(05-22-2020 10:00 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  

(05-22-2020 07:13 PM)Dawgxas Wrote:  

(05-22-2020 05:26 PM)MUsince96 Wrote:  Please link where ESPN indicated the AAC contract would be drastically reduced. I'd like to read about that.

Sure I have linked it numerous times.

An ESPN exec called UConn “the blue chip asset of the AAC” back in December before all the Corona Virus mayhem.

As you know ESPN is based in Connecticut and ESPN really wanted all the TV rights for UConn Huskie womens basketball. UConn is probably the best brand in all of Womens sports. ESPN specifically negotiated for those rights and paid a premium for them in the AAC contract.


ESPN, AAC Renegotiating Media Rights Deal as UConn Heads to Big East
December 12, 2019 at 4:11 pm ET

“Obviously for us, we did the deal with UConn as part of the conference. That was our preference — that UConn would be there,” Dawson said

The renegotiation is likely to hinge on the perceived value of the UConn brand relative to the rest of the geographically disparate conference.

https://morningconsult.com/2019/12/12/es...-big-east/


ESPN can renegotiate new AAC TV deal with UConn leaving conference

Following the loss of UConn, Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand reports in latest newsletter that ESPN now has the right to renegotiate the terms of the 12-year, $1 billion deal it signed with the conference back in March.

https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/espn-ca...rence.html

Both your links don't exist.