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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 284435, member: 780"]
Ahhhh, Doc ... you aren't suggesting the ACC didn't know what was in the contract they signed, are you?
 
Seriously, there was a clause in the ACC - ESPN contract that specifically stated that the contract could be renegotiated if the ACC were to add two more teams.
 
When the market price of college football went up --- shown by the PAC 10 deal -- the ACC decided to trigger this re-negotiation by adding two new teams. Unless they added two teasm they couldn't open up the contract and take advantage of the new market price.
 
It may or may not have been that the ACC asked ESPN formally or informally which teams would add the most value during the renegotiation phase. It's doubtful that information will be shared. No body knows. And there's nothing illegal about any of this.
 
The ACC probably considered anumber of factors in deciding who to invite and strengthening ACC basketball was almost certainly one of them.
 
The UConn people believe that BC blackballed them. Maybe so. But maybe the BC people just reminded them about the lawsuit that UConn led agianst the ACC that cost everyone a ton in legal fees.
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