UConnDan97
predicting undefeated seasons since 1983
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I am still waiting for someone in the "we hate Aresco Choir" to explain to me what leverage they think he wasted during his negotiation with ESPN.
^^^ This. The money for our conference sucks, but it was going to suck no matter who was in charge.
For a slightly more sucky payout, he managed to keep our high tv exposure with a short contract period (in what other alternate universe could someone miraculously get East Carolina vs. Tulane basketball on ESPNU!). We're able to catch the vast majority of UConn football games and UConn basketball games on tv, and we have had a decent amount of games that were televised nationally. All we can hope for is that during the renegotiation period (2019?), that both UConn and AAC brands are strong enough to close the currently gigantic tv money gap between us and the other 5 conferences...