ESPN’s Brett McMurphy is reporting that ESPN and the Mountain West Conference are nearing a seven-year deal for the conference’s television rights through the 2019-20 academic year.
Click here for McMurphy’s story.
According to the report, ESPN would televise up to 22 football games every year — including all Boise State home games — and 25 basketball games per year. The league’s basketball games have been notoriously difficult to find this season on many cable packages, if they are televised at all.
A source told McMurphy the total media rights deal, including an existing agreement with CBS Sports Network, would increase the value to $18 million per year. The CBS deal runs through the 2015-16 academic year and reportedly paid the conference $12 million per year.
I’m still not going to get cable for that. I can buy food instead and continue to listen to the radio.
You can sell your foodstamps on most street corners. You won’t get 1:1, but you’ll probably get enough for DirecTV once you add in EITC.
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Dave, who is going to be televising the home games until ESPN steps in? Any ideas?…Sunny…
Sunny,
The ESPN deal is for 7 years up until the 2019-2020 season so it should start this coming football season!
That means back to the days of the Broncos being on National TV 8 or more times per year. Sweetness!!
6 ESPN Saturday games is $3M to BSU in bonuses.
Which means the conference splits $15M……
Jus sayin…..