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Texas: Property of UConn Men's Basketball program
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Line of the month!The only thing missing from this cluster-F was Rick Pitino...
Line of the month!The only thing missing from this cluster-F was Rick Pitino...
Yeah, but his post was about avoiding legal issues. If Malloy makes the threat the state has no legal culpability.From Malloy it means nothing. From Ned Lamont, maybe
He is. He wants to lead the best program in the Big East. That can't happen unless we leave.Sounds like he's on our side!
Yormark just spent a lot of time making us look better. The ACC leadership is dumb, but there’s a chance the lightbulb goes off. UConn is Diane Franklin in Better Off Dead. Sometimes you don’t see what‘s right in front of you and when somebody else does you realize what you missed.They don’t want UConn! How many times have they proved that?
The B1G took four schools that had about 75% of the eyeballs for the Pac12. The Big XII took regional schools that fit perfectly with the schools they have. Several rivalries were maintained or renewed.I don't understand this logic though. FOX and ESPN both just agreed to pay more money to these PAC schools by moving them into the Big 12 and Big 10 when they could have had them for a helluva lot cheaper had they stayed together. And now ESPN is panicking that they have no west coast inventory so they're going to shell out money for Stanford and Cal?
The people in charge of this sham are beyond stupid
Why ask why?He is. He wants to lead the best program in the Big East. That can't happen unless we leave.
I think uconn football needs to built its brand..it looks like we will have a good team this year…we need Mora to stay and do his magic… then we will get a better tv deal and conferences will come callingGood point. Connecticut is an unaffiliated independent. I don't think that's better if your name isn't Notre Dame.
I think uconn football needs to built its brand..it looks like we will have a good team this year…we need Mora to stay and do his magic… then we will get a better tv deal and conferences will come calling
SHOOT I'm just gonna blame the fact that I just finally quit a job bordering on a decade that by the end was giving me near-daily panic attacks and haven't fully readjusted yetFrom Malloy it means nothing. From Ned Lamont, maybe
I understand why the conferences want to expand. I do not understand why ESPN and FOX just let the PAC die because they didn't want to pay them, but now they're okay with paying all of the schools even more money to be members of different conferences. That's what makes zero sense to me.The B1G took four schools that had about 75% of the eyeballs for the Pac12. The Big XII took regional schools that fit perfectly with the schools they have. Several rivalries were maintained or renewed.
B1G went nationwide in a major way. The Big XII shored up dominance in the southwest/mountain/plains region. When you go to a sports bar in those states, it’s going to be a Big XII bar. This is something the B1G enjoys in its core territory, as does the SEC. As they expand they lose that. St. Louis is not “SEC country” for example. Maryland certainly is not “Big Ten country”.
ACC taking UConn should be an easy decision for the same reason the corner schools made sense to the Big XII. They should have grabbed Rutgers long ago too.
I understand why the conferences want to expand. I do not understand why ESPN and FOX just let the PAC die because they didn't want to pay them, but now they're okay with paying all of the schools even more money to be members of different conferences. That's what makes zero sense to me.
The networks don’t control conference realignment!Fox was never going to let the Big12 take UConn. Fox gets UConn for pennies in the BE.
Why would Fox pay UConn 8x more --- all while destroying the amazing Big East content they have?
It was never going to happen, no matter what Yormack wanted
Yes they do.The networks don’t control conference realignment!
Um. Whoever is financing it most certainly controls it. Anything else is posturing.The networks don’t control conference realignment!
Maybe for the old Pac teams, but will overall Big 10 football TV ratings go up? I'm not so sure as adding more teams does not increase the number of desirable matchups. The number of games that Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State play hasn't changed and they will end up playing more games against less desirable opponents. Look at USC/Ohio St. They will probably play once every 2 to 4 years in an 18 team conference.The ratings of the games in the new conferences will be higher than the ratings of the games in the PAC-12. Higher ratings = higher charge for commercials = more revenue for the media partners.
I don't know that they got played so much as they didn't understand the dynamics of the business in which they were trying to negotiate in agreement. They were probably no more than $9 million per school off of an agreement that would've left the conference intact.They were negotiating. Apple upped their offer $2M per school. I am guessing they didn't see FOX pull the Oregon and Washington card at the last sec to sink the Apple deal. Stuff like this happens, and it is part of the negotiation for many businesses. These conference realignments are pretty much like cutthroat corporate negotiations. Apple simply got played this time. I am sure they will be more prepared next time.
It tends to be a bad negotiating position to piss off the people you're actually asking for something. In this case, insisting on UConn versus say Pittsburgh, would not have cost them a dollar and would have created good will. That's the low hanging fruit of negotiation.Well ESPN has never been Uconn's friend except when the Rasmussen's started the company, but who actually likes and wants to help out the tax man ?
No.I think uconn football needs to built its brand..it looks like we will have a good team this year…we need Mora to stay and do his magic… then we will get a better tv deal and conferences will come calling
It’s about siphoning the value. Big got its mega brands. The Big 12 picked over what’s left and took the four corners.I understand why the conferences want to expand. I do not understand why ESPN and FOX just let the PAC die because they didn't want to pay them, but now they're okay with paying all of the schools even more money to be members of different conferences. That's what makes zero sense to me.
I was being facetious.Um. Whoever is financing it most certainly controls it. Anything else is posturing.
My bad. Ain't always easy to tell.I was being facetious.
Adding Cal and Stanford is the outright admission that the ACC is screwed AND they know it.Adding Cal and Stanford is like the Wish.com version of what the B1G did.