The Mountain West is not all that happy with certain aspects of their TV contract, and specifically the basketball tournament that had a nearly 10 p.m. local tip time in Las Vegas with a turnaround for a 3 p.m. title game the following day.
“They hear it from fans. They go to the games themselves," Commissioner Craig Thompson said during the conference basketball tournament. "Presidents are saying, ‘Wait a minute. I have a 6 a.m. breakfast in the morning, and we have an 8:30 p.m. kick?’ The question becomes: Is it worth $1 million per school to have all these disenfranchised fans?