Adamson, a sports broadcaster and entrepreneur, and Roth, a Big Ten Network college football analyst and filmmaker, discuss ...

Their first game as a member of the Pac-12, on Sept. 5, 2026, is against the Ducks, as well (in Eugene). And they have contracts with Cincinnati and Washington in upcoming years.

The Pac-12 created a coterminous situation: The distribution deals with Fox, ESPN and the Pac-12 Network’s partners (Comcast, DISH, etc.) all expire at the same time, in the summer of 2024.

Additionally, the Pac-12 finished FY2024 with $63 million in cash, $67.5 million in net assets and $60.5 million in total liabilities. It reported $11.8 million in legal expenses, up from $6.7 ...

He turns 66 before next season. Projecting the Pac-12’s success across the second half of the decade is tough enough knowing the eight schools committed to the conference.

The Pac-12 is Embracing a 'Fresh Start' The Pac-12’s previous media deal, which involved ESPN, FOX, and the Pac-12 Network, came to an end in 2023. Former commissioner George Kliavkoff worked to ...

But a mentor of mine, Ashley Adamson, said that if I didn’t take the job, I was going to spend the rest of my life wondering what it would have been like. It put me over the edge.

Gould became Pac-12 Commissioner on March 1, 2024, and was tasked with rebuilding a conference that lost 10 schools to the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12. Only Oregon State and Washington State remained.

From the ash heap of the Pac-12 Networks came the cutting-edge production unit that helped convince Boise State and San Diego State to join the conference.

The 2023-2024 sports season was a prolonged goodbye for Adamson, but that was better than the abrupt ending that can befall most in the sports business.

Pac 12 additions Late on the night of Sept. 11, news leaked that the Pac-12 was extending invitations to four Mountain West schools — San Diego State, Boise State, Colorado State and Fresno State.