If you kept up, you'd know there's an automatic bid next year. The Pac-9 may be wounded, but it's an excellent chance for a team that is good to get a lollipop into the playoff.
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College Football Could Be Coming to Apple TV+ as Apple Courts Pac-12
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If you kept up, you'd know there's an automatic bid next year. The Pac-9 may be wounded, but it's an excellent chance for a team that is good to get a lollipop into the playoff.
MLS deal is working quite well. It got Messi into MLS. You have to think worldwide. I'm in NZ and I have the MLS package.
Having a deal like this would allow them to have live sports on… even if you don't have an interest in the teams, it's a lot of diversity in what they'd show -- not just soccer.
Having a deal like this would allow them to have live sports on… even if you don't have an interest in the teams, it's a lot of diversity in what they'd show -- not just soccer.
Dear Apple - Please don't take your eyes off the big one.
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Some indications are that if there is a deal it will be short-term. If the PAC-12 expands / survives, a longer-term contract would be negotiated.
I wouldn't mind PAC-12 games being on AppleTV+. Maybe I'd be able to watch some of them.
Don’t know how long that will last. Based on what I heard rumor wise from within college sports, more might defect the Pac very soon. Potentially Oregon, Washington and surprisingly Oregon State, as all three are rumored to be not happy with direction Pac is going internally.
Either way, while Apple getting into the Pac 12 rights is interesting, the school wants more and better exposure (aka via ESPN or FOX Sports) and streaming isn’t going to cut it long term.
Yea. UCLA and USC are likely merely the first to jump ship...
Rumor has it Oregon and Washington may be next to bolt for the Big Ten.
Yeah, right. I've read this headline with a dozen other exclusive deals, and Apple eventually backs out. They always back out, even with the hundreds of billions they have in cash. Their biggest fail was not buying MGM just to own the James Bond franchise. Thats a franchise that screams Apple, but they gave it up.
Imagine if Apple bought 20th Century Fox (instead of Disney) & MGM? Apple TV+ could've then been a stong competitor to Netflix.
Maybe Disney will sell it to them, now that their in financial trouble?
Imagine if Apple bought 20th Century Fox (instead of Disney) & MGM? Apple TV+ could've then been a stong competitor to Netflix.
Maybe Disney will sell it to them, now that their in financial trouble?
At the rate they’re going, the PAC-?? is going to be lucky if they can get a deal with FloSports.
I imagine the Pac-12 may not even exist in a few years. Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah will probably be in the Big-12 and the rest will probably hope the Big Ten wants to give UCLA and USC some buddies out West to save on travel.
The problem was never the price and, with Apple, it’s never going to be the price. The terms Apple wants, the NFL’s not going to offer, so there’s no amount of money that would bring that deal to fruition.
It pains me to say that too, because I'm a Stanford man. Go, trees!
The Big 12 could absorb the Pac 12 to form a super conference.
Seriously? No one in the West gives a rusty you know what about the SEC. Apple buying a 10 year deal and a partnership in EPSN effectively knocks the SECs exclusivity with ESPN off the airwaves. The SEC received billions in funding for that and they built stadiums and NIL'd tons of California athletes. Why would they go to the SEC with the Pac-12 flush in cash?
Unlike the SEC none of the Pac-12 will waste that money on new stadiums. They'll put into into Academics (Research), training facilities and improved Campus amenities.
Don't forget, California subsidizes the entire South for without it you'll all be swimming in Red deficits.
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Why? The reason USC and UCLA are leaving is they overextended their athletic departments and are in debt several hundred million dollars each w/o anything much to show for it. Oregon, Washington and lowly Oregon State are better in several of the sports that are now growing their fan bases.
The Pac-12 still generates more annual national titles than any other conference and academically is a juggernaut. Apple has instant recruiting all along the West Coast for its next decade and more with this deal. USC and UCLA will regret moving to the Big-14 and the sea of recruiting violations on the horizon. The SEC is about to take a dump in that department along with the Big 12+.
Outside of UCLA basketball the past few years neither team was exceptional in Basketball, Baseball, but mostly solid in Football, but for how long?
Oregon and Washington are the two expected to dominate in 2023 even with Caleb Williams and a slew of 5 star recruits at USC that since Pete Carroll has left has done nothing but get injured and underperform.
Demographics are working against West Coast football even though it has a rich tradition.It pains me to say that too, because I'm a Stanford man. Go, trees!
Football talent tends to come from rural or suburban areas often from the children of the downwardly-mobile middle class or lower class. This is not always true, of course, but it is generally true.
The West Coast is getting very expensive to live in and it is pushing the precarious middle and lower class out to lower cost of living states. I believe the decline in Pac-12 football is due to this demographic shift.
what??! lol... most of these players are not even from the region (west coast) and recruited in.
well they should 😂 I know mean
Apple got global rights for MLS and MLB. He didn't say anything about demographics, just global rights. Whether you are in Germany, China, or the US, Apple TV still has the same programming available.