I believe the Pac-12 will cobble together a deal in the next few weeks that keeps the schools together until at least 2030, when the next round of realignment hits. And it could be many years before that day arrives. In other words, Fox, which owns the Big Ten - err, owns the Big Ten’s media rights - might decide coastal divisions are financially beneficial and create a 20- or 24-team league.īut we aren’t there yet. A combination of the schools mentioned above - and perhaps a few others - could provide enough inventory to make eventual membership worthwhile for the Big Ten, SEC and their respective network partners. Clemson, Florida State, Washington and Oregon come immediately to mind as programs that exceed the average valuation for schools in those three conferences.īut raise the bar to the level required to be additive in the Big Ten and SEC, and only one school not currently in either conference that carries the $60 million (approximate) valuation necessary: Notre Dame. depends on the conference and the valuation threshold.Ī bevy of current Power Five schools wouldn’t be dilutive if they wanted to join the ACC, Big 12 or Pac-12, and several would be additive. In the Football Bowl Subdivision, how many schools really aren’t dilutive if they want to change conferences? I’m thinking maybe 10, if that. We hear of schools not being added in realignment because they are dilutive. ![]() Which is why July 21 is merely an unofficial deadline for the conclusion of this saga. If PR hits played a relevant role, the conference would have dissolved months ago. The conference could simply introduce Colorado coach Deion Sanders, hand him the microphone for an hour and get on with the show.Īfter all, Kliavkoff’s public presence at football media day shouldn’t have a material impact on the course of the negotiations. ![]() He isn’t contractually bound to offer opening remarks and answer questions. That said, Kliavkoff can do whatever he wants so long as the presidents are on board with the strategy. If Kliavkoff declines the traditional role, his absence - and what it says about the state of the negotiations and the future of the conference - would be the major story. He welcomes the reporters, provides a state-of-the-conference update, then participates in a question-and-answer session. But if Kliavkoff doesn’t have a media deal signed and announced by that point, the existential crisis will suck oxygen from a first-rate football product.īut there’s one crucial difference between the two events: The commissioner’s news conference is traditionally a secondary piece of the basketball tournament, typically occurring on the second or third day with the Pac-12 football media festivities in July, the commissioner offers the opening remarks. That’s when the Pac-12 will stage its preseason football media extravaganza in Las Vegas, an event designed to showcase the teams, coaches and players ahead of the conference’s most anticipated season in eons. ![]() Our absolute, drop-dead, must-be-completed-and-announced deadline for the Pac-12’s media rights contract is Friday, July 21. If a media rights deal isn’t completed by football media day, will commissioner George Kliavkoff still speak there? Or will it be like the men’s basketball tournament, when he avoided speaking to reporters? - draywilson29 Or hit me on Twitter: questions have been edited for clarity and brevity. Send questions to and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line. The Hotline mailbag is published each Friday.
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