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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 4701744, member: 1737"] [B]Commissioner George Kliavkoff shines light on the Pac-12's new TV deal, its Big 12 rivalry and more Marcello[/B]: The talk out there among the presidents and even ADs is that they want a new TV deal that's at least $31.7 million or higher per team each year, which matches the Big 12's newest contract. Will the Pac-12's forthcoming deal meet that number or be higher? [B]Kliavkoff[/B]: "I'm not going to tell you where our media deals are coming in. It will be enough for them to all sign their grant of rights. That's the important kind of milestone." [B]Marcello[/B]: Are we talking about the Pac-12's finalized TV deal before the season kicks off? [B]Kliavkoff:[/B] "Some time in the near future." [B]Marcello: [/B]Will your game of the week in football in the new deal be on a linear channel, a streaming-only platform or some hybrid? [B]Kliavkoff:[/B] "The structure of those deals is something we're not ready to get into." [B]Marcello: [/B]You and I have discussed previously the possibility of partnerships for events with other conferences. I know the Pac-12 and ACC expressed a desire for non-conference football games and basketball events. Has there been any discussion about that lately? [B]Kliavkoff:[/B] "I really think we need to get through our media rights first." [B]Marcello:[/B] Do you feel optimistic that should you guys reenter discussions, maybe you can work something out with another conference? [B]Kliavkoff[/B]: "Yeah. It's good for college football and it's good for college basketball when we can figure out events like that. One of the interesting things is you think about the back and forth between the Pac-12 and Big 12 fan bases' Twitterati over the last year or so and it has created this kind of new rivalry that like, weirdly, we haven't had before, but I think it's kind of now somewhat of a rivalry." [B]Marcello:[/B] So maybe call up Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark for a few new events? [B]Kliavkoff: "[/B]Yeah, and I think Brett and I should figure out how to put that on the field. That'd be fun." [B]Marcello: [/B]There has been a war of words directly and indirectly between you and Yormark — and the Pac-12 and Big 12 — over the last year. Where do you stand a year later? [B]Kliavkoff:[/B] "I just think we have bigger issues in front of us that we can't let individual personalities get in the way of solving. We have huge opportunities and we have real, real challenges in college athletics. And I've got to work with all the commissioners, particularly the A5 commissioners. I talk to Brett every week, and we're gonna continue to work together as colleagues to figure those out." [URL unfurl="true"]https://247sports.com/article/pac-12-commissioner-george-kliavkoff-merton-hanks-partner-with-big-12-brett-yormark-usc-ucla-oregon-213140824/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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