but I have a difficult time believing that the PAC-12 actually thought they were ever going to get a media contract that paid them $50 million per school per years after USC announced that they were joining the B1G. I also don’t believe that ESPN ever offered the PAC-12 an amount anywhere close to the Big-12 contract. I know that was also reported by Canzano, McCollough, Wilnor and other PAC-12 beat writers, but these reporters had lost all credibility by that time. Numerous sources like the Monty Show had reported that the offer from ESPN was around $20 million per school per year and that wasn’t going to be enough to keep the conference intact. Greg Flugaur even reported that there was no offer from ESPN or Fox on the table. What we do know with certainty is that there were desperate attempts to find other potential media partners but to no avail. I see the exact same thing happening with the ACC and FSU. Their lawsuit is essentially an announcement that they are leaving the conference with the only major question remaining being the cost to exit. ESPN could agree today that they are exercising their option to extend the contract until 2036 and bring some stability to the conference that they broadcast, but they aren’t saying anything. And you have to ask yourself why would ESPN be willing to pay the ACC the same amount of money without FSU and maybe even other big brand schools? ESPN’s silence on the option to extend the ACC contract is deafening. Right up until the very day of the implosion, Canzano & Wilnor were reporting that a lucrative media rights agreement for the PAC-12 was inevitable, but the PAC-12 schools on the other hand were having confidential discussions with Brett Yormark and Tony Petitti for months about membership. I believe that is now happening on the east coast with Greg Sankey also being involved.