UConn will pay $17M to leave the AAC for Big East

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut has agreed to pay a $17 million exit fee to the American Athletic Conference, so the school can rejoin the Big East next year.
AAC bylaws stipulate any school seeking to leave the conference must give 27 months’ notice and pay a $12 million fee, but the sides negotiated the higher fee for UConn to leave sooner.
UConn Athletic Director David Benedict in a statement Friday thanked AAC Mike Aresco and his staff for their professionalism