ESPN airing the UH-BSU game could cost UH and its partners $200k in PPV money

HSA Note: "On one hand, heading into the winter contact period that begins Nov. 28, UH could use the visibility for recruiting. Especially since it is not currently scheduled to appear on any of the network's three major platforms -- ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU -- the remainder of the regular season. But if ESPN picks up the game, UH and its pay-per-view partners, Oceanic Time Warner and KFVE, could lose their most attractive game of the season and a payday of $200,000 or more."


JD said that ESPN set its initial WAC lineup in July and:
"we've known of the possibility they could come back and look at the Boise State game depending upon how our team was doing." (HSA)


HSA Note: "Last year's PPV package did about $3.4 million in sales. UH's share was $2.5 million. Whether UH's payout would be reduced this year in the event ESPN adds the Boise State game could depend on what financial thresholds in the contract are met, UH officials said."


HSA Note: "Because ESPN is allowed to show one team up to six times in a season under the WAC contract without renegotiating and it is committed to showing five Boise State games, speculation is that the network might wait to see how UH does against Utah State on Saturday in Logan, Utah, before making its decision. ESPN could also take the Dec. 4 Boise State-Utah State game, the Broncos' regular-season finale."


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