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Some suggestions from Joebruin

https://gojoebruin.com/2018/11/18/ucla-b...ift-guide/

A Year of Free Streaming on Pac-12.com

I don't have a problem with this, but I'm guessing that Comcast and the other cable companies that still pay for the Pac-12 network would. And if part of the problem is that the Pac-12 is bringing in less revenue than other conferences, is the plan to make up for the lack of margins with volume?

No Kickoffs Later Than 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. PT[sic]

Again, for me personally, that would be great, as I could take my kids to games. However, as has been mentioned before, we would be going up against ACC/SEC/BigTen primetime games if our latest kick-offs were 5 pm Pacific. With 7 pm kick-offs, we are largely running games unopposed. This is supported by the ratings for the various kick-off times; the late kick-offs generate better ratings than the earlier ones.

And again, if part of the problem is bringing in less revenue, cutting off the most lucrative games for the networks is a sure way to bring in even less revenue.

Take the Legal Hit, Move the Pac-12 Championship Game to Las Vegas or Los Angeles for 2019

The stadium in LA is not going to be open until 2020, so I don't understand this.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000...until-2020

Likewise the Las Vegas stadium is scheduled to be opened in 2020.

These facts are easily google-able. That being said, I think it would be good to move the Pac-12 championship to either a neutral venue (Vegas) or alternate between North and South. But starting in 2020, after the contract is up, and once the stadia in LA and Vegas are finished.

A Complete Overhaul of the Officiating and Play Review Crew

Sure. It's not why the Pac-12 is losing the football arms race, but everyone will always want better officiating.

Improve Pac-12 Media Day/Singing Day Coverage

Sure. It will have no impact whatsoever, but why not.

8-Game Conference Schedule

Seems odd to advocate this in a year when 10-2 WSU is missing out on a NY6 game because of its bad schedule. Since there are a limited number of schools out west, it will mean either more trips to the east coast or scrambles to secure the same Mountain West teams as non-conference options. And personally, I would much rather watch Stanford-Utah, even though we lost, than Stanford-Idaho State (or some other non-conference game that would take its place), unless we scheduled compelling opponents, which we have found is hard to do.

End the SoCal/NorCal Lock Games

Actually, I love having our annual guaranteed win against UCLA, though maybe that's what is prompting JoeBruin to call for the end of the rivalry. I wonder if he would feel like that if they were regularly winning against Stanford/Cal. More seriously, though, win or lose, I consider the games against UCLA and USC to be much more important and compelling than those against Utah, Colorado, Arizona, or ASU.

TBH, I think it would be better to re-align the conference, and have all four California schools plus Arizona and ASU in the same division, and move Utah/Colorado to the North, which I believe is more geographically correct. Then you wouldn't have to do the weird schedule to ensure Northern California and Southern California schools always played each other.

No More Back-to-Back Road Games, End Friday Games (especially the Pac-12 Championship Game)

I believe it is impossible to devise a schedule without back-to-back road games. At most you can have games against six opponents on "the other side" of the home/road split, and then you have to play a team where both of you played at home or on the prior week. There may be some magic that can be done with bye weeks and out of conference opponents, but I'm nearly certain that devising a schedule without back-to-back road games for at least one team is impossible.

On the ending Friday night games, see my comment above on "no late kick-offs". In order to maximize eyeballs, it is better to run unopposed at odd times than it is to run at the popular times when you are going up against SEC/BigTen games.

One thing I do agree with is the above combo. It should be possible to schedule having a home game the week before a Friday night game to ensure adequate rest in anticipation of the Friday game.

Full Transparency and Autonomy for the Officiating Crew

Whatever this means, who can possibly be against it, although as written, it sounds like he disagrees with the idea of a centralized review booth. I think it makes more sense to have all reviews done in a centralized booth. However, if "transparency and autonomy" mean that the central review is done by a dedicated review official and that this official is publicly considered part of the officiating crew, I agree.

Cut the Salaries of Pac-12 Executives

As many of the other proposals, it will have no impact except making us feel better about things, but I don't disagree. In comparison to other conferences, Pac-12 execs do seem to be paid above market.

Split the Conference into Divisions for Basketball, Save the Rivalries

I agree with this, and thought it should have been done from the beginning. Play each team in your division a double round-robin (10 games), and each team outside of the division once, with one pair of teams getting played home-away to give you eight games for an 18 game conference season.

