On Friday, BYU made several announcements during its annual media day, including the school’s one-year contract extension with ESPN, its intention to honor late coach LaVell Edwards with a jersey patch, the lack of a scheduled bowl game for 2017 and the retirement of jersey No. 6.
Some of our readers shared their thoughts on the announcements by taking part in a voluntary Deseret News survey. The following are some of the results:
How important is ESPN to BYU's future beyond 2019?
Thirty-five of the 43 readers who responded deemed BYU’s relationship with the worldwide leader in sports to be important.