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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 1853035, member: 1414"] Now, in light of all this, we can think about the leak (which had to come from Tranghese) to Blauds, threatening that UConn could fly the coop to the Big East. It was meant to rattle this house of cards, it was a warning (as I said at the time). It didn't do enough obviously, but it seems to me that Benedict knows he needs to call ESPN out on this and let them know we aren't going to allow UConn to continue to suffer the short end of this stick beyond the current AAC deal. I suspect that the next couple of years for UConn are all about facilitating a viable option that moves us out of the "underpaid and highly profitable" collection in ESPN's portfolio. Benedict mentioned discussions he wants to have with them, and I have little doubt that the message will be reiterated. Meanwhile, we'll talk to Fox, SNY and anyone else, to assess our options when the AAC contract ends. We need leverage. [/QUOTE]