BC

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Some suggestions from Joebruin

https://gojoebruin.com/2018/11/18/ucla-b...ift-guide/

A Year of Free Streaming on Pac-12.com

I don't have a problem with this, but I'm guessing that Comcast and the other cable companies that still pay for the Pac-12 network would. And if part of the problem is that the Pac-12 is bringing in less revenue than other conferences, is the plan to make up for the lack of margins with volume?

No Kickoffs Later Than 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. PT[sic]

Again, for me personally, that would be great, as I could take my kids to games. However, as has been mentioned before, we would be going up against ACC/SEC/BigTen primetime games if our latest kick-offs were 5 pm Pacific. With 7 pm kick-offs, we are largely running games unopposed. This is supported by the ratings for the various kick-off times; the late kick-offs generate better ratings than the earlier ones.

And again, if part of the problem is bringing in less revenue, cutting off the most lucrative games for the networks is a sure way to bring in even less revenue.

Take the Legal Hit, Move the Pac-12 Championship Game to Las Vegas or Los Angeles for 2019

The stadium in LA is not going to be open until 2020, so I don't understand this.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000...until-2020

Likewise the Las Vegas stadium is scheduled to be opened in 2020.

These facts are easily google-able. That being said, I think it would be good to move the Pac-12 championship to either a neutral venue (Vegas) or alternate between North and South. But starting in 2020, after the contract is up, and once the stadia in LA and Vegas are finished.

A Complete Overhaul of the Officiating and Play Review Crew

Sure. It's not why the Pac-12 is losing the football arms race, but everyone will always want better officiating.

Improve Pac-12 Media Day/Singing Day Coverage

Sure. It will have no impact whatsoever, but why not.

8-Game Conference Schedule

Seems odd to advocate this in a year when 10-2 WSU is missing out on a NY6 game because of its bad schedule. Since there are a limited number of schools out west, it will mean either more trips to the east coast or scrambles to secure the same Mountain West teams as non-conference options. And personally, I would much rather watch Stanford-Utah, even though we lost, than Stanford-Idaho State (or some other non-conference game that would take its place), unless we scheduled compelling opponents, which we have found is hard to do.

End the SoCal/NorCal Lock Games

Actually, I love having our annual guaranteed win against UCLA, though maybe that's what is prompting JoeBruin to call for the end of the rivalry. I wonder if he would feel like that if they were regularly winning against Stanford/Cal. More seriously, though, win or lose, I consider the games against UCLA and USC to be much more important and compelling than those against Utah, Colorado, Arizona, or ASU.

TBH, I think it would be better to re-align the conference, and have all four California schools plus Arizona and ASU in the same division, and move Utah/Colorado to the North, which I believe is more geographically correct. Then you wouldn't have to do the weird schedule to ensure Northern California and Southern California schools always played each other.

No More Back-to-Back Road Games, End Friday Games (especially the Pac-12 Championship Game)

I believe it is impossible to devise a schedule without back-to-back road games. At most you can have games against six opponents on "the other side" of the home/road split, and then you have to play a team where both of you played at home or on the prior week. There may be some magic that can be done with bye weeks and out of conference opponents, but I'm nearly certain that devising a schedule without back-to-back road games for at least one team is impossible.

On the ending Friday night games, see my comment above on "no late kick-offs". In order to maximize eyeballs, it is better to run unopposed at odd times than it is to run at the popular times when you are going up against SEC/BigTen games.

One thing I do agree with is the above combo. It should be possible to schedule having a home game the week before a Friday night game to ensure adequate rest in anticipation of the Friday game.

Full Transparency and Autonomy for the Officiating Crew

Whatever this means, who can possibly be against it, although as written, it sounds like he disagrees with the idea of a centralized review booth. I think it makes more sense to have all reviews done in a centralized booth. However, if "transparency and autonomy" mean that the central review is done by a dedicated review official and that this official is publicly considered part of the officiating crew, I agree.

Cut the Salaries of Pac-12 Executives

As many of the other proposals, it will have no impact except making us feel better about things, but I don't disagree. In comparison to other conferences, Pac-12 execs do seem to be paid above market.

Split the Conference into Divisions for Basketball, Save the Rivalries

I agree with this, and thought it should have been done from the beginning. Play each team in your division a double round-robin (10 games), and each team outside of the division once, with one pair of teams getting played home-away to give you eight games for an 18 game conference season.

BC