This is true: The Pac-12’s television deal signed earlier this decade continues to make member institutions significantly more money than before.
This is also true: The Pac-12’s television deal and own network are keeping it way, way behind schools in the SEC and Big Ten, unleveling a playing field we thought had been previously made level.
Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News reported today that, overall, revenue for the conference jumped to $488 million in the previous fiscal year, a nearly $50 million dollar increase. Wilner reports most of the increase came from a jump in the TV contract’s payout and a substantial increase in money from bowls.