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CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State Athletics and Blueprint Sports have agreed to a multi-year partnership that establishes Blueprint Sports as the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) marketing agency for Oregon State Athletics. Blueprint Sports will oversee revenue generation, fan engagement, and partnership development efforts in the new era of NIL for all Oregon State student-athletes.

As a part of the new partnership with Oregon State Athletics, Blueprint Sports has acquired and will assume operation of Dam Nation Collective, which has acted as the athletic department's official NIL collective since 2022. Dam Nation will be managed by a team of full-time, on-site Blueprint Sports executives who oversee all fan engagement, corporate partnerships, and special events for student-athletes. Those who have supported Dam Nation via membership can continue to do so and will be contacted with more information on the soon-to-be-unveiled new member benefits.

This partnership strengthens the existing NIL and Revenue Share infrastructure supporting Oregon State student-athletes, fans, and alumni—building on initiatives like OSUnited, a comprehensive and modernized program that addresses the evolving landscape of collegiate athletics through philanthropy, sponsor partnerships, and ongoing opportunities, events, and product offerings from the athletic department.
 
Would love to see if all these schools will make their NIL situations transparent? Or are they already. I can only imagine how much is going to these kids. Wish University of San Francisco still had a football team FAMS! HA!
 
BoBoBREWSKI said:
https://osubeavers.com/news/2025/8/...056&pid=oregonst_email_eloqua_eloqua&rid=1259

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State Athletics and Blueprint Sports have agreed to a multi-year partnership that establishes Blueprint Sports as the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) marketing agency for Oregon State Athletics. Blueprint Sports will oversee revenue generation, fan engagement, and partnership development efforts in the new era of NIL for all Oregon State student-athletes.

As a part of the new partnership with Oregon State Athletics, Blueprint Sports has acquired and will assume operation of Dam Nation Collective, which has acted as the athletic department's official NIL collective since 2022. Dam Nation will be managed by a team of full-time, on-site Blueprint Sports executives who oversee all fan engagement, corporate partnerships, and special events for student-athletes. Those who have supported Dam Nation via membership can continue to do so and will be contacted with more information on the soon-to-be-unveiled new member benefits.

This partnership strengthens the existing NIL and Revenue Share infrastructure supporting Oregon State student-athletes, fans, and alumni—building on initiatives like OSUnited, a comprehensive and modernized program that addresses the evolving landscape of collegiate athletics through philanthropy, sponsor partnerships, and ongoing opportunities, events, and product offerings from the athletic department.
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Any idea on how much Dam Nation has taken in every year since 2022 and how big of a slice of the pie Blueprint Sports is now going to take?
 
But it’s a D2 school in every other sport. Is this really a good look for the Beavs?
 
THE HCP said:
But it’s a D2 school in every other sport. Is this really a good look for the Beavs?
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Baseball seems to be the outlier. I don't think it's a bad look to have Gonzaga join next year. They obviously won't have much more than Basketball. Though they also have a baseball team. Just not Football at this point.
 
https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...rence-gains-more-momentum-ahead-of-expansion/

The Pac-12 announced Tuesday it has secured a long-term, secondary media rights deal with The CW as it prepares to launch a rebuilt conference with nine members in 2026.

This agreement is an extension of its previous deal, which began in 2024 and will now run through 2030-31. The CW will broadcast 13 football games, 35 men's basketball games and 15 women's basketball games during the regular season. The network will also broadcast the women's basketball tournament semifinal and championship games.

Tuesday's news comes on the heels of CBS securing a deal in June to become the Pac-12's primary media partner. CBS's deal also runs through the 2030-31 season.

The Pac-12 will expand from two schools (Oregon State and Washington State) to nine in 2026 with the additions of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga (basketball), San Diego State, Texas State and Utah State. The new Pac-12 will include five former Mountain West members.

The media partnerships with CBS and The CW are significant developments for a conference seeking to solidify its position as one of the top five leagues in the FBS. The new agreements guarantee the Pac-12 will reach 100% of U.S. households via over-the-air broadcast networks. The Pac-12 is assured at least 17 football games will air on national free-to-air networks starting in 2026, just behind the four power conferences, including the ACC's 18 scheduled games for 2024. Thirty-nine men's basketball games will be televised on free-to-air networks, ranking second nationally behind the Big Ten (41), according to The Pac-12.

