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Message: [QUOTE="zls44, post: 3100434, member: 32"] Bolding the names/schools of the people who made this deal come together. No UConn. No USF. No Cincinnati. But you know who's on it? The schools that just quadrupled their media money! Now...I wonder if...maaaaaaaybe...they're less inclined to give a damn about a local TV deal since none of them have one! ---------------- [B]AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER MIKE ARESCO Opening Statement[/B] I first want to thank Jimmy Pitaro, president of ESPN, and Burke Magnus, ESPN's executive vice president of programming and scheduling, as you've just heard Bernie describe him, and his team of Nick Dawson and Pete Derzis for their support of our conference. This is one of the best negotiations I have been involved in, and I have been involved in quite a few during my career. I also want to recognize and thank our conference leadership, the chair of our board, [B]President Renu Khator of the University of Houston[/B]; our [B]Vice-Chair David Rudd, President of the University of Memphis[/B]; and [B]Gerald Turner, President of SMU[/B], who chaired or ad hoc media committee. All have offered valuable counsel and support, as have our athletic director chair, [B]Tom Bowen of Memphis[/B], and vice-chair [B]Troy Dannen of Tulane University[/B]. Our presidents and athletic directors have enthusiastically supported this agreement and the vision it represents for the conference. [/QUOTE]