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[QUOTE="junglehusky, post: 1325407, member: 61"]
It's also worth pointing out the fact that whether the NNNBE schools would want UConn in their midst is a giant assumption. We no longer fit with their academic profile as they area almost exclusively private religious institutions. This rift was always there in the old BE, and as the rift grew it led to the catholic 7 splitting off on their own. What incentive do they have to bridge that gap with one of the public state schools they divorced from in the first place?

They already have their fat TV contract with FS1 and have little incentive to expand. Maybe Fox will tell them their ratings suck and they should bite the bullet / split the pie more with teams that can bring viewers, but that won't happen until the end of the contract which is what, 10 years? And given their ratings struggles you know Fox won't hand out another fat payday. At that point they may decide to go back to ESPN simply for the exposure.

The people arguing for UConn to drop football should be honest and say "UConn should drop football and put all sports in the A-10" because that is a more realistic scenario than the Big East.
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