(02-15-2017 02:29 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(02-15-2017 02:25 PM)MWC Tex Wrote:  

(02-15-2017 02:05 PM)stever20 Wrote:  I wonder if this may be a ploy to get ESPN to put more money in the AAC and not lose UConn to Fox. The timing is interesting right after the UConn women's game on Monday night that got 1.229 million viewers.

Except any increase isn't going to compete with the Big East amount and it doesn't help UConn by still being in the AAC when UConn could be in a Power basketball conference which the AAC is not.

The Big East is making 4 million per school per year. The AAC right now is making around 2 million. Why wouldn't ESPN bump it up some to keep a valuable property from leaving to Fox?

Is UConn really that valuable to ESPN? To get the AAC to $4 million each they would have to add some $22 million extra? Are they worth that much? If they are that valuable then the Big East could get even more with UConn added and maybe even get an additional $1 million/school bumping up to $5 million.