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It is not a bad place to have the headquarters. On first look, with never hearing about him before, I think this has potential.He brings the business side of sports that the conference needs. I will wait and see. He has a lot damage to repair and needs to get the conference making money. Conference is probably moving it's headquarters to Vegas. No need to stay in SF anymore.
Way cheaper than SF, with men's and women's basketball tournament there, moving the Pac-12 Football championship there. The ease to get there from all locations it makes sense. No more footing the bill for the President's Suite, Kliavkoff can just drive home.It is not a bad place to have the headquarters. On first look, with never hearing about him before, I think this has potential.
This feels... off, to me. Like there is a tie-in from the penthouses and champagne brunch days of the P12 tourney.
This is exactly what I was thinking. But, I was too lazy to type it all out. Thank you for putting it into print here.Way cheaper than SF, with men's and women's basketball tournament there, moving the Pac-12 Football championship there. The ease to get there from all locations it makes sense. No more footing the bill for the President's Suite, Kliavkoff can just drive home.
This is exactly what I was thinking. But, I was too lazy to type it all out. Thank you for putting it into print here.
How long is the lease? If it's 2+ years, makes sense.After I said this he said in his presser he’s moving to San Francisco. Lol.
He also said in the presser to "fit in" as an outsider to San Francisco, he is going to live in a tent at a local park.After I said this he said in his presser he’s moving to San Francisco. Lol.
Thanks for the heads up, cr8zy. Indeed a good read.I think the Yahoo opinion piece is pretty close to right (posted on the site's home page). Worth a read.
Well stated. I am also optimistic here. Certainly no sure thing, but those don't exist in the real world....Excellent article on ESPN co-written by Coug grad Kyle Bonagura. It goes very in depth on the hiring, and issues facing the conference. The more I read, the more I like the hire of Kliavkoff. He is not a one trick pony like Scott was with women's tennis. Kliavkoff is accomplished for many different employers.
"For a role as complex as a Power 5 conference commissioner, it's unreasonable to expect anyone to check all the boxes, but Kliavkoff checked enough of them and quickly emerged from a list of roughly 200 applicants.
At MGM, he oversaw a massive live event operation and was intimately involved in corporate sponsorship efforts. He was the chief digital officer at NBCUniversal, where he led the company's corporate digital strategy in a role that eventually saw him become the interim CEO of Hulu, in the streaming giant's early stages. He has a history in women's sports -- having served on the board of governors of the WNBA and managed the league's Las Vegas Aces -- and was the executive vice president of business for Major League Baseball's Advanced Media."
State of the Pac-12: What hiring George Kliavkoff means for TV rights, CFP expansion, NIL and more
The Pac-12 recently announced its hiring of George Kliavkoff as its new commissioner. So where does the conference go from here and how can it make itself relevant in the playoff conversation?www.espn.com