Commissioner George Kliavkoff addressed the media rights saga publicly for the first time in more than seven months.
LAS VEGAS — In his first public comments in 226 days on the Pac-12’s pursuit of a media rights contract, commissioner George Kliavkoff said an agreement will come in the “near future” — and that the lengthy delay has worked to the conference’s benefit.
There has been “an underlying shift” recently in the media landscape and market for live sports, he added. “We’re taking advantage of that. But short-term, it has provided some hiccups.”at the same event last summer. Back then, the news of USC and UCLA leaving for the Big Ten was raw, and Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark had declared his league “open for business” — a comment Kliavkoff interpreted as an attempt to destabilize the Pac-12.
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