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Message: [QUOTE="Yawkey Way, post: 1851415, member: 4458"] NESN has much wider distribution access to most people's homes in New England than even the B10, ACC Network does. NESN is part of the basic TV packge in most N.E. homes. SNY is far less available as a station in most New England states homes than NESN is. I think Uconn is missing an important N ew England based TV exposure outlet, if they are saying that a weekly Uconn football program highlighting Uconn football by its coaches and players on NESN is somehow unimportant. Its not like Uconn football home attendance is breaking records, that such exposure is considered unnecesary or duplicative. FSU, Miami are in the ACC, but they have negotiated local afiliate TV contracts here in Florida to broadcast a weekly tv show on their football programs in their immediate school campus locales. Their ACC contract does not preclude this separate TV negotiation with a local afiliate for their weekly local football program broadcast. To my knowledge, Uconn has not given away such rights to SNY to do so either.. or if t Uconn did, they should not have done so, imo. As mentioned above, Jim Calhoun and Geno A, BOTH viewed NESN as important exposure for their programs, and have had weekly programs on NESN hightlighting their programs during the season. But Uconn football does not believe it is needed ? Interesting, to say the least, if this is the prevailing sentiment here. [/QUOTE]