florida state, meanwhile the noles are asking bank of america for 300 million to pay for their way out of the GoR. Just chill in the ACC for a couple of seasons man, even UNC is saying to chill out.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

BUT THE POINT IS that streaming is bloated and sometimes not worth the price of subscription (esp if there's only like 1-2 things to watch), non-live sports is way easier to consume than ever without the need for programs and live sports is not the tentpole for subs it once was.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

the other thing if you noticed: Fox and ESPN were losing revenue. CBS was flat, and NBC was losing on tv and streaming. The main reason seems to be that the cords are being cut more often, but not necessarily swapping to streaming. This may only get worse.

[Dallas Melendez @DcmRulz]

a lot of these businesses harvest a lot of our data to fix the algo and cater more specific content to us, with occasional recommendations of things that look close to what we'd watch (recently yt has been recommending me totally unrelated garbage too)