Bevacqua To Manage NBC's Move Into ESports, Sports Betting, Will Sit Out PGA TV Talks

John Ourand looks at Pete Bevacqua's departure from the PGA of America to NBC and reveals a few things, while also clarifying the soon-to-be-former CEO's new duties. 

Besides revealing that Bevacqua declined the USOC job after interviewing, Ourand shares this:

Bevacqua will start in September and will focus on growth opportunities, which include everything from gambling and esports to rights fee negotiations, which will become especially heated in the next few years. NBC already has said it is interested in bidding for rights to the PGA Championship, which are up next year. Lazarus said Bevacqua would stay out of those talks.

“He’s coming in to help me manage the expansion of our company and work directly with the programming, marketing, digital RSN and golf groups while getting involved in the new areas of esports and gambling,” Lazarus said. “He will work with me and the team on strategizing about the next series of rights deals that are all coming up over the next few years.”