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Deion Sanders’ debut with Colorado will boost Pac-12, just not enough to help ongoing media rights talks
Back in December during a conference in Las Vegas, Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff was asked if the spectacular aura of Deion Sanders at Colorado would add value to the league’s media deal. CU’s new coach had been hired days before. “He absolutely adds value to the league,” Kliavkoff told reporters. While there may be added value when it comes to the perception of the league and the Buffaloes themselves, there’s not any actual monetary value being brought by Coach Prime. That’s the conclusion of several media rights consultants with whom CBS Sports spoke ahead of Sanders’ debut at Colorado in Saturday’s spring game, which has thankfully (and temporarily) overshadowed the…
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Utahns feeling bleak about near-term economy, ongoing inflation
An unprecedented set of economic conditions have both battered and rewarded consumers over the past year-and-a-half or so with record high inflation wreaking havoc on household budgets at the same time a red-hot jobs market has provided a wealth of new employment opportunities and robust wage growth. But even with average hourly earnings bumping up by 5{515baef3fee8ea94d67a98a2b336e0215adf67d225b0e21a4f5c9b13e8fbd502} over the last year, the extra cash has fallen short of inflation-driven price increases and, according to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll, concern is outpacing optimism when it comes to the personal economic outlook of most Utahns. When asked to rate their feelings about the economy in the coming year,…