"I am fairly confident now that BYU was willing to work with the Mountain West and stay in the league if they could rebroadcast football and basketball games that were not shown on The Mtn. and to show those games then on BYU-TV. The money would probably not be the same with their ESPN deal, but if the Mountain West were to gain BCS status the additional money from that might have put the amount on par with their ESPN deal and without the headache of having to schedule 12 games each year."