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Pac-12 stops Arizona from taking part in CFB's version of HBO's 'Hard Knocks'
It appeared as if everything was set for Arizona to take part in the college version of "Hard Knocks" on HBO.
Then the Pac-12 stepped in.
Greg Hansen over at the Arizona Daily Star has the details.
"Driven by a global media distributor WME-IMG, the inaugural season of HBO's college football reality series was set to feature the Arizona Wildcats, narrated by 'Hard Knocks' voice Liev Schreiber and a small army of about 30 videographers and HBO-realted personnel," Hansen reports. "It would have been priceless exposure for Rich Rodriguez and his emerging football program. But before HBO could move its people to Tucson, Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott and Pac-12 Networks president Lydia Murphy-Stephans scuttled the deal."
The question here is, why?
Apparently the Pac-12 was getting territorial and blocked the Wildcats from HBO's exposure in an effort to protect "The Drive" on the Pac-12 Networks, according to Hansen.
(h/t Arizona Daily Star)
