Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff visited SMU’s campus, suggesting a decision on expansion is close.
Our weekly roundup of news stories impacting the Pac-12 …Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff and a contingent of conference executives met with SMU officials this week on campus in Dallas, a strong sign the Mustangs are close to receiving a membership invitation.The nuts and bolts of conference expansion play out in private, with back-channel deals and secret votes. Kliavkoff’s appearance at a men’s basketball game indicates the expansion process is nearing an end.
It’s entirely plausible that Kliavkoff is much closer to resolving this saga than perhaps we realize.That those deals are contingent upon levels of game inventory that require 12 schools.And that sometime in the next few weeks, the conference will have a bevy of announcements to make. The Hotline’sWe aren’t fully convinced the process will play out in that fashion, but it’s one of several scenarios worthy of consideration.
In exchange for leaving the Big 12 before its current media contract cycle expires, Texas and Oklahoma will forgo $100 million in revenue . That certainly seems like a nice chunk of change for commissioner Brett Yormark to dangle as an enticement for new members.A significant portion of that $100 million — we believe the number is at least $75 million — will be funneled to the current Big 12 stakeholders to offset the revenue lost by not having the ratings-driving behemoths in the conference for the final contract year.
If the Big 12 does, in fact, hope to lure Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado, the dollar amount seemingly will be closer to $5 million per school than $25 million.Yormark used the Texas and Oklahoma news as a platform to reiterate the goals for his first year in charge of the Big 12,
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