CTNewsJunkie Op-Ed: Who Should Replace Ollie, Nobody

[gwhuskyfan]

This might be the dumbest thing I've ever read. Suggest dropping UConn athletics to D3. Says state is wasting money by helping to oversee athletics.

OP-ED | Who Should Replace Kevin Ollie? Nobody | CT News Junkie

 

[huskymedic]

Under is 4...

 

[tzznandrew]

Don't feed the trolls.

 

[Stainmaster]

Am I the only one who has never heard of this outlet? They look very small-time.

 

[Northbound]

What struck me is at the end - "She lives in Enfield with her wife and her cats" - anyone that is so attached to a cat as to include them in a "bio" is a couple of beers short of a sixer in my book.

 

[nadav]

The author is a cat person. Makes sense now.

 

[Guapo]

She lives in Enfield with her cats.

Obviously is not a dog person and thus hates Huskies.

 

[Guapo]

What struck me is at the end - "She lives in Enfield with her wife and her cats" - anyone that is so attached to a cat as to include them in a "bio" is a couple of beers short of a sixer in my book.

The author is a cat person. Makes sense now.

I've never been so happy that other people read something and took away from the piece the same thing I took away from it.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

"Susan Bigelow is an award-winning columnist and the founder of CTLocalPolitics. She lives in Enfield with her wife and their cats."
I think she won an award for Creepiest Cat Person.

 

[ZachCT12]

I was pretty ticked off when I read this. This lady is flat out crazy with the D3 comment.

 

[TopDogs]

We are all dumber for having read that.

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Is she aware that men’s basketball
Has historically made significant money.
Men’s football when we were in the Big East also made money, it still generates substantial dollars in
In the AAC media plus NCAA playoff distribution .
Forgot about the Nike deal
If our point is we should eliminate all non revenue sports .
Every women’s program with the exception of B.B. would go .
Plus D3 still has considerable expense with next to zero revenue.

 

[the Q]

Is she aware that men’s basketball
Has historically made significant money.
Men’s football when we were in the Big East also made money, it still generates substantial dollars in
In the AAC media plus NCAA playoff distribution .
Forgot about the Nike deal
If our point is we should eliminate all non revenue sports .
Every women’s program with the exception of B.B. would go .
Plus D3 still has considerable expense with next to zero revenue.

don't forget IMG...which is rather significant.

did WBB start making money?

 

[AdamaNation]

Even my bleeding liberal heart jumped out and burned a tree after reading this and seeing the run of the mill husky supporting author.

 

[Rico444]

She is also very pro-union and anti-a-certain-political-party. Some of you share an ideology with this person more than you want to believe.

Did you read the article? She definitely seems to lean liberal, but she was trashing unions left and right in the article.

 

[Deadrody]

Thankfully, for her, there are 50 other states, the majority of which ALSO have state run universities with significant division I athletics. Have any of THEM attempted this idea, or even considered it ? I feel like the answer to that question is a resounding NO.

Maybe, just maybe, major college athletics has been a part of the "university experience" for a century or more. Maybe, if she looked into it a bit, she might find that the prestige of the UConn athletic programs actually PRE-DATED significant upgrades to the university and it's academic programs.

I mean, once you accept the premise that one of the goals of a state government is to further the education of the state's residents and others (which in itself is a mammoth expense) it's hard to make a cogent argument against D1 athletics, without making the same argument against all athletics, D3 or otherwise.

 

[Robertelamin]

So UConn is dropping to DIII which means Calhoun is coming back. The rumors were true!

 

[nadav]

Also, cat lady, the school’s growing academic reputation and dramatic rise in rankings and numbers of applications, has gone hand in hand with the rise of our basketball program.

 

[TopDogs]

She is also very pro-union and anti-a-certain-political-party. Some of you share an ideology with this person more than you want to believe.

Political leanings aside, it doesn't really change that it was easily the dumbest thing I've ever read. And I read the Boneyard.

 

[80shusky]

This is a person who does not appreciate sports and how it elevates the overall standing of a public university. A moron. Pay it no further thought.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

"Susan Bigelow is an award-winning columnist and the founder of CTLocalPolitics. She lives in Enfield with her wife and their cats."
I think she won an award for Creepiest Cat Person. View attachment 29434

What are the chance Susie drives a 1997 Subaru?

 

[huskeynut]

Seems Susan is on a second career. Spent several years, according to her bio, as an actress/ musician. Unimpressive in this field.

She is another troll trying to become relevant in the political world. A waste of a read.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

What are the chance Susie drives a 1997 Subaru?

Forester

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

 

[ZachCT12]

She's getting torn apart on twitter and all her response so far is "People don't like this idea"