UCONN, Cinny,&USF to split nearly $100 million

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The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the separation agreement has not yet been finalized. That is likely to happen by the end of the week. The football schools will receive approximately $100 million under the agreement, most of which will go to holdover members Connecticut, South Florida and Cincinnati.

The basketball schools will receive $10 million, the Big East name and the right to play their conference tournament at Madison Square Garden

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I was wondering who was going to get all of these exit fees, now we know.

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The Big East football schools recently agreed to a seven-year deal worth about $130 million with ESPN, though the first year of the deal is expected to be adjusted down with the departure of the seven basketball schools.

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For the Tulane and SMU fans on the board is this deal really that much better than what they had with CUSA?