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Message: [QUOTE="djct1999, post: 1587084, member: 2281"] A lot has happened in a year. UConn's profile for one has become much better. Second, a head scratching on the field decision to add Rutgers for the B1g shows how valuable the northeast, particularly the NYC dma is. The financial gap between the Big12 vs its peers has widened.......I just don't see how adding Cincy and BYU will benefit and actually save the Big12 long term. On the flip side, the optimist in me hopes that if UConn is not being mentioned favorably it is because UConn has committed elsewhere. I realize its not the popular opinion but I really do hold out hope that B1g adds us first. Branding UConn as the sixth borough was brilliant and it seems that UConn as the NYC team is gaining momentum. NYC remains the network holy grail and I just can't understand why Delaney would be willing to wait it out and in the interim give up another piece of the NYC pie. As hard as it is to believe now, allowing UConn to go elsewhere can make the B1g vulnerable down the road. How? Lets assume UConn joins the Big12 and the network does well. A few years later, the ACC implodes. UNC chooses the SEC. FSU and Clemson choose the Big12. The Big12 also decides to add Syracuse and Pitt. On the field, this hypothetical makes the Big12 better. Financially, the Big12 with Syracuse and UConn would own NYC. I would argue, over time, this could very well catapult a Big12 conference over the Big10. Bottomline is that UConn is far more valuable than some people want to believe or understand. Insecurities aside, I just don't see how in any way UConn is left out to dry in the next round of realignment. [/QUOTE]

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