(05-25-2020 06:56 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  On 23 May, Dawgxas:

(05-23-2020 03:14 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  I will repeat the obvious, if ESPN was going to settle for 1/12th of the contract, this deal would have been done last year.

ESPN execs would not be calling UConn the “blue chip” asset of the AAC. It is obvious ESPN is going to renegotiate for substantially more than 1/12th.

On 25 May, also Dawgxas:

(05-25-2020 02:34 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  Once again if ESPN was going settle for less than 1/12th, this renegotiation would have been done in the Summer of 2019.

You do realize those groups of words say two different things, right?

My guess is the monetary adjustment is less than UConn's share and was probably handled long ago. The real negotiation is over broadcast windows. For instance, there is now 10% less inventory in football and basketball. ESPN may want to revise the minimum games they are required to broadcast on ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU for as long as the AAC is light one team in football and basketball inventory. I can almost guarantee they want to show fewer AAC womens basketball games on ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU (Thats a lock down certainty). So, those factors will influence whether Aresco and Company decide they might want to go ahead and add a non-football team to fill in the basketball inventory loss. That in turn might affect the pay adjustment and broadcast windows---So, you can see---there are lots of interconnected moving parts here and its not as simple as some seem to think. There is a process they are going through. It will get done---but its going to take a while to sort it all out.