The Pac-12 Networks turn 1
Launched Aug. 15, 2012 — yes, I’m a few days late with this — the Pac12Nets have changed the viewing experience for millions of fans and the playing experience for thousands of athletes now getting...
View ArticlePac-12 Networks: What the AT&T/U-verse deal means to fans (there’s more to it...
On the surface, the Pac12Nets carriage agreement with AT&T U-verse appears to be just like those with DISH, Comcast, etc.: It’s a means of distributing content to viewers. But there is much more to...
View ArticleAction/reaction: Cal falters, Stanford rolls, the Pac-12 hires Zaninovich,...
Preview of Selection Sunday coming in the next 24 hours (with possible updates Sunday morning) Action: Bay Area teams head in opposite directions in Pac-12 quarterfinals. Reaction I: Given the stakes,...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Fewer night games, more regional broadcasts and the...
The Pac-12 is moving toward a reduction in night football games next season. That’s the good news for fans, teams and officials at the 12 campuses. But the reduction could very well come at a cost:...
View ArticlePac-12 football: The title game moves to Levi’s Stadium
Thoughts on the Pac-12 signing a three-year deal to stage its football title game at Levi’s Stadium … *** The league is nothing if not willing to try new things, even when old things aren’t broken. The...
View ArticleLarry Scott, Jim Delany, Ed O’Bannon and the future of college sports
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott and Big Ten commish Jim Delany will gather in San Francisco on Wednesday to talk college football. First at a press conference, then during a Q&A at the Commonwealth...
View ArticleJim Delany, Larry Scott talk O’Bannon case, NCAA reform, bowl games and DirecTV
Two of college football’s five primary powerbrokers, commissioners Larry Scott (Pac-12) and Jim Delany (Big Ten), were together in San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon — first at a press conference and...
View ArticlePac-12 Conference: Record revenue, per-school splits, Scott’s compensation...
The Pac-12 released its latest 990s on Friday – the Friday of a holiday weekend, no less. There was no reason to bury the news. Quite the opposite, in fact. The Hotline obtained a copy of the 990s, and...
View ArticleEd O’Bannon trial starts today, with more problems looming for the NCAA
* The trial gets underway at 8:30 a.m. in Oakland. I won’t be there, at least not today. Here’s my column for the Merc examining all the legal challenges facing the NCAA. It was written before the...
View ArticlePac-12 football: Commissioner Larry Scott on the future of the Pac12Nets, a...
The Pac-12 media days opened with commissioner Larry Scott’s state-of-the-conference address. Scott fielded questions later in the day, as well. Here is the choice material from my interactions with...
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