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[QUOTE="pj, post: 1301891, member: 2524"]
This is what makes me sick to my stomach. If ESPN is truly offering big bucks for B1G content in exchange for the B1G no longer raiding ESPN properties, the natural additions -- UConn and Va Tech -- are off the table, as is Texas. Then if Kansas and Oklahoma want to come in as a pair, 17 is an impossible scheduling number, so the B1G needs a partner for UConn, but there are none available.

It looks like the B1G really wants UConn but can't find a partner and, while 15 might be feasible, wants to add KU and OU when the B12 contract is up and 17 isn't feasible. This would explain the rumors about reaching out to Vanderbilt - not really a valuable addition, but AAU and no GoR, and the SEC/ESPN might not mind seeing them leave, so they could be a feasible partner for UConn. The trouble for us is that if we have to come in with a non-valuable partner like Vanderbilt, we have to carry more than our weight to justify the move financially. That's hard when each school's weight is $40 mn per year.
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