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Mar 22, 2023
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thewaterboy
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Wasn't the $10M/year the speculated amount from the first indy contract? I've
never really heard a rumor of what the second contract value was (beginning in 2019?).
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Anyone want to help Dick Harmon with his math? Don't downplay BYU's media value!
BamaCoug
3/22/23 7:13pm
It pretty simple math and also makes sense objectively when broken down
ABCoug
3/22/23 7:20pm
Dick should have had some fact checkers on that article.
pittsburghcoug
3/22/23 7:22pm
We were told many times, even on CB, over the past 12+ years that “if BYU were
rainorsnow
3/22/23 7:24pm
IIRC, BYU gave ESPN a discount for the right to rebroadcast the games on KBYU right after the ESPN broadcast.
ManicBlue
3/22/23 7:24pm
I think the "discount" was mostly inventory. Fewer guaranteed BYU games (home)
TheRowdy
3/22/23 7:28pm
Indy contracts are mutually beneficial, but don't pay schools great.
BamaCoug
3/22/23 7:51pm
Wasn't the $10M/year the speculated amount from the first indy contract? I've
thewaterboy
3/22/23 8:02pm
I recall $6-8M/yr in first contract and $8-12M for second... but can't source it
BamaCoug
3/22/23 8:05pm
Why no leverage? What was stopping us from going to Fox, NBC, etc.?
Y05
3/22/23 8:29pm
Maybe they shopped it. I don't know. But BYU was in dire need of a media partner
BamaCoug
3/22/23 9:43pm
Absolutely did not want to crawl back to the MWC or go to the now gutted WAC.
ManicBlue
3/22/23 9:48pm
Exposure was key imo and BYU did what most schools could not
Pro Logic
3/22/23 8:37pm
Looks like they read CougarBoard and saw your post.Article has been updated:
Narfin'Coug
3/22/23 9:04pm
Of course he reads CB.
Soupie
3/22/23 9:07pm
Ha! Nice.
BamaCoug
3/22/23 10:06pm
Dick Harmon is a good dude but he comes from a school of thought
travelcoug
3/22/23 9:21pm
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