"Our partnership with The CW has been one of mutual growth and transformation, from the development of our Pac-12 Enterprises' broadcast production business to the significant added value and positive impact to our current and future members via true national reach across 100% of U.S. television households," said Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould.

CBS and Paramount+ announced in June it will air a minimum of three regular-season football games and the Pac-12 Championship Game every year starting in 2026. The agreement also includes at least three regular-season men's basketball games and the conference's basketball championship game. CBS Sports Network will air a maximum of 10 football and 17 men's basketball games.
 
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is there any information on how much these combined media deals will end up paying each school? Haven't seen any numbers
 
HailBlazers said:
Wouldn't you like like to know.
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I would...that's why I asked

we know approximately what Oregon is drawing from the Big-10 media pie. It's somewhere in the 35M range, give or take a couple of million; same for Washington. Otther Big-10 teams make nearly twice that. We know what SEC programs make; what Big-12 programs make; what ACC programs make. We even have a pretty good idea what the Mountain West media deal will pay to each school

not sure why the Pac-12 deal should be a secret
 
wizenheimer said:
is there any information on how much these combined media deals will end up paying each school? Haven't seen any numbers
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$11-12 million a year.

$10 million from the Paramount+ deal, $2 million from the CW deal.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
$11-12 million a year.

$10 million from the Paramount+ deal, $2 million from the CW deal.
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lots of different speculations out there:

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usually, when a range is this wide, 7-12M, it tends to fall in the middle. I read an article from a media 'expert' a few months ago who projected the payout to be in the 9-10M/year range, assuming the Pac-12 could find that 8th FBS member. It was the same expert who reported on the former Pac-12 grossly overrating their leverage in the failed talks for a media deal that the Big-12 came in behind the failure and picked up. He also was one of the first to report on the Big-10 deal numbers

the Pac-X may be able to augment that a little bit with some streaming deals
 

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lots of different speculations out there:

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usually, when a range is this wide, 7-12M, it tends to fall in the middle. I read an article from a media 'expert' a few months ago who projected the payout to be in the 9-10M/year range, assuming the Pac-12 could find that 8th FBS member. It was the same expert who reported on the former Pac-12 grossly overrating their leverage in the failed talks for a media deal that the Big-12 came in behind the failure and picked up. He also was one of the first to report on the Big-10 deal numbers

the Pac-X may be able to augment that a little bit with some streaming deals
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It just sucks for the Beavers. They should take any opportunity to get out of the Pac-12. Ducks are paying Lanning what the Beavers will be getting in TV revenue. The math is just not there for the Pac-12 to become a power conference again in Football.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It just sucks for the Beavers. They should take any opportunity to get out of the Pac-12. Ducks are paying Lanning what the Beavers will be getting in TV revenue. The math is just not there for the Pac-12 to become a power conference again in Football.
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Welcome to 2023? When the pac12 collapsed 24 months ago the Beavs were stuck without a home - there was never going to be a great result.

The Beavs and Pac have actually done much better than I expected. The Pac is positioned to be the top group of 5 conference. The worst schools are actually pretty strong so its a solid top to bottom conference.

I know you talked about trying to go to the Big12 but thats just not something that was ever available or realistic.

Going forward the Beavs and Pac just need to make the conference entertaining, emphasize its the best west coast options without crazy travel, and position it to capitalize on a 2030 expansion opportunity if some come up such as Stan/Cal types.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Welcome to 2023? When the pac12 collapsed 24 months ago the Beavs were stuck without a home - there was never going to be a great result.

The Beavs and Pac have actually done much better than I expected. The Pac is positioned to be the top group of 5 conference. The worst schools are actually pretty strong so its a solid top to bottom conference.

I know you talked about trying to go to the Big12 but thats just not something that was ever available or realistic.

