My understanding was that the "must have" schools in the AAC arrangement were only ever and still remained Cincy, Houston, and UConn. Navy having their own weird piece. First time hearing about Memphis...considering the Big East resisted them so long, *now* they are crucial to the deal?

And, iirc, it used to be two of those special schools needing to leave to trigger the renegotiation.

Now we're hearing about UConn not being on a list, but them leaving automatically triggering a renegotiation? Something has definitely changed, but if one school's departure triggers a renegotiation, that's not a good thing for the AAC. Quite shocked the conference would agree to that with ESPN given what could have happened to Cincy and/or Houston with the Big XII not long ago.