The Pac-12 "will not unveil the details" of its media-rights deal on Friday in Las Vegas during Football Media Day, but "a deal is in the near future," per a conference source. Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff is "expected to give an update" on Friday, and the source said, "New entrants have come in." The media deal is expected to include a "linear component and a streaming element." The Big 12 inked a deal last year that will give its members an annual distribution of $31.6M annually per school, and the source said the Pac-12 is "confident it will land in the same ballpark" (JOHNCANZANO.com, 7/18).
A timeline for a Pac-12 deal has been a "moving target." The expectation is that the league will "finalize a TV package before the 2023 season kicks off," but "even that is a changeable date." The league’s TV deal, with ESPN and Fox, expires next July. It’s "unclear with whom the Pac-12 has been negotiating" (YAHOO SPORTS, 7/18).
