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Message: [QUOTE="NYUConn, post: 1422330, member: 6274"] I love how you dismiss a years-long negotiating process that involved buy-in from every conference in football, ESPN, University Presidents and even the NCAA as a "technicality." These are the rules that govern the sport for the foreseeable future. Also you're completely misinterpreting the ESPN first right of refusal clause in the AAC's contract. Basically ESPN has the first right to MATCH whatever the market value is for the AAC's TV rights. This means that if NBC in a few years doubles our existing deal, ESPN has a right to match that number first. ESPN is not setting the market rate for AAC broadcasting rights. We can and will make more money off our television rights in the AAC than we will as an Independent. What sports network is going to pay UConn 2-3 million/year to broadcast our football games right now? Because that's what we would need to clear annually to even get the Independent conversation started. [/QUOTE]