The Pac-12’s long saga to find a media partner for next year is reportedly nearing a possible conclusion after commissioner George Kliavkoff proposed a subscription-based deal with streaming giant Apple to the league’s presidents and chancellors on Tuesday.
While Apple could represent the end of the lengthy road for the conference, there were apparently many other networks considered before reaching this point—including one that the Pac-12 approached three times over the last year to try and work out a deal, to no avail.
According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the Pac-12 sought to broker a deal with NBC on three separate occasions in the past 12 months but was denied each time. The league also tried unsuccessfully to negotiate agreements with ESPN and Fox.
