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Uh, duh, he was making a joke.This was sensationalism.
Uh, duh, he was making a joke.This was sensationalism.
I think many do. I think the biggest problem for UConn with NIL is leadership. Until Mora spoke up, there was very little leadership to help the fan base understand NIL and why it is important. If UConn had an athletics booster club, there would be a natural group that raises money for athletics and they could have provided leadership and marketing for setting up an NIL collective.
What is the purpose of the UConn Club? Seems to have ties with the Bleed Blue nil. What are the relationships with sport specific booster clubs like Friends of Soccer? UConn Foundation funds? Should there be a Football specific booster club to coordinate the giving?I think many do. I think the biggest problem for UConn with NIL is leadership. Until Mora spoke up, there was very little leadership to help the fan base understand NIL and why it is important. If UConn had an athletics booster club, there would be a natural group that raises money for athletics and they could have provided leadership and marketing for setting up an NIL collective.
It just did and it was what I was asking for. Now, if we can get an athletic booster club...Isn’t that kind of what just happened?
Maybe the UConn club can have bake sales and returnable can/bottle drives to raise NIL money for the collective.What is the purpose of the UConn Club? Seems to have ties with the Bleed Blue nil. What are the relationships with sport specific booster clubs like Friends of Soccer? UConn Foundation funds? Should there be a Football specific booster club to coordinate the giving?
I honestly doubt that Hockey even loses money. Hockey East does get some TV money, we draw pretty well and travel is via bus to almost every game. Hockey was a smart investment that should have been made 20 years earlier.Make the case against the profligate build, sure. Crapping on the sport - especially when we’ve been good with poor facilities (this goes for several non-revenue sports) - is where we’ll part ways. There is a more direct line for a good facility and winning hockey (and I’m not invested in hockey) than taking that money (however that would work) and putting it into football infrastructure, such as coaches and staff. The track record on salary to performance for football assistants is not great, as has been bandied about ad nauseum this season. I think the case has been made for going 6-6 this year with the resources we have. And putting that 70 mil into The Rent or and other bricks & mortar doesn’t get you a win moving forward. The road forward is stable AD/state support and NIL. We don’t have to beggar other winning programs any more than we historically have.
Why is it going to be hard to compete for baseball?I honestly doubt that Hockey even loses money. Hockey East does get some TV money, we draw pretty well and travel is via bus to almost every game. Hockey was a smart investment that should have been made 20 years earlier.
Baseball is tough because we are good, and built another new stadium for it, but it will be so hard to compete going forward. Soccer is saddest, because we used to be very very good and now we suck. Another new stadium built for that too.
Because it is already hard in the northeast and once all the P4 schools are sending money to kids, which we can't afford to do, we are going to struggle to recruit.Why is it going to be hard to compete for baseball?
Soccer desperately needs a new coach. Yes, I know this is only year one of the post Ray Reid era, but it doesn't look like anything is going to happen until we get new coaching in. Unfortunately that's at least a year away, and perhaps two.
Because it is already hard in the northeast and once all the P4 schools are sending money to kids, which we can't afford to do, we are going to struggle to recruit.
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I do agree that UVA and UNC are attractive potential additions, but I think this is the old way of thinking about conference expansion. In the long run, the captive cable bundle is going away so adding geographies won't increase the value of a conference network, but brands will enhance value. Of the remaining non-P2 football brands, the most valuable football brands are Notre Dame, Florida State, and Clemson. Think about this, which football game would have more interest and have better ratings? Florida/Florida St. or Florida/Virginia?Most of this is Stop.
But it seems quite obvious UNC and Virginia are the biggest prizes left.They have hugely successful athletic departments and are flagship programs in states that neither the SEC nor the B1G are in.
While I see you're point, at some point the SEC has to realize that not everyone in that league can succeed in football. Virginia and UNC would give them a major presence in critical recruiting markets and potentially add a lot of $ in basketball. I wouldn't even be shocked if they took Duke at some point to add a second private to pair with Vandy.I do agree that UVA and UNC are attractive potential additions, but I think this is the old way of thinking about conference expansion. In the long run, the captive cable bundle is going away so adding geographies won't increase the value of a conference network, but brands will enhance value. Of the remaining non-P2 football brands, the most valuable football brands are Notre Dame, Florida State, and Clemson. Think about this, which football game would have more interest and have better ratings? Florida/Florida St. or Florida/Virginia?
I think UNC and UVA are better for the B1G than SECWhile I see your point, at some point the SEC has to realize that not everyone in that league can succeed in football. Virginia and UNC would give them a major presence in critical recruiting markets and potentially add a lot of $ in basketball. I wouldn't even be shocked if they took Duke at some point to add a second private to pair with Vandy.
Agreed - even Louisville garners more tv ratings than UVa.I do agree that UVA and UNC are attractive potential additions, but I think this is the old way of thinking about conference expansion. In the long run, the captive cable bundle is going away so adding geographies won't increase the value of a conference network, but brands will enhance value. Of the remaining non-P2 football brands, the most valuable football brands are Notre Dame, Florida State, and Clemson. Think about this, which football game would have more interest and have better ratings? Florida/Florida St. or Florida/Virginia?
As if that matteredMost of this is Stop.
But it seems quite obvious UNC and Virginia are the biggest prizes left. They have hugely successful athletic departments and are flagship programs in states that neither the SEC nor the B1G are in.
You shut your mouthI think UNC and UVA are better for the B1G than SEC
I think Duke to the SEC makes a ton of sense, especially if UNC goes there. The SEC needs someone to lose football games, win basketball games, plus the whole academic profile thing.While I see you're point, at some point the SEC has to realize that not everyone in that league can succeed in football. Virginia and UNC would give them a major presence in critical recruiting markets and potentially add a lot of $ in basketball. I wouldn't even be shocked if they took Duke at some point to add a second private to pair with Vandy.
It'd definitely seem like the better fit based on what the league has traditionally valued, but then again I can't pretend to know what the hell it values after its raid of the PAC-12. Maybe it continues its football-first approach and nabs some combination of FSU, Clemson, and Miami. Maybe it makes a play for Kansas, or even tries to flip an SEC school like Missouri. (It'd be unprecedented, but I bet at some point we're going to see an SEC school leave for the Big Ten, or vice versa)I think UNC and UVA are better for the B1G than SEC
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The UNC System consists of over a dozen universities, including NC State, UNC at Chapel Hill, UNC at Charlotte, ECU, App State, etc. Connecticut does it differently where the "State" schools are separate from UConn.NC State is not part of the UNC System