Going forward the Beavs and Pac just need to make the conference entertaining, emphasize its the best west coast options without crazy travel, and position it to capitalize on a 2030 expansion opportunity if some come up such as Stan/Cal types.
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actually, I guess now it's the Group of Six

Pac 12
AAC
Conference USA
MAC
Mountain West
Sun Belt

googling the media deals:

Pac 12 --> 10-11M/year
AAC --> 7M/year
Conference USA --> 750-800K/year (Yikes!)
MAC --> 2-2.5M/year
Mountain West --> 4M/year
Sun Belt --> 2M/year

The MAC had a deal paying each school 8M year, but that expired in 2023. Looks like the Pac-X picked up most of that loose change

so, except for the AAC, the Pac has a huge advantage over the other G6 conferences in terms of media payout. They also have a pretty big advantage in name recognition and recent success in football (Boise St.) and basketball (San Diego St.).

Texas St, is an awkward fit geographically, but if that school is OK with all the travel it doesn't matter. The Pac should continue to do what they have been doing and that's pick off other schools for specific sports. Gonzaga strengthens the basketball component. There may be other west coast basketball programs like Long Beach St. they could pick off. I think it's been mentioned there may be several candidates to join in baseball

Sacramento St. is kind of interesting. The NCAA denied their application for FBS promotion because they didn't have an invite from an FBS conference. What they do have is a group of aggressive boosters who want the school to advance the sports programs. The problem is the media deals are set so the rest of the Pac's FBS programs won't want to dilute their shares by adding Sac St as a member getting their own share. Maybe Sac St is desperate enough for an invite they'd be willing to join and not have a payout till 2031. Having 9 conference members would probably make scheduling a little easier, especially if the MWC won't cooperate with non-conference scheduling, and recent comments by MWC representatives indicate it won't
 
The rise in costs of college football has an endgame. The world is running out of resources, the environment is shifting dramatically, and we are existing in the swan song of large scale discretionary income.

Simply put...the haves vs have nots....is going to soon be a rapidly shrinking group. The Beavers were never in that group, nor realistically within reach. There is going to be plenty of medicine to be taken.
The Beavers are taking theirs now. Thank god we got the stadium before this all went down. Really looking forward to college football, the way it used to be. Every day, I like this more.

Go Beavers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
SlyPokerDog said:
It just sucks for the Beavers. They should take any opportunity to get out of the Pac-12. Ducks are paying Lanning what the Beavers will be getting in TV revenue. The math is just not there for the Pac-12 to become a power conference again in Football.
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Unless one or two of the teams actually build a winner and they draw some attention which in turn creates revenue and better TV deals.
Not many watch the Big 10 for Rutgers.
 
kjironman1 said:
Unless one or two of the teams actually build a winner and they draw some attention which in turn creates revenue and better TV deals.
Not many watch the Big 10 for Rutgers.
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it would probably take more than 2 teams. Boise St. spent years flirting with undefeated seasons and it didn't do much for the MWC's media deals. The Broncos just didn't have any other top-10 partners in the conference to set up compelling games and must watch TV. Boise St. may be the most compelling 'name', football-wise, in the new Pac-12, but they got clobbered by South Florida yesterday. Best thing would be one of OSU/WSU reaching top-10 status before their reputation as a member of the defunct Pac-12 fades
 
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it would probably take more than 2 teams. Boise St. spent years flirting with undefeated seasons and it didn't do much for the MWC's media deals. The Broncos just didn't have any other top-10 partners in the conference to set up compelling games and must watch TV. Boise St. may be the most compelling 'name', football-wise, in the new Pac-12, but they got clobbered by South Florida yesterday. Best thing would be one of OSU/WSU reaching top-10 status before their reputation as a member of the defunct Pac-12 fades
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Absolutely. Having two top-10-ish teams would give that league a huge boost. I hope it happens.
 
wizenheimer said:
it would probably take more than 2 teams. Boise St. spent years flirting with undefeated seasons and it didn't do much for the MWC's media deals. The Broncos just didn't have any other top-10 partners in the conference to set up compelling games and must watch TV. Boise St. may be the most compelling 'name', football-wise, in the new Pac-12, but they got clobbered by South Florida yesterday. Best thing would be one of OSU/WSU reaching top-10 status before their reputation as a member of the defunct Pac-12 fades
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Boise has more good seasons than bad and obviously got some national recognition last year. That obviously isn’t going to happen every year but if they win all the rest of their games this season (highly likely) they will again be in the top 25.
They need another team to be in the top 25 consistently.
A third is very tough in a single year but they certainly could get one at times.
I’m interested in how this will play out
 
