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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 3365083, member: 44"] [URL='https://morningconsult.com/2019/12/12/espn-aac-renegotiating-media-rights-deal-as-uconn-heads-to-big-east/']Apparently ESPN disagrees[/URL] since it is renegotiating the American's TV deal in part due to the loss of UConn woman's basketball. [I]ESPN, however, considered UConn basketball — particularly the historically dominant women’s program — a blue-chip asset. In fact, a person with knowledge of the talks said ESPN had actually negotiated to increase the number of UConn women’s games it could air in 2020 prior to news of the school’s departure. The network’s history as a rights holder for UConn dates back to the school’s previous stint in the Big East. [/I] [/QUOTE]