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Message: [QUOTE="elimunelson, post: 3919097, member: 615"] Thamel--There has long been a deep distrust of ESPN’s role in realignment, something the network and its executives push back hard against. But there’s a dichotomy between the ESPN suits being savvy stewards of a billion-dollar business and also having no say in moves that impact hundreds of millions of dollars and bundles of inventory. A famous realignment quote that re-emerged – one that makes ESPN suits itchy – echoed from the past on Wednesday. [B]Former Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo told The Boston Globe in 2011 about BC blocking UConn from the ACC: “TV – ESPN – is the one who told us what to do.”[/B] [/QUOTE]