If we are passed over for B12 expansion and are forced to have to settle in to the AAC, then hells yes, the first move I make if I'm at UConn is to fight tooth and nail to have T3 rights returned to each school. We know what our T3 rights are valued at because we have actually had them priced, negotiated, and paid as part of a signed contract.
Memphis says it brings the Memphis market (which is just jumping for college football content)? Okay, bring it. Cincinnati is the top draw in Cincinnati? Look forward to seeing your T3 contract negotiated. Orlando is 500x better than Hartford? Great, then UCF shouldn't have any issue with wanting its T3 rights returned. Houston is one of the top CFB markets in the country, so we're told, so UH will look forward to the opportunity of negotiating their local Houston T3 deal.
We signed two separate T3 deals that, combined, brought us over $9M/yr. We signed each deal in 2010 when the Big East was on life support. The changing cable industry and worsened conference affiliation will likely affect the value but it will affect the value for all schools who go into negotiations. Bottom line: there is no question we could separate ourselves financially for every single other G5 school who, coincidentally, are trying to separate themselves from us.