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Mountain West, ESPN agree on seven-year television pact

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 21, 2013 - 1:21 am
 

The Mountain West and ESPN have reached agreement on a seven-year deal that will give the network rights to televise some football and men’s basketball games, plus all Boise State home football games. Terms of the deal were not released Wednesday.

The agreement runs from the 2013-14 school year through 2019-20.

CBS Sports Network will still hold primary rights to the conference through 2015-16 and will get first selection of football games each week, excluding Boise State home games. CBS Sports Network will hold rights to Boise State’s road conference games.

In addition to Boise State home games, ESPN will get rights to up to 16 Mountain West football games and 31 men’s basketball games per year.

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