"The consensus is that the WAC wants to take part for (2005) and we will do so in some form," commissioner Karl Benson said. He declined to reveal the vote but said there "was a strong consensus."

UH athletic director Herman Frazier, who attended the meetings, has been a proponent of instant replay. Football coach June Jones said, "I don't have a feeling one way or the other about it. I've been in it (in the NFL) and there are pluses about and without it (in college) and there are pluses about it."

Just two months ago the idea had little support for 2005 but the NCAA's plans to open up what had been exclusively a Big Ten experiment last year to all conferences this year and the announced intention of most Division I-A conferences to undertake instant replay prompted the WAC to give it a longer look.

"We recognize the value of it and the direction I-A football is headed, so I think it behooves us to be in the front of this rather than on the back end," Benson said.

Benson said it was too early to say in how many conference games instant replay might be employed or what the cost could be.

"It is a situation where the logistics surrounding Hawai'i (where all games are televised) will be much easier than some other schools," Benson said. "Hawai'i's home schedule jumps out at you."

Replay was used in 57 games involving Big Ten teams — all conference games and home non-conference games held in Big Ten stadiums — last year. There were 43 plays reviewed; decisions were overturned or modified on 23. It cost the Big Ten $250,000 in production fees.

In other news, conference ADs reviewed some possible performance-based revenue items that could mean additional money for UH. If passed, proposals that reward schools for the number of sports they offer, strength of schedule and number of TV appearances would carry financial rewards.

Currently, all teams in the conference share equally in TV revenues no matter how many times they appear.