{"id":117316,"date":"2025-06-10T00:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/117316\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T00:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T00:02:10","slug":"a-new-media-deal-is-reportedly-coming-soon-for-the-pac-12-and-after-that-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/117316\/","title":{"rendered":"A new media deal is reportedly coming soon for the Pac-12. And after that \u2014 expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pac-12 Conference, in its rebuilt form that includes five Mountain West Conference defectors and Gonzaga, has never been closer to finding an eighth football playing member.<\/p>\n

And that addition \u2014 which will ensure the league is able to exist at the FBS level beyond 2026 \u2014 could be coming soon. Really soon in fact.<\/p>\n

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The reason? First reported by Yahoo Sports\u2019 Ross Dellenger reported Monday<\/a> afternoon, all eight current and\/or prospective members of the Pac-12 have signed grant of rights agreements with the conference, per a league spokesperson.<\/p>\n

Those schools include:<\/p>\n

All eight schools signing the grant of rights agreement, Dellenger reported, \u201cis a signal that the league is finalizing a new media rights package that is expected in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDiscussions with prospective 8th FB members are ongoing now that TV $ specifics are mostly hammered out,\u201d reported The Athletic\u2019s Chris Vannini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Media rights packages for the Pac-12 have been speculated about for awhile now, particularly in light of the conference agreeing to terms with CBS, ESPN and The CW for the 2025 college football season (a media rights package that includes only Oregon State and Washington State).<\/p>\n

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According to Yahoo Sports, the conference\u2019s new media deal is expected to include as many as four different partners.<\/p>\n

Perhaps more importantly, after securing a media deal, the Pac-12 should be able to entice additional schools to join the conference, including the much-needed eighth football playing member.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe package paves the way for the league to formally offer invitations to expansion targets,\u201d Dellenger wrote. \u201cThe conference needs one full-time, FB-playing member to reach FBS minimum.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who the eighth football-playing member of the Pac-12 will be remains in question, with schools like Texas State, Memphis and Tulane having all been postulated and potential additions.<\/p>\n

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Last week, John Canzano wrote<\/a> that it is likely that any expansion by the Pac-12 would come after the conference and the MW settled their issues, issues centered on exit and poaching fees.<\/p>\n

That may still be the case, but it certainly seems that the Pac-12 is getting ready to move forward as a conference, securing its place in the college sports landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pac-12 Conference, in its rebuilt form that includes five Mountain West Conference defectors and Gonzaga, has never…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,4664,28928,49,26178,48,2712,6092,28929,6093],"class_list":{"0":"post-117316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-fresno-state","10":"tag-media-rights","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-college-football","13":"tag-ncaa-football","14":"tag-oregon-state","15":"tag-pac-12-conference","16":"tag-ross-dellenger","17":"tag-washington-state"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114656139262563861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}