Boise State and Mountain West Conference playing chicken over deal
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:38 pm
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In a statement issued on Friday evening, Boise State admitted it had “some hesitation” about ending its longstanding relationship with ESPN as part of the Mountain West’s new TV rights deal and refuted the conference’s claim that this would be the last time the Broncos’ home games would be negotiated separately.
During a conference call on Jan. 9, Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said conference members met in December and decided they wanted more equity in future deals. But Boise State said its decision to rejoin the conference in 2012 was predicated, in part, on the right to negotiate its home games separately and that cannot be changed by a conference vote.
“Boise State’s decision to join the conference was predicated on a number of negotiated provisions, including the right to separately negotiate material terms of media rights relating to our home games,” a university spokesperson said in Friday’s statement. “This is stated in our conference agreement and cannot be changed by any vote of the membership or conflicting agreement. We will not support any change to this provision and are in the process of weighing our options to move forward.”
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Who didn't see this coming.
Further instability among conferences and teams should be good for BYU long term provided some conference realignment ends up being part of the solution.
In a statement issued on Friday evening, Boise State admitted it had “some hesitation” about ending its longstanding relationship with ESPN as part of the Mountain West’s new TV rights deal and refuted the conference’s claim that this would be the last time the Broncos’ home games would be negotiated separately.
During a conference call on Jan. 9, Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said conference members met in December and decided they wanted more equity in future deals. But Boise State said its decision to rejoin the conference in 2012 was predicated, in part, on the right to negotiate its home games separately and that cannot be changed by a conference vote.
“Boise State’s decision to join the conference was predicated on a number of negotiated provisions, including the right to separately negotiate material terms of media rights relating to our home games,” a university spokesperson said in Friday’s statement. “This is stated in our conference agreement and cannot be changed by any vote of the membership or conflicting agreement. We will not support any change to this provision and are in the process of weighing our options to move forward.”
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Who didn't see this coming.
Further instability among conferences and teams should be good for BYU long term provided some conference realignment ends up being part of the solution.
