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Stanford still runs away with Directors Cup

The problem out west appears to me to be Larry Scott. It amazes me how the powers that be continue to believe his promises.

They need to hire leadership who will put together a successful strategy to make their sporting events visible to much larger portions of the United States population so that they can gain visibility and recruit talent that knows it will get on television.

This business of trying to do this in China without shoring up this country first is not smart, and also not working. ESPN and Fox may be saturated with their time slots, but that leaves CBS and NBC to try hard to get on.

The PAC12 has let their football and men's basketball products decline so much that they don't command what Larry Scott has in his mind. We are a long time from USC dominating college football like the last time he sat down to negotiate a media deal. Pete Carroll has been with the Seattle Seahawks forever now. USC is long in the rear view mirror. Larry Scott does not have a card like USC now.

He cannot expect these networks to see the same value today. This is why I think turning ESPN down wasn't very smart.

In response to this post by Mercury

Posted: 04/20/2019 at 6:17PM

PAC12 Networks President says point of the networks isn't making money. -- HOO86 04/18/2019 8:20PM

ACC Prescription Rx: Lessons from the PAC12 Mess -- HOO86 04/25/2019 8:56PM

PAC12 Networks projects 6% drop in revenue -- HOO86 04/25/2019 6:28PM

So the goal is not for the PAC 12 to make money, but for Larry Scott to? 😁 ** -- Stech 04/25/2019 8:46PM

About $35 million to Larry Scott since 2010. -- HOO86 04/25/2019 10:27PM

It’s really not surprising considering the demographics of the Left Coast -- RJHokie 04/25/2019 6:32PM

Or he should be hired by someone in DC as a spin doctor / spokesperson. ** -- Late 80s Hokie 04/23/2019 4:17PM

Said no one ever except a guy who's network is losing money ** -- Vienna_Hokie 04/22/2019 09:42AM

I am speechless with what they are doing...no words. ** -- Stech 04/19/2019 12:04PM

I can see total iirrelevamce of college in west coast -- Mercury 04/20/2019 5:06PM

Stanford still runs away with Directors Cup -- HOO86 04/20/2019 6:17PM

Problem is that the east coast and Midwest folks don’t really care that -- RJHokie 04/20/2019 6:53PM

They need to solve that problem. -- HOO86 04/21/2019 12:42PM

Even if the Pac-12 had more earlier kickoffs on whatever channel -- VTHokie2000 04/23/2019 11:19AM

It would drive more interest than not being seen at all. -- HOO86 04/23/2019 4:32PM

Yeah, when USC was rolling, they were always on TV in good spots. -- reestuart 04/23/2019 4:42PM

Sure it would help drive interest for the conference -- VTHokie2000 04/23/2019 4:41PM

I can, but my case is kinda unique. -- Atlee Hokie 04/20/2019 8:17PM

Colorado not left out ** -- SoCloseHokie 04/20/2019 5:32PM

Guess that's what you say when your business model crashes & burns. -- EDGEMAN 04/19/2019 07:11AM

Bingo. -- Atlee Hokie 04/20/2019 12:57PM

Wow guess their governing boards don’t mind being in debt ** -- Mercury 04/19/2019 02:21AM

Weed is legal in most of PAC12 -- mrcaniac 04/19/2019 01:49AM

Yeah, the left coast is a strange group. Somebody is making money -- RJHokie 04/18/2019 10:16PM

Stanford still runs away with Directors Cup

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