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Message: [QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 838608, member: 523"] Because neither the B1G, ACC, nor any other conference will be irreparably harmed by not adding UConn. These conferences needed bodies to add value to TV contracts and depth to their membership to ward against defections of their own. None of the P-5 is in danger of collapse the way that the BE was, until one league (B12, ACC) falls far enough behind that a key school (TX or UNC) decides to bolt for bigger dollars. Once blood is in the water again, B1G and SEC attack, the other non P12 conference picks up a few pieces and we're down to the P-4. Outside of that, you may see one/two minor schools backfilling to 16 in one or more conferences, but either case will take a number of years for the financial effects of this last round to shake out. I'd like to think the new BTN deal with FOX is enough for the B1G to pick us en route to 16, but I'm not sure it's enough of an incentive to move the presidents. [/QUOTE]