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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 3180648, member: 2920"] CR has always been and will always be about money. And unless something changed in the new AAC media deal, leaving the Big East has always been an incredibly silly financial idea. Let's say UConn left the AAC to go to the Big East. Here is what it would do to UConn's already thin wallet... 1. Upfront exit fee of $10M AND 27 month exit wait... ...OR... ...Upfront exit fee negotiated ~ $11M-$12M and 12 month exit wait 2. TV revenue drops from around $7M/yr to $5M/yr. 3. TV exposure drops from ESPN/ESPN+ platforms to FOX sports platforms...about 1/3 the exposure that we get under ESPN. So to summarize, UConn would be legally obligated to pay $10M-$12M and wait 12-27 months to leave a conference that pays $2M/yr MORE and offers UConn FAR more media exposure than the new one they'd be joining. Now THAT is dumb. [/QUOTE]