Give Rutgers an extra $50 million over current (and that ain't happening) and they get close to FSU's total athletic income.. Maybe after 2021 for a short while.
FSU is happy as long as they can play at a high level, compete for the major prizes, and play on the big stage where the spotlight gets smaller..
This board, I am convinced, is God's favorite sit com.
Do I really think an ACC Network is hanging on the Hartford/New Haven DMA? No, I think an ACC Network is a carrot dangled to keep a mix of public and private schools with different needs and goals together as long as possible. It will never happen, thus the Hartford/New Haven DMA is irrelevant to it.So, why do we think an ACC Network is good for UConn?
Do people here really think that an ACC Network is hanging on the 900,000 TV sets in the Hartford/New Haven DMA?
Issue has gotten the attention of Awful Announcing.
The ACC is hoping the time is now for ESPN to create an ACC Network
Do I really think an ACC Network is hanging on the Hartford/New Haven DMA? No, I think an ACC Network is a carrot dangled to keep a mix of public and private schools with different needs and goals together as long as possible. It will never happen, thus the Hartford/New Haven DMA is irrelevant to it.
FYI-
Hartford/New Haven DMA
#31 DMA in America
2.7 million people
Population 18+ 2,086,421
Median Age 49.2
Median HHI $66,618
College Education 59%
Employed 59%
Own Home 66%
Median HHI – $69,092; Median Age – 54.6
That doesn't include just under a million Fairfield County residents.