Pac-12

Dramatic shifts further accelerate massive change hitting US college sports

Conference commissioners look to build lawmaker consensus on NIL rules

Kliavkoff, Sankey travel to Washington to meet with lawmakers

Power Five entity to leave current site in downtown San Francisco

Conference signs wide-ranging agreement with California-based firm

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview George Kliavkoff, commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference. Eric and Chris also discuss National Basketball Association’s league-level cryptocurrency sponsorship deal with Coinbase, a $100m (€86m) funding round for startup digital collectibles company Candy Digital, and ongoing turbulence in the United States’ regional sports network business. They also explore the acquisition by OneFootball and Eleven of a pool of international rights for nine European football leagues, as well as increasing scrutiny from the US House of Representatives on the National Football League and Washington Football Team.

The Pac-12 has struck a wide-ranging partnership with Las Vegas-based, low-cost airline company Allegiant, with the collegiate athletic conference's football championship game taking place at Allegiant …

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Vasu Kulkarni, partner with Courtside Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm. Eric and Chris also discuss the implications of Fanatics’ dramatic entry into the sports trading card market, the new alliance between the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, and Pac-12 Conferences; and the arrival of the 2021 US Open in tennis.

The Pac-12 Conference has announced it is not pursuing expansion beyond its current 12 members "at this time", putting an end to speculation that the league was looking to add some of the remaining Big …

New working relationship to involve scheduling, collaboration on numerous core issues

Trio of Power Five conferences explore partnership based in part on scheduling

In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Davyeon Ross, co-founder and president of ShotTracker, a sports technology and data and analytics company providing real-time basketball statistics and insights. Eric and Chris also discuss Major League Baseball’s recent domestic rights extension with ESPN, the National Football League’s release of its 2021 regular season game schedule, the pending sale of Major League Soccer’s Orlando City SC, the start of the 25th season of the Women’s National Basketball Association, and the appointment of George Kliavkoff as the Pac-12 Conference’s new commissioner.

Power Five entity makes surprise choice from outside college sports

Veteran sports industry executive to depart Power Five conference a year early

Pac-12 Networks, the media company wholly owned by the US college sports conference’s 12 member universities, has launched a new free streaming channel.

The Pac-12 collegiate athletic conference has unveiled partnerships with business communications company Nextiva and California-based commercial bank Pacific Premier Bank.