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Interesting development here:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...oncos-retain-home-tv-rights-according-sources

Boise is pitting the MWC vs the BE. Whoever lets Boise keep their home game TV revenue wins. Kind of makes me hope Boise gets royally duck*ed over by some tv network when they promise a lucrative home tv deal, only to lock them into something that halts their possible move to a big boy conference. I can't imagine a tv network would be too keen to allow Boise to just up and move all their home games to a different network should they accept an invite to the Big-12 in a few years....Always a new wrinkle appearing in CR Game. Currently NO team in a FBS conference owns the rights to their home game TV revenue.
 
UCFBfan said:
Interesting development here:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...oncos-retain-home-tv-rights-according-sources

Boise is pitting the MWC vs the BE. Whoever lets Boise keep their home game TV revenue wins. Kind of makes me hope Boise gets royally duck*ed over by some tv network when they promise a lucrative home tv deal, only to lock them into something that halts their possible move to a big boy conference. I can't imagine a tv network would be too keen to allow Boise to just up and move all their home games to a different network should they accept an invite to the Big-12 in a few years....Always a new wrinkle appearing in CR Game. Currently NO team in a FBS conference owns the rights to their home game TV revenue.
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I saw this too, and it left a somewhat bad taste in my mouth.

But here's the thing; the Mountain West with only half of Boise State's games (the away games)....what is that worth??? Right now, they are getting 1 million per team per year with ALL of Boise State's games. The idea was that Boise would be able to increase money for the Big East because they would be playing in bigger markets and against opponents like Cincy, UConn, and USF. As nervous as I would be as the Big East right now, I don't think that I could budge on this one. We are fighting for incremental value that makes us better than the MAC and C-USA. If we give away 6 of the games, there may be no reason left to not join those types of conferences ourselves...
 
UConnDan97 said:
I saw this too, and it left a somewhat bad taste in my mouth.

But here's the thing; the Mountain West with only half of Boise State's games (the away games)....what is that worth??? Right now, they are getting 1 million per team per year with ALL of Boise State's games. The idea was that Boise would be able to increase money for the Big East because they would be playing in bigger markets and against opponents like Cincy, UConn, and USF. As nervous as I would be as the Big East right now, I don't think that I could budge on this one. We are fighting for incremental value that makes us better than the MAC and C-USA. If we give away 6 of the games, there may be no reason left to not join those types of conferences ourselves...
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I agree that the MWC is not worth as much but I guess you need to do a comparison and ask how much is the BE really worth with half of Boise's games? I guess the BE adds the bball aspect more so than the MWC but by how much anymore? UConn, Cincy, Memphis, Temple vs SDSU, UNLV, New Mexico, ummm Nevada? Quick glance says it's a no brainer that we are better but overall...I dunno. Maybe I'm overthinking this but I can't imagine the BE really offers that much more than the MWC does. Outside of UConn, who's taken a big PR hit in bball, and Cincy, who is really that great in bball in the NNNNNBE? I really dunno.... Who the heck knows. All this crap is just mindnumbing....
 
If the Big east takes SDSU, Fresno, New Mexico and UNLV, Boise's home schedule loses a lot of value. How much will any network pay for Idaho, Wyoming and NMSU at Boise?

This may all be a mountain out of a molehill. I suspect that all the leagues are pricing out all the alternatives with the networks.
 
UCFBfan said:
I agree that the MWC is not worth as much but I guess you need to do a comparison and ask how much is the BE really worth with half of Boise's games? I guess the BE adds the bball aspect more so than the MWC but by how much anymore? UConn, Cincy, Memphis, Temple vs SDSU, UNLV, New Mexico, ummm Nevada? Quick glance says it's a no brainer that we are better but overall...I dunno. Maybe I'm overthinking this but I can't imagine the BE really offers that much more than the MWC does. Outside of UConn, who's taken a big PR hit in bball, and Cincy, who is really that great in bball in the NNNNNBE? I really dunno.... Who the heck knows. All this crap is just mindnumbing....
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Boise is vastly overrated. It's a horrible university with no appeal anywhere. Already they are outside of the top 20 caliber programs and will only decline. Once Peterson leaves, they essentially become Wyoming, with much worse academics and basketball. They are playing a hand that they know won't last much longer. No conference with any forward thinking leadership wants to touch Boise St. Our conference certainly shouldn't do anything special for them.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Boise is vastly overrated. It's a horrible university with no appeal anywhere. Already they are outside of the top 20 caliber programs and will only decline. Once Peterson leaves, they essentially become Wyoming, with much worse academics and basketball. They are playing a hand that they know won't last much longer. No conference with any forward thinking leadership wants to touch Boise St. Our conference certainly shouldn't do anything special for them.
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While I agree that it is (i) a terrible school and (ii) we shouldn't make any special financial deals with them, im not sure why you wouldn't think they could continue to thrive. Their recruiting is vastly improved over past years and they have sustained success through three head coaches. All indicators are that they will remain at a top 20 level for the foreseeable future.
 
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It is worth noting that very few of the regular posters on the Boise Scout Realignment board think Boise going back to the MWC is realistic. they don't necessarily have inside information, but are just doing the same assessment as everyone else: why would Boise go back to that league when they can make a new one from scratch?
 
I dont think Boise will be a terrible school forever. Boise "the city" is growing and becoming more affluent. They have great fans and every time they lose a coach, whether it is Koetter or Hawkins, they just promote within. They have great resilience.

You guys want to talk about a school that is really awful. Look no further than Memphis.

Tulane is a great school, but nobody could give a crap!
 
If BSU gets its own TV deal, shouldn't UConn get the same option? If we can get $1.5 Million for womens basketball, I'm sure we could get another $3-4 million between mens basketball and football.
 
uconNYC said:
If BSU gets its own TV deal, shouldn't UConn get the same option? If we can get $1.5 Million for womens basketball, I'm sure we could get another $3-4 million between mens basketball and football.
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I was wondering this as well. However, I wonder how it affects how a conference invite might happen. Could UConn just end the tv deal if they go to the ACC? I don't know. Also keep in mind, this is only for home fb games. Not every sport.

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UCFBfan said:
I was wondering this as well. However, I wonder how it affects how a conference invite might happen. Could UConn just end the tv deal if they go to the ACC? I don't know. Also keep in mind, this is only for home fb games. Not every sport.

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Everything is negotiable.
 
UCFBfan said:
Interesting development here:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...oncos-retain-home-tv-rights-according-sources

Boise is pitting the MWC vs the BE. Whoever lets Boise keep their home game TV revenue wins. Kind of makes me hope Boise gets royally duck*ed over by some tv network when they promise a lucrative home tv deal, only to lock them into something that halts their possible move to a big boy conference. I can't imagine a tv network would be too keen to allow Boise to just up and move all their home games to a different network should they accept an invite to the Big-12 in a few years....Always a new wrinkle appearing in CR Game. Currently NO team in a FBS conference owns the rights to their home game TV revenue.
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I think this is good for UConn. UConn stands to gain as much.
 
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