Hotline mailbag: Kliavkoff’s challenge, Scott’s role, Pac-12 expansion options and delays, the BYU piece, the Deion Sanders era and more

— and include ‘mailbag’ in the subject line — or hit me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline.How much blame for the problems with the media rights negotiations would you give to USC and UCLA? To former commissioner Larry Scott? To current commissioner George Kliavkoff? To the university presidents? — @draywilson29

Because of shortcomings with visibility and resources, the Pac-12’s football stage was forever shrinking and the Trojans, of course, view their football program as worthy of the biggest stage. We believe the process should have been wrapped up soon after a final decision on UCLA from the UC Board of Regents, but the Hotline’s general view of the terrain hasn’t changed:— Pac-12 media rights are worth approximately the same as Big 12 media rights.— Expansion of the CFP makes sticking together the most desirable competitive outcome for the top remaining football schools .

Are schools like Washington State, Oregon State and Arizona holding up expansion because they are afraid of getting farther down the pecking order when former Group of Five schools with better markets come in? — @LiveInHothAK I don’t believe every men’s basketball game will be available exclusively on the streaming platforms. A package of matchups will find its way to cable and broadcast outlets.

The presidents didn’t authorize Kliavkoff to start negotiations because they thought a deal was imminent. Instead, we believe their motivation was to get a feel for the market — a rough valuation, in other words. I do not believe a firm decision on expansion has been made. To a large degree, it depends on the media rights negotiations.

SDSU’s administration specifically, and the California State University system generally, would love an association with Stanford and Cal. We plan to explore the scheduling piece in detail, but until the membership situation is resolved, it’s difficult to assess specific options: eight conference games or nine, divisions or no divisions, late-season cupcakes or grueling Novembers, etc.

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