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https://watchstadium.com/live/mw-football-media-summit-commissioner-thompson-roundtable/

TV contract:

CBS has first right to negotiate start in April.   Thought it could be moved up, but with all the TV mergers influx, CBS will wait to April.

AD's are on monthly calls regarding TV. 

 

BSU special deal still is in effect according to their AD Curt Apsey.  Even with change in Admin, the AD is holding to the membership doc. 

 

AD's survey:

#1 issue:  Revenue

#2 issue: Start Times

Least concerning issue:  Outlet medium.  Meaning, don't care about linear TV or which network or if it is digital.  Exposure is now diluted in so many ways.   This will lead to some interesting possibilities in the new "TV" package.

 

Bowl situation:  Seems that will still have the Potato, NM & Hawaii Bowl. AZ Bowl will still be tied to.  Still working on keeping the Las Vegas Bowl in some way.  It is up to the Bowl Committee and not the MW but the MW is keeping in touch with the LV Convention.

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12 hours ago, MWC Tex said:

https://watchstadium.com/live/mw-football-media-summit-commissioner-thompson-roundtable/

TV contract:

CBS has first right to negotiate start in April.   Thought it could be moved up, but with all the TV mergers influx, CBS will wait to April.

AD's are on monthly calls regarding TV. 

 

BSU special deal still is in effect according to their AD Curt Apsey.  Even with change in Admin, the AD is holding to the membership doc. 

 

AD's survey:

#1 issue:  Revenue

#2 issue: Start Times

Least concerning issue:  Outlet medium.  Meaning, don't care about linear TV or which network or if it is digital.  Exposure is now diluted in so many ways.   This will lead to some interesting possibilities in the new "TV" package.

 

Bowl situation:  Seems that will still have the Potato, NM & Hawaii Bowl. AZ Bowl will still be tied to.  Still working on keeping the Las Vegas Bowl in some way.  It is up to the Bowl Committee and not the MW but the MW is keeping in touch with the LV Convention.

He also mentioned the Holiday Bowl as a possibility, but I doubt this.

In the end, with at least 42 bowls in the near future, the MW will have six primary bowl options, before it is said and done

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18 hours ago, MWC Tex said:

BSU special deal still is in effect according to their AD Curt Apsey.  Even with change in Admin, the AD is holding to the membership doc

Why would this even need to be clarified? 

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Thompson speaks out:

https://gazette.com/sports/q-a-mountain-west-commissioner-craig-thompson-on-late-kickoffs/article_eac954d8-8fa4-11e8-862c-6b98ae8e5869.html

 

What is the update of the broadcast rights negotiation as the current contract expires in two years?

It’s so fluid. It’s not quite daily, but it’s close. We’re waiting to see how some of these things develop. We were the first conference to play on Facebook. The first conference to do some things on Twitter. We’ve been very aggressive. It still gets down to exposure and relevancy, to recruitment to revenue, and then the control of kick times. That’s probably what I hear more than anything, why are we playing at 8:15 p.m.? Why is a basketball game tipping after 9 o’clock? We’re not the only league that does that, everybody plays late. We have been told directly by our television partners, the later you play the more value you bring to us. We did a survey of our member institutions, and the No. 1 issue was revenue. Next important was the kick time. Least important was medium.

Is there still any dialogue with BYU? Where does that relationship stand?

There hasn’t been any direct dialogue. There is nothing active with BYU at this juncture.

Do you sense they feel they made the right move in going independent?

I don’t know. There seems to be some things trickling out. (Salt Lake Tribune sports columnist) Gordon Monson had a thing the other day saying, ‘Come on, this thing didn’t work as an independent.’ I don’t know if he spoke for BYU or the church or anybody else.

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2 hours ago, #1Stunner said:

Thompson speaks out:

https://gazette.com/sports/q-a-mountain-west-commissioner-craig-thompson-on-late-kickoffs/article_eac954d8-8fa4-11e8-862c-6b98ae8e5869.html

 

What is the update of the broadcast rights negotiation as the current contract expires in two years?

It’s so fluid. It’s not quite daily, but it’s close. We’re waiting to see how some of these things develop. We were the first conference to play on Facebook. The first conference to do some things on Twitter. We’ve been very aggressive. It still gets down to exposure and relevancy, to recruitment to revenue, and then the control of kick times. That’s probably what I hear more than anything, why are we playing at 8:15 p.m.? Why is a basketball game tipping after 9 o’clock? We’re not the only league that does that, everybody plays late. We have been told directly by our television partners, the later you play the more value you bring to us. We did a survey of our member institutions, and the No. 1 issue was revenue. Next important was the kick time. Least important was medium.

Is there still any dialogue with BYU? Where does that relationship stand?

There hasn’t been any direct dialogue. There is nothing active with BYU at this juncture.

Do you sense they feel they made the right move in going independent?

I don’t know. There seems to be some things trickling out. (Salt Lake Tribune sports columnist) Gordon Monson had a thing the other day saying, ‘Come on, this thing didn’t work as an independent.’ I don’t know if he spoke for BYU or the church or anybody else.

He doesn't know if Gordon Monson speaks for BYU or the church?  Hilarious.  He speaks for himself, mostly to rile feathers and generate page views.

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