Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[BarkingDog]

Oh no

 

[king conn]

Relax, we will be brought back in just for leverage again

 

[shizzle787]

Yall realize there will be 3 conferences on TV and competing for titles and the Big East ain’t one of them?

I’d take it

Give us $20 million per year, a bowl tie-in, a 5-6 game football arrangement, and automatic all-sports invite in 2031.

 

[greenday61892]

I thought you weren't allowed to play in another conference if your primary conference sponsors that sport? So we wouldn't even be able to stay in the Big East and join B12 for basketball only. What the hell is Yormark smoking and why does he think we'd even take that in the first place?

 

[Exit 4]

If there is anything to BB only from Yormark, he’s going to offer our seat to Saint John’s (hilarious I know or Gtown or Nova) if we don’t bite.

This sucks

 

[UConnMike04]

I’d do it ONLY if it’s for minimum $20 mil/year for all Olympic sports, with a football schedule tie-in of 4/5 games a year rotating (WVU/UCF/Cincy/Hou one year, next year the 4 corners etc). I’d miss the hell out of the BE but a basketball schedule with Kansas, Gonzaga, Houston, Cincy, both AZ schools, etc. I can live with. “One foot in the door” as they say.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Are Cal and Stanford tied together or can Stanford do what they want? maybe Stanford and UConn

 

[ec33]

If there is anything to BB only from Yormark, he’s going to offer our seat to Saint John’s (hilarious I know or Gtown or Nova) if we don’t bite.

This sucks

I think the Catholics can hold together if it is one at a time (BCU is a different set of circumstances because Flutie made them a football powerhouse by throwing one pass that one time).

BY will have to tempt multiple at one time, after the next Big East contract is as low as we suspect.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Basketball only is a generalized term for everything but football

 

[greenday61892]

Honestly at this point screw BY. Invite us for all or don't even bother. Massive slap in the face to use us as bait, completely calculated from the start, and then after the ruse is finally up say "well we can offer you the pizza crust we found on the ground next to the pigeon crap if you want"

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

If there is anything to BB only from Yormark, he’s going to offer our seat to Saint John’s (hilarious I know or Gtown or Nova) if we don’t bite.

This sucks

Also this. A small catholic school regional conference is not going to compete with those Goliath’s

 

[UConn Dan]

I’d do it ONLY if it’s for minimum $20 mil/year for all Olympic sports, with a football schedule tie-in of 4/5 games a year rotating (WVU/UCF/Cincy/Hou one year, next year the 4 corners etc). I’d miss the hell out of the BE but a basketball schedule with Kansas, Gonzaga, Houston, Cincy, both AZ schools, etc. I can live with. “One foot in the door” as they say.

It would have to be a guarantee at their next contract that we’d be full members

 

[CTBballfan243]

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Probably going for Washington State and Oregon State

 

[ec33]

I’d do it ONLY if it’s for minimum $20 mil/year for all Olympic sports, with a football schedule tie-in of 4/5 games a year rotating (WVU/UCF/Cincy/Hou one year, next year the 4 corners etc). I’d miss the hell out of the BE but a basketball schedule with Kansas, Gonzaga, Houston, Cincy, both AZ schools, etc. I can live with. “One foot in the door” as they say.

That dollar value doesn't happen - but a promise (or some kind) that UConn is a full member the next time they expand could work.

 

[UC1995]

We’d need a clear path for football also.

Our athletic department won’t do it to put Olympic sports. The Big east will kick us out and then where do they go?

 

[ec33]

It would have to be a guarantee at their next contract that we’d be full members

Even better, I feel like a dummy now (which is only fair because I am one).

 

[buddy]

Oh no

Don't fall for this.

 

[CTBballfan243]

It would have to be a guarantee at their next contract that we’d be full members

Just when I was out I get sucked back in.

 

[BigFanCT]

Can someone really answer me if Benedict is this much of a dumb a** to continually be used time after time again for leverage?

I don’t know enough about the situation. But his recent tweets of wink faces, Mora hinting in press conferences……are they really that stupid and getting that blindsided?

 

[Urcea]

I’d only do it with a guaranteed football phase in if some kind

 

[CTBballfan243]

Don't fall for this.

Too Late………

 

[Exit 4]

That dollar value doesn't happen - but a promise (or some kind) that UConn is a full member the next time they expand could work.

Transition plan could work- even a long one… but they won’t offer it. They will say- screw off, Nova sounds good.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

Let's hope we can right the ship and get football on the right track. This realignment will start again since it's not done.

If B1G goes to 20, others will too.

If ACC is smart, they invite us and others to get to 16, 18, or 20. I don't think ACC is forward thinking or smart though.

Unlikely, BC and ‘Cuse are likely already on the phone to make sure that doesn’t happen while a half-dozen or more members led by Florida St are more focused on getting out of the ACC, not saving it.

 

[Buffett10]

Pass

 

[ec33]

Remember that UConn has an exit fee, which would be quite high for a non-football cut.