(01-18-2020 10:28 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  

(01-18-2020 08:37 PM)Sactowndog Wrote:  

(01-18-2020 04:32 PM)johnbragg Wrote:  

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

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

Thanks for the link. Links to the actual text are always good. But the language doesn't really support your idea that it's limited to TV rights, and so the MWC can get around it by selling the games to a streaming service. Some things are very clearly stated.

Looking at section 3, "Television Rights" by sentence:
Sentences 2, 3. MWC has to sell the Boise STate package separately.
Sentence 4. Boise State and the MWC must mutually agree to the Boise State TV package.

So the MWC can't sell the Boise games to anybody without Boise's signature. And if they sell the games to a streaming service to get around that provision, the MWC is in breach because they're obligated to sell the Boise football TV rights.

Are you a lawyer?

Then please describe the point of section 5 which talks specifically about web streaming rights. You are applying the conditions specified for Broadcast Television rights to web video which is specifically described differently. Where by your read does broadcast TV stop and web streaming start.

Mountain West and Stadium want to stream Boise's football games under Section 5? Go ahead. As long as they are televised in accordance with Section 3.

Yeah - I just looked at that clause and it makes Craig Thompson’s comments even more asinine.

Boise State has TOTAL leverage with that contract language. The way that I interpret it is that Boise State can take back the television broadcast rights to its home games in the event that the MWC doesn’t sell the Boise State games as a separate package. It specifically states that it applies to “future” television contracts, so there isn’t an end date.

I have no dog in this fight - I’m just looking at this as a neutral observer. Any MWC fan that thinks that they’re somehow taking back any power or money by being tough with Boise State is *greatly* mistaken. What could actually happen is Boise State could stay in the MWC *and* it gets its home football rights back if the MWC doesn’t sell a separate Boise package. This means that Boise State would get 100% of the revenue for those home games (even as a member of the MWC) and wouldn’t have to share *anything* with the rest of the MWC. To the rest of the MWC, this is a fair warning: don’t bite the hand that feeds you. If you’re worried about Boise getting a “bonus” today, you need to see the forest for the trees and realize that they can very well get 100% of their home football broadcast revenue (once again, even as a member of the MWC) if you renege in this contract... which means that you’d get *nothing*.