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Message: [QUOTE="broooce, post: 4022885, member: 9941"] UConn has a lot going for it that's for sure. Football looms as a negative for now given the priority this sport has in realignment but I think when it comes to future media contracts that other sports add to year-round programming value. Look how D-1 softball is so popular now, even pulling better ratings than baseball. Lax will continue to grow as its footprint expands across the country - that adds value to an overall contract. I'd like to think that ESPN, being based in CT, has a vested interest if not obligation to ensure that its home state university eventually settles in a terrific conference that can yield it the annual payments of one of the top 3 conferences today. Someone should be hitting up Disney/ESPN or a famous alum to donate enough money to name the UConn School of Communications that can be a feeder to careers at that company. [/QUOTE]