To go back to the $50 million per year B1G number... my thought is that's a ceiling. You're seeing the high water mark for B1G. If ratings and results become more important in a revenue model that isn't based strictly on the raw numbers of cable boxes. If it becomes more important for the content to actually be watched then an AD like UConn becomes more valuable.
This is all fantasy at this point and it's contingent on UConn having winning basketball and football programs.... but that's a world in which UConn may be able to get in to a P5.
If things stay the same then I think the best we can hope for is to join what's left of the Big 12 if Texas and/or Oklahoma are invited to another conference. Actually my semi-plausible pie in the sky scenario is that UConn is the second school that gets into the B1G when they add Texas in 2024.