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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 1422351, member: 833"]
Depaul's TV $ > UConn's TV $

If you don't think UConn's TV rights are worth $2MM on the open market, then why do you think any P5 league would ever add UConn?

You also keep arguing things I am not arguing.  If you want to argue with yourself, i will step out.  There are a few schools unhappy with their situation that appear to have alternatives.  BYU, Boise, Navy and Army already have separate rights agreements.  I will stipulate that we need some friends to do this.

The right of first refusal is a show stopper for anyone looking at buying the AAC TV rights.  It was a stupid clause to have agreed to, and discourages any other network from seriously bidding on the property.  Why would NBC or CBS go through the trouble of pricing out the Big East and putting a bid in if ESPN can just take it?  I would be surprised if there are any other bidders next time around.  ESPN will be able to get the entire league rights for $10MM a year if they want to.  The AAC is absolutely crippled by this clause.  It is a death sentence by itself, and if Aresco had two brain cells he would dissolve the league solely to avoid this clause.
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