And the hits keep on coming

Am I reading this correct, even if we rebuild the PAC into something respectable, by then, it will already be too late? TV revenues will be promised/ distributed to the two big conferences, and the rest are left with the scraps? What am I missing? So much for renegotiating after our two year rebuild process

Since we don't have a league we are kind of screwed. We had two years to form one but nobody said the rest had to wait for us. If I heard it correctly on kgw the new deal would give us like 360k and oregon for example 21.5 million. 

Legislature may have something to say about that.

Need better Oregon politicians to get anything like that done.

I actually thought that the PAC's argument was reasonable - they didn't get kicked out as individual entities, others left them, therefore their status should not change. But yet again college football disappoints.

This was also the one moment in time where the ACC/BIG-12 could have flexed their last bit of muscle and said "Oh you want those rules? Nah, we're good without you." and formed their own league with many more participants and done an equal revenue share or, if miracles do happen, even return the sport to be less of a money grab.

I predict for the next three years that TV viewership will actually rise pretty high. The novelty of new teams in the conference will raise interest, the new playoff format will spark interest, etc. But then after that when mediocre B1G teams wallow in the shallow mud reeking of the dried stench of past victories and having sold every last bit of their soul to get another nickel, their viewership will drop. And then when the ACC (if it's still there) and the Big12 discover they really can't crack the playoff barriers (because by that time athletes will be paid and the other 2 will have massive dollars to buy them), they will be disillusioned and start to drop off. But by then it will probably be too late to recover anything of the body of college football and they'll just have to bury parts of it like the forlorn dog burying never-to-be-found bones in the backyard.

I would say this regardless of whether OSU and WSU made it into the Big-12 or other big destination. And I sincerely hope that in about five years, even if it's in a "junior" league, we can just appreciate the week to week effort of a team that plays for the fun of playing and isn't endlessly chasing the sunset.

And if this holds true, who still wants a yearly Civil War game with those bastards?   Not me.