Boise State and the Mountain West Conference soon will have the "opportunity to rework their relationship" with their TV partners, and the two could "end up with different solutions," according to Chadd Cripe of the IDAHO STATESMAN. BSU's slate of six football home games will be "marketed separately" from the rest of the MWC TV package. Another round of separate arrangements also could "create more tension in a unique situation that already has at least one rival athletic director publicly wondering whether the Broncos deserve the special treatment they negotiated" in late '12. The MWC's TV deals with ESPN and CBS Sports Network run "two more football seasons" and are worth $13.9M this year. BSU is guaranteed $1.8M in TV money in a deal with the MWC that "has no expiration date." The MWC "splits the rest of its TV money 11 ways," with the split this year being $1.1M. The conference's options are "broader than ever." The MWC "could go to a streaming-based provider, such as Facebook, Twitter or YouTube" and it has "experimented with Facebook this season." It could also "try a less-watched cable-TV provider." Cripe: "Maybe someone would pay decent money to pull content from ESPN, but nobody can match the exposure of the 'Worldwide Leader'" (IDAHO STATESMAN, 11/25).
