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I've had enough of this pandering from ESPN. There is not a metric out there that UConn doesn't meet for Power Conference requirements. It's time to put some heat on ESPN. $200+M in taxpayer money to renovate/expand their campus in a digital upgrade. $26M/yr annual tax credits.
ESPN says that the G5 candidate pool would "water down" the P5 conferences. That is true for every G5 school EXCEPT BYU and UConn. I want ESPN to definitively show their market data they have on UConn and compare it to that recently conducted from Navigate Research and BHV. Let's make them share their data.
I have also had enough of funding these tax credits and breaks to a company that has done absolutely nothing to enhance the lives of the state that they operate in (and take money from). No P5 membership is not only detrimental to UConn's athletic programs, but it could also have a very serious long-term affect on the university itself. A university that is striving to become world class and that has received BILLIONS in state funding to get there.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, read this: Big 12 TV partners push back on expansion
I can't take this anymore. This is far too critical a time for our state and university to sit and accept ESPN's word as Gospel. We have all seen the metrics data and it is MUCH different than what we are being told by ESPN.
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ESPN says that the G5 candidate pool would "water down" the P5 conferences. That is true for every G5 school EXCEPT BYU and UConn. I want ESPN to definitively show their market data they have on UConn and compare it to that recently conducted from Navigate Research and BHV. Let's make them share their data.
I have also had enough of funding these tax credits and breaks to a company that has done absolutely nothing to enhance the lives of the state that they operate in (and take money from). No P5 membership is not only detrimental to UConn's athletic programs, but it could also have a very serious long-term affect on the university itself. A university that is striving to become world class and that has received BILLIONS in state funding to get there.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, read this: Big 12 TV partners push back on expansion
I can't take this anymore. This is far too critical a time for our state and university to sit and accept ESPN's word as Gospel. We have all seen the metrics data and it is MUCH different than what we are being told by ESPN.
Governor Dan MalloyVerified account
@GovMalloyOffice
Share Your Opinion - Connecticut's Official State Website
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State Capitol
210 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860-566-4840
Toll-Free: 800-406-1527
TDD: 860-524-7397
Fax: 860-524-7395
AG George Jepsen
@AGJepsen
attorney.general@ct.gov
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Telephone:
(860) 808-5318
Fax:
(860) 808-5387
Richard BlumenthalVerified account
@SenBlumenthal
Blumenthal, Richard - (D - CT) Class III
706 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-2823
Contact: www.blumenthal.senate.gov/contact/
Chris MurphyVerified account
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Murphy, Christopher - (D - CT) Class I
136 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-4041
Contact: www.murphy.senate.gov/contact