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[QUOTE="pj, post: 4716089, member: 2524"]
To date the networks have had the bargaining power, thus ESPN dictating to the ACC and the Pac12 getting wiped out.

The B1G is gathering together something approaching 50% of the value of college athletics. Soon they will have more bargaining power than the networks.

The SEC is maybe the most valuable and lucrative as long as college football remains the dominant source of revenue, but the B1G is getting into a better position to capture the highest possible percentage of its value, and if basketball revenue gets opened up, the B1G will be the premier conference in revenue as well as prestige.

For UConn, some kind of disruption of the NCAA and capture of the basketball tourney revenue would be a disruption that would catapult UConn into the most desirable group of properties. It just seems like UConn can't capture the full value of its market without a strong football program, and it can't bootstrap football up without major conference revenue and scheduling. UConn thanks to its brand and market would quickly pay for itself in a power conference setting, but it can't prove that until it gets there.
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