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Absolutely. Having two top-10-ish teams would give that league a huge boost. I hope it happens.
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Remember Fresno St, Texas Tech and Washington State can still have good seasons. Those teams are not without talent and the ability to get in the top 25 at times.
 
kjironman1 said:
Boise has more good seasons than bad and obviously got some national recognition last year. That obviously isn’t going to happen every year but if they win all the rest of their games this season (highly likely) they will again be in the top 25.
They need another team to be in the top 25 consistently.
A third is very tough in a single year but they certainly could get one at times.
I’m interested in how this will play out
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first, it's probably worth noting that the future Pac-12 doesn't really exist this season. It's the Pac-2 + the MWC refugees + Texas State. That could be a major problem because...IIRC...this it the last season of the current FBS playoff system. And the Big-10 and SEC have been dominating the discussions about what the future playoff format will be. Those two conferences couldn't agree so it's back to the drawing board. However, the Big-10 did hammer the SEC and force the SEC into finally, at long last, go to a 9 game conference schedule next season. That was a huge concession for the SEC and a huge win for the Big-10 and the other two P4 conferences

the big issue for the Pac-12 and the other G6 conferences is they already have almost no leverage in the playoff discussions; and with the Pac-12 probably being the future 'flagship' G6 conference not even existing yet when the decisions are made....yikes! And of course it isn't just the two super-conferences dominating the situation....it's the media partners sitting at the table dangling hundreds of millions for the "right" CFP format. And the right format wouldn't include Ohio State vs Boise State in the opening round when it could be Ohio State vs Oklahoma

and it wasn't a very good opening day for the future Pac-12:

* OSU lost by 19, at home, to a Cal team that went 6-7 last season and got wiped out in the transfer portal
* WSU needed a last second FG to beat Idaho, at home
* Boise State lost 34-7
* Fresno St. lost 31-7 at Kansas 9 days ago but did beat Georgia Southern (who?) by 28 Saturday
* San Diego St, did win 42-0, but it was against Stony Brook

on opening day, in the ESPN power index of FBS teams, UNLV was the highest rated team in the Pac-12/MWC at 59th. Three teams from the American Conference: Tulane, Memphis, and South Florida were rated higher (Tulane at 34th) and South Florida was the team that boat raced Boise St. So, the revamped Pac-12/MWC is already buried behind the 8-ball. In the top-70 programs, the Pac-12/MWC has 1 team; the American conference has 5 teams

all that can change, and probably will, during the course of a season obviously. But it does illustrate the difficult landscape the Pac-12 will be stepping into
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I think the Pac-12 is probably doing about all they could do to make the best of the situation. They made it to 8 FBS schools. They are adding teams like Gonzaga for basketball which in turn can enhance their March Madness revenue. IIRC they have added a couple of programs for baseball. It's too bad they didn't add UNLV rather than Texas St. That would have made for a better geographic footprint and less travel expenses. Water under the bridge at this point

After all the Pac-2's chatter about integrity, or lack of, by them being left behind, what the Pac-X did to the MWC is a bad look. I think they made it worse by filing a lawsuit about the poaching penalties contract with the MWC they agreed to. I believe the arbitration failed in July and the first court hearing is sometime this month. The total poaching penalty under dispute is 55M. That's nearly 7M/school the Pac-12 would have to pay if the contract is upheld or the suit dismissed. That would hurt a bit but being on the outs with another G6 conference may hurt more in the long run

I don't think being top-25 is enough to elevate the stature. Probably needs to be top-10
 
Caught the 2nd half of the game since the Duck game was over midway through the 1st quarter.

Tough loss, but I'm going to stick with my prediction.

Beavers will start 0-4 but rally to become bowl eligible.

Things will get better, my fellow Beaver fans.

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I predict Beavers start the season 0-4 and then rally to become bowl-eligible at 6-6, with a great chance of them splitting the WSU games.
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SlyPokerDog said:
Caught the 2nd half of the game since the Duck game was over midway through the 1st quarter.

Tough loss, but I'm going to stick with my prediction.

Beavers will start 0-4 but rally to become bowl eligible.

Things will get better, my fellow Beaver fans.
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a 0-4 does seem close to certain now, but I don't believe the Beavs will beat WSU twice. Wake Forest isn't a pushover either.

6-6...maybe 7-5
 
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