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Message: [QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 5303771, member: 694"] That's not what he was implying. The escalator from ESPN would've pertained to UConn as well. His point is the ACC doesn't want UConn, even when it meant an extra $35M for the conference (of course that assumes that UConn would've accepted a $0 deal, which I don't know if it was ever offered). UConn doesn't have an ESPN problem with the ACC; it has an ACC problem... To that point, if you believe BC (well DeFilippo), the original 2011 value projections from ESPN were for the ACC to add Syracuse and UConn; it wasn't until BC balked that the ACC asked if there was anyone else that would allow for the same contract payout where Pitt took UConn's place; in 2014 again, it wasn't an ESPN problem, it was an ACC problem, with FSU throwing its weight behind Louisville and a "football" school ahead of UConn for the Maryland backfill. [/QUOTE]