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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 1854145, member: 2920"] Agree. I don't know what, if anything, will come from it. If nothing else, maybe we (UConn leadership) can get a better idea of why we are consistently grouped into the "watered down" litter. Like or not, that kind of grouping hurts our image and brand when it is not entirely true. I don't know if there is still bad blood at ESPN over the Blumenthal lawsuit - it outed them too, eventually - or if there is another hidden agenda at play. Benedict's comments are at least encouraging from the point that he already understands that our value far exceeds what we are being paid. Who knows - maybe we continue to settle for $2M/yr (or whatever Aresco can negotiate in the next contract term) in exchange for something else. More games on ESPN/ESPN 2 would be nice. Or maybe ESPN will help UConn launch its own stream channel. ESPN recently bought the company who launched and ran MLB's stream platform (in my opinion, it's the best stream channel there is). With that kind of technology/workforce at their disposal, maybe Husky Vision can be a pioneer for other schools. With that, comes subscription based revenue potential for UConn and a bit of a bridge closer to our regional P5 r1vals. [/QUOTE]