I would LOVE to know if there were any potential poison pills drafted in the original AAC/NBC Network contract to prevent ESPiN from matching it. You see these types of poison pills all of the time in salary cap leagues that I wonder if anyone thought of throwing one or two in the new contract. Everyone with a head on their shoulders and the ability to think had to know that ESPiN was going to match whatever lowball TV contract that was offered to Aresco and kill the league to promote their Power-5 conference deals. The pennies that Aresco agreed to with NBC (a younger, growing network) is nothing for ESPiN (more established and better financially connected with Disney/ABC) to match and write off as a business expense to grow their ACC and other contracts. AAC games will never see the light of anything other than ESPN3 or ESPNGRAVEYARDSHIFT in an attempt to sweep it under the rug, minimize interest and following, and attempt to shift more casual fans to their Power 5 conference viewing. Their removal of the AAC blog yesterday is just another calculated move by our "friends" in Bristol to banish the AAC (and because of this, UCONN).
So, to sum, I'd love to know if this was ever considered by the Aresco camp and if any steps were taken to prevent the inevitable lack of exposure that ESPiN3 will provide for this conference across the country.