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Pac-12 hires MGM's George Kliavkoff to replace Larry Scott as commissioner

Is he taking a redshirt year behind LS or is he gonna be ready to start by July 1? Does he have elite commissioner speed? As I recall Roger Goodell had a 5.53 forty. LS I can't find any info on, he probably buried it out of embarrassment
 
Not Sure said:
Why does what matter? The location of the HQ? Vegas is higher profile and far less expensive. If they’re on the hook for the duration of the existing lease, they’re better off staying in order to avoid paying occupancy expenses in two places.
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Sublease?
 
Not Sure said:
Larry Scott would still be commissioner had he not screwed up the DirecTV negotiations. Outside of his bungling of P12 Net (which I’m not minimizing), he did pretty much everything the conference asked of him. He really seemed to lose all interest once that house of cards fell on his head.
I’ll be very interested to see how the situation with P12 Net is handled going forward.
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The ‘own your own TV network’ was Scott’s mistake. It saddled the conference with higher costs, poorer distribution, and less revenue for the members. All the schools Ultimately want in these transactions is money (to run things) and exposure (name recognition to bring in students). They dont want to be in the set top network TV business. It’ll be interesting to see what Kliavkoff does with that part of the business.
 
MiamiBuffs said:
The ‘own your own TV network’ was Scott’s mistake. It saddled the conference with higher costs, poorer distribution, and less revenue for the members. All the schools Ultimately want in these transactions is money (to run things) and exposure (name recognition to bring in students). They dont want to be in the set top network TV business. It’ll be interesting to see what Kliavkoff does with that part of the business.
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It made no sense why the conference didn't put more emphasis on distribution. Kliavkoff seems to get that obvious point, hopefully he gets it done. It's about damm time someone acknowledged this:

“With respect to the Pac-12 Network, I believe it’s part of the future of our media distribution strategy. Today the Pac-12 Network has far fewer subscribers than any other comparable network, and we have to fix that. I think there’s a way to fix that through structuring and relationships. But we have to get the Pac-12 Network distributed every place on every platform that our fans want to be able to consume that content.”
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www.buffzone.com

Pac-12 notes: Reshaping Pac-12 Networks likely an early task for new commissioner George Kliavkoff

The to-do list for new Pac-12 Conference commissioner George Kliavkoff will be a long one once his new job officially begins July 1. Re-imagining the entire Pac-12 Network enterprise almost assured…
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CULifer said:
Duffman stamp of reasonable and semi-decent approval FTMFW!
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SuperD said:
I dunno...I for one would also be happy if P12 officiating was also no longer a national laughingstock.
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If in a few years, if the P12 is universally recognized as the best officiated sports league in the world and there is no financial improvement.. he will have completely failed and will be fired. Reverse that hypothetical and he will be the greatest commissioner in sports. That goes for everything, which is why this job boils down to 1 thing.
 
CarolinaBuff said:
It made no sense why the conference didn't put more emphasis on distribution. Kliavkoff seems to get that obvious point, hopefully he gets it done. It's about damm time someone acknowledged this:



www.buffzone.com

Pac-12 notes: Reshaping Pac-12 Networks likely an early task for new commissioner George Kliavkoff

The to-do list for new Pac-12 Conference commissioner George Kliavkoff will be a long one once his new job officially begins July 1. Re-imagining the entire Pac-12 Network enterprise almost assured…
www.buffzone.com www.buffzone.com
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To be fair, At the time the only other conference network was the B1G Fox arrangement. The SEC Network, ACC Network etc had not come along yet.

My guess is Scott pitched the pure greed of a wholely owned conf network and the Pres bought it not realizing he really needed an ESPN, Fox, or Hallmark Ch to dick stomp DTV into submission. Oh well.
 
Buffnik said:
If in a few years, if the P12 is universally recognized as the best officiated sports league in the world and there is no financial improvement.. he will have completely failed and will be fired. Reverse that hypothetical and he will be the greatest commissioner in sports. That goes for everything, which is why this job boils down to 1 thing.
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Super League Money GIF by Anderson .Paak
 
I'm wondering if claiming force majeur over lost revenue due to Covid could get the Pac out of the lease early.
 
Back to the rent piece, this article shows a pretty good breakdown of what other conferences are doing. I do, however, constantly (literally) wonder why all the talk about having the HQ in Vegas. No other conference has their HQ in a state that doesn’t have conference school in it. That would be weird to me.

trojanswire.usatoday.com

Two tweets show why Pac-12 must relocate HQ from San Francisco

The long reign of Tom Hansen as Pac-10 commissioner unfolded from league headquarters in Walnut Creek, Calif. When Larry Scott replaced Hansen as commissioner, Pac-10 fans — now Pac-12 fans &…
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I didn't know who the hell this guy was when I first saw it. Looks like a good hire especially if he brings in some lieutenants to handle some things while he makes the money.
 
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