Big Ten adding Oregon and Washington, leaving Pac-12 with uncertain future

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The Big Ten is in the final stages of negotiating an expansion to 18 teams and adding the Universities of Oregon and Washington, industry sources told Yahoo Sports.

The move adds a Pacific Northwest presence to the arrival of USC and UCLA while bringing two known football brands to the Big Ten’s broadcast offerings.

Both schools are expected to agree to a cut rate — perhaps as low as 50 percent — of the Big Ten’s media revenue that could reach $65 million/year per institution. That is still more than the Pac-12’s proposed media deal with Apple, which is estimated to be in the $20-25 million range.

The Big Ten confirmed the addition of the two schools in a statement late Friday.

https://sports.yahoo.com/big-ten-adding-oregon-and-washington-leaving-pac-12-with-uncertain-future-163742293.html

Sources: Oregon, Washington to Join Big Ten, Leave Pac-12

The Big Ten is getting even bigger with Oregon and Washington becoming the latest schools to join the conference from the Pac-12 starting in 2024, sources told Action Network.

The departure of the Ducks and Huskies increases the number of schools leaving the Pac-12 in the past 13 months to five (UO, UW, Colorado, USC and UCLA) and could be the fatal blow to the Pac-12.

The Big Ten will grow to 18 members, the largest in college football history, and must decide whether to expand even further. The Big Ten is contemplating whether to stand at 18 or consider adding Stanford and Cal, or possibly any ACC schools that may leave, sources said.

Oregon and Washington will not immediately receive full shares in the Big Ten’s new media rights deal with FOX, CBS and NBC but will still make more than they would have by remaining in the Pac-12, sources said.

https://www.actionnetwork.com/ncaaf/oregon-washington-join-big-ten-leave-pac-12

[msongs]

1. maybe every football team can join the big 10, become a corporate nfl rival and leave the schools

alone

[BlueIn_W_Pa]

9. this!!!

[Crowman2009]

2. College sports are just one big clusterfuck.

Foreign soccer leagues are better organized.

[StClone]

5. TV Money and Media Owners calling the shots

Soccer has had its problems, too.

[Crowman2009]

10. Yeah, but at least their not using the illusion of education to give the illusion of being...

...beneficial to society. Frankly if these so-called college sports team give a rats ass about education, they would eliminate sports fees that are added onto every student's tuition.

[StClone]

11. Many College athletes become well educated

There are enough that scrape by and are leveraged through, that give the system a bad name. Many of my former college athlete friends were rightly educated jocks with now deservedly well-paying positions.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. It sounds like ASU and UA want to bolt too

To the Big 12 though. Shame, I’d rather see them go Big 10. I’m an ASU alum, my wife’s family are Hawkeyes, and my family are Nittany Lions…

[StClone]

4. Welcome to the BIG XII ASU, Arizona, Colorado, Utah

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[xocetaceans]

8. Oct 9, 2021 might have been a rough day then....

[rickford66]

6. Notre Dame will be all alone some day as an independent vs The Big Ten

[Angleae]

13. Somehow I don't see the SEC going away any time.

Eventually it will big Big Ten vs SEC vs ND vs UTexas.

[mommymarine2003]

7. I'm an alum of Washington State. I also spent 8 years in athletic administration at WSU.

It is devastating for OSU and WSU. The conference formed in the late 1800's. To have 100+ years as a conference die makes me feel like I have lost a family member. QSU and WSU have been competitive, going to bowl games for the last several years. We have great facilities. When you are the ones left behind, it is very painful. My youngest son is a UW graduate. He told me that he has totally lost interest in college football/sports, and he is an athlete. I am so tired of money being the most important thing in the world.

[StClone]

12. Feel your pain...we are survivors

My school went from the BIG8, to the BIG XII, to whatever we have today because of pressures mostly from within (Schools too "big" to stay and bolted to the SEC). The multi-decade stability is now in a jumbled flux to God knows what end.