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I am certainly in the camp that does not like futzing around with college sports traditions, moving games off Saturdays, moving games out of reasonable time slots. However, a reasonable conversation should at least acknowledge that revenue is a real issue that allows for the support of many intercollegiate sports and for the Pac 12 teams to remain competitive with other leagues.

Wilner likes writing about financial issues for the Pac 12, in fact he seems to prefer that to writing about actual sports. Earlier this month he had an article outlining the basic issue facing the Pac 12 - for TV rights the Pac 12 is looking at a $13 million dollar per school per year revenue shortfall versus the SEC and Big Ten, something closer to $5 million per school deficit to the Big 12, and probably something similar to the ACC though he doesn't have much info for that conference. If the conference merely accedes to that discrepancy, or allows it to grow in order to go back to Saturday afternoon games only, it's hard to see how they can remain competitive.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/18/co...ectacular/


I would personally still opt for having the Pac 12 limit the kind of scheduling distortions allowed for the benefit of TV, hoping to make up revenue in other areas (required donations for seats??) but willing to sacrifice if that isn't possible (fewer national championships?). Still, I don't think it's too helpful to wail about the problems without acknowledging the trade-offs.

[CTcard]

I am certainly in the camp that does not like futzing around with college sports traditions, moving games off Saturdays, moving games out of reasonable time slots. However, a reasonable conversation should at least acknowledge that revenue is a real issue that allows for the support of many intercollegiate sports and for the Pac 12 teams to remain competitive with other leagues.

Wilner likes writing about financial issues for the Pac 12, in fact he seems to prefer that to writing about actual sports. Earlier this month he had an article outlining the basic issue facing the Pac 12 - for TV rights the Pac 12 is looking at a $13 million dollar per school per year revenue shortfall versus the SEC and Big Ten, something closer to $5 million per school deficit to the Big 12, and probably something similar to the ACC though he doesn't have much info for that conference. If the conference merely accedes to that discrepancy, or allows it to grow in order to go back to Saturday afternoon games only, it's hard to see how they can remain competitive.
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/18/co...ectacular/


I would personally still opt for having the Pac 12 limit the kind of scheduling distortions allowed for the benefit of TV, hoping to make up revenue in other areas (required donations for seats??) but willing to sacrifice if that isn't possible (fewer national championships?). Still, I don't think it's too helpful to wail about the problems without acknowledging the trade-offs.