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Message: [QUOTE="Zissou, post: 3227420, member: 7920"] Neither side was fleeced. It’s a fair enough separation. I would have liked to see football stay in the AAC. I think it makes sense for both sides, and the scheduling of basketball matchups could have been an ongoing commitment that benefitted both sides. In the end, it was probably too much for Aresco’s personal EQ to get that done. It would have taken mature diplomacy on both sides. In the end UConn wins. 1) basketball is in a top conference. 2) all conference sports are in a more reasonable footprint. 3) football and tier 3 rights should be able to be packaged for TV revenue. 4) football schedule should have an opportunity for the best of the AAC rivalries with basketball scheduling alliances. Think Temple, Cincy, and Memphis. What you lose is access to an automatic minor bowl should you win a conference. No great loss. [/QUOTE]