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Pac-12 commish presents potential TV deal to school leaders with no agreement being reached, per reports

The two sides remain hopeful a new contract can be finalized with another meeting expected soon

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff presented details for a potential media rights deal to leaders from member institutions at a meeting on Tuesday, though ultimately no agreement was reached, according to multiple reports. Another meeting is planned soon with both sides remaining hopeful a deal can be reached. 

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The quality of the deal Kliavkoff presents to the Pac-12 will represent a decision day of sorts across the conference with the Big 12 openly keeping its eye on many Pac-12 schools. 

So, it is not clear to me who "both sides" are, if 1a) Kliavkoff 2a) the presidents or 1b) Kliavkoff and the presidents 2b) the media entities.

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Ross Dellenger

@RossDellenger

Pac-12 presidents & ADs, as expected, met this morning & were presented with details of a TV deal, sources confirmed to @YahooSports. Executives left the hour-long meeting with no agreement but with the expectation of eventually concluding a deal. Another meeting is planned soon

1:26 PM · Aug 1, 2023

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Dellenger's tweet doesn't use the qualifier "potential" and leaves me with the view that there is disagreement among the presidents and "another meeting" of the presidents is necessary to "conclude a deal." 

 

Both reports are consistent on "another meeting" which seems to moot the Arizona Board of Regents meeting scheduled at 3:30 pm MT, 6:30 Normal People Time, per Arizona Republic.

I have never seen such inconstancy in an existential crisis. Elles and Gees, this current college sports drama has fixated me because college football is an ancient fixture in America, far older than the professional game, in fact, the progenitor of the first pro league; because it is and always has been grouped by a region, not nationwide; because the PAC has, for a century, been the most glamorous of the regional conference; the demise of the PAC would be the first since the Big East in 2013 and infinitely more sorrowful for those of us who enjoy the college game.