(01-18-2020 12:56 PM)Sactowndog Wrote:  

(01-18-2020 12:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(01-18-2020 12:18 PM)Sactowndog Wrote:  

(01-18-2020 10:13 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(01-18-2020 07:39 AM)goodknightfl Wrote:  SEE UCONN

Yes, but there's a likely critical difference - UConn grumbled about money they were not going to be getting starting next year. Boise is grumbling about money the MW says they aren't going to be getting seven years from now.

So the pressure to act was greater with UConn.

Still, if I was the MW commissioner, I would quickly issue a new statement withdrawing the earlier claim that Boise would not be negotiating separately in 2026, reiterating that Boise is getting more in this agreement, and that what happens in 2026 and beyond will be discussed and determined at that time.

I would do what I could to simmer Boise down, as a Boise defection right now, either to the AAC or to go independent, would be disastrous for the MW.

Boise is enough of a pain in the ass, I think most of the MWC schools don’t care. I doubt Thompson’s comment was an idle threat.

Boise’s options are:
1) Renegotiate the terms into a true performance bonus available to all
2) See their rights sold to stadium as a streaming only option
3) Leave and become independent for football and X for all sports

I stopped by to get a sense of option 4
4) Leave and join the AAC for football and X for all sports.

Or have Boise sue their ass for reneging on the contract... You can't just change the terms of the deal because you don't like it.

Before you talk about reneging you might want to read the terms of the deal. Notice nowhere does it say “media rights”.


Just so it is available again for this thread, here is the 2012 term sheet.

http://www.usufans.com/Forums/download/file.php?id=1724

So for them to get by that, the MWC would have to get totally off of TV. ******* genius. Something tells me 6 years from now there's still going to be TV and college sports are still going to be on there.

That's called cutting off the nose to spite the face.