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Message: [QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 2048098, member: 5598"] Anyone who would argue ESPN has been an ally to UConn clearly does not understand the history. [B]There is probably no entity in the entire world who has harmed UConn athletics more than ESPN[/B]. ESPN fully masterminded and funded the ACCs repeated raids into the old Big East (the conference UConn was once a member of). By way of history the ACC was (and still is) an ESPN property and after the old Big East turned down an ESPN offer, ESPN set out to destroy the Big East by funding the ACC to raid its teams. The Big East proved more resilient than ESPN anticipated in its the first raid which grabbed Miami, Va Tech, and BC so a few years later a second raid was conducted which took Syracuse and Pittsburgh. Interestingly, the only football/basketball schools who ended up without a P5 home from the old Big East were UConn and South Florida. How does Rutgers, West Virginia, Syracuse, Pittsburg, Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College all end up in P5 conferences but UConn doesn't with ESPN funding the raids? Throughout the entire conference realignment process ESPN has never helped UConn and has actively harmed UConn. The AAC is an ESPN property and is currently the most unpaid conference in America. While ACC teams make over $30 million per year, AAC teams make $3 million. Moreover, UConn is the anchor program for the AAC in terms of revenue. ESPN is literally making millions off UConn. For example, this year ESPN granted the ACC a network channel and could have included a UConn addition as part of the package. Why didn't they? Because at 3 million a year UConn in the AAC is the best profit maker in sports for ESPN. If ESPN is highlighting UConn is it because they can make money off them. UConn has great fans and draws national attention. ESPN didn't make the UConn women a national brand....Geno and his amazing players did. People who think ESPN is helping UConn have no idea how wrong they are. [/QUOTE]

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