Is Pac-12 Network really this bad?

Long is the radio guy for the Rams, Goldsmith is the no. 2 radio guy for the Mariners. They also use former 49ers radio pxp Ted Robinson a lot. I do wish they found a spot for Barry Tompkins who was the voice of the conference for decades, and still does stuff for Comcast Bay Area.
I haven't seen Physioc on the air.

 

I think Physioc is doing Big 12 games.

Tompkins is mostly doing boxing on Showtime as well as the California state high school football and basketball finals. He and Dan Belloumi were great on WCC and Big West hoops as well as the Pac-12.

 

Roxy Bernstein also for basketball and baseball, he does A's games.

 

The other problem the conference has is that it sits on some of the pricier real estate in the country - when you already are falling behind other conferences in income, I'm guessing it's harder to retain athletic department staff and coaches when they could upgrade considerable with a higher salary and a less-expensive real estate market in another conference. Like a three-bedroom to McMansion type upgrade.

 

The Pac-12 network appears on the brink of closing. It is not really that surprising given the lack of intense fan interest in the Pac-12 and the general woes of the cable television industry. And the Pac-12 is horrendously managed.

Canzano: Pac-12 Networks facing questions and a cloudy path

But I wonder if some of the same industry problems will drag down the ACC network. The Big 10 network is well established but I wonder if it will continue to be the same cash cow it has long been for the conference. I read the conference was getting $8.50 a year from cable companies to carry it. But I wonder if in the next round of negotiations they will get as much, especially since the best events are on the networks or the big cable channels.

And John Canzano seems to be one hell of a reporter, based upon his work on the Pac-12.

 

There was talk several years back that ESPN offered to take over the Pac-12 Network if the conference extended its rights deals. Larry Scott said no, because he was hoping Amazon would come in and save the day.

Edit: It was to take over the network’s distribution. Here’s the link.

Pac-12 rejects ESPN's offer to take over Pac-12 Networks