hardcorehusky
Lost patience with the garden variety UConn fan
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The move to independent was designed to make the program profitable. Ultimately, less travel saves $1M, buy games pick up $2 -$3M a yr and opponents fans want to see will improve attendance. We have discussed this ad nauseum in other discussions - the football program will be better and so will the revenue. While it won't be the bellcow that makes money for the rest of the athletic department, it won't be a drain.Tighter budgets caused by declining tax revenues is the biggest opponent that UConn FBS football faces.
The question facing UConn Administration is how many millions dollars of support is a 1 - 11, or 2-10, 3- 9 FBS team worth when that money lost on football could be spent on financial assistance to UConn students, or simply improving the academic footprint of the university since the UConn’s basketball program will shortly regained national prominence.