Commissioner George Kliavkoff doesn’t feel any “urgency” to complete a media deal.
Jon Wilner The San Jose Mercury News The remaining Pac-12 schools are sticking together, not leaving for the Big 12 or Big Ten. Expansion of the playoff could change the financial calculus of realignment, and UCLA will lose money by going into the Big Ten.
People are also reading… Instead, he indicated the conference is under no pressure to make a decision and expressed confidence that Oregon and Washington weren’t leaving for the Big Ten. If the Pacific Northwest powers were following USC and UCLA into that league, Kliavkoff said, they would"already" have joined.
"At this point, our 10 schools are completely focused on the future and being together … It’s now almost a running joke at our board meetings: ‘What’s the latest nonsense that someone has thrown against the wall and seeing whether someone will report?”’• The timeline for potential Pac-12 expansion.• The impact of College Football Playoff expansion.
He cited the mental and physical impact of cross-country competitions on the players and the increased travel and administrative costs associated with Big Ten membership.
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