Do you think UConn wants to wait 5-10 years for the NNBE to start realizing its potential? No I don't. I think that we should realize the economic value of the new version of our conference (which is largely derived by touching upon a lot of household across a lot of time zones) within 6 months. Keep in mind that though we may know what the value is, we won't "realize" it until our existing contracts lapse. If we #BegHarder and somehow manage to get an ACC / B10 invite, should we then sit tight for a year to learn the fate of the NBC/fox negotiations? This is kind of a loaded question, so let me break it down into its component parts. 1) I think we'll know what the value of contract is within 6 months. 2) If the B1G comes a calling we say yes. We don't ask any questions; we don't negotiate; we say yes. Then we drop to our knees and thank the lord. Now the B1G has its own problems for us, including travel, no natural rivals, and difficulty of competition. All that is outweighed by stability, quality leadership, prestige, the league's academic consortium and of course the value of its contract. 3) If the ACC comes calling the answer isn't as easy. Are FSU, Clemson, GT, Virginia and Maryland gone? If so then I think the answer is no. If some of them have left we'd have to think about it. That baby step up might not be the best choice for us. If all of those programs have still around the answer is probably yes, although we'll still be on the outside of the big 4 conferences looking in. Sorry if my questions sound like #WhineHarder. It doesn't but when you nearly blew a load in your pants with joy because of a craptastic unsourced article said our conference sucks...well that kinda did. Personally I am curious as to what the league can get if it holds together, but I'm not curious enough to wait patiently to find out, all the time giving Louisville and Rutgers more time to map their escape routes. I think it was you who had a throwaway line about the Big East school's "prisoner’s dilemma'. I think that is spot one of the biggest impediments to stability for our conference and is fast become the biggest one for the ACC as well. Now we're just fans, we can take one side or another. I hope UConn's decision makers are doing both #BegHarder and #ClapHarder, in case we can leave the NNBE in the case of the former, or if we can't in the case of the latter.