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A4 Seek Control Over NCAA Championships, Including Management of NCAA Basketball Tournament

Oh boy another opportunity for the cartel to stack the deck. I hope they don’t mess up the basketball tournament just to get more money for themselves.
 
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Drew said:
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LBird33 said:
Oh boy another opportunity for the cartel to stack the deck. I hope they don’t mess up the basketball tournament just to get more money for themselves.
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That's the whole point of the proposal... the basketball tournament is the only truly valuable properly left for them to take control of. This is simply the performance piece to be able to say "we tried" before they leave or the "Autonomous Division" is created as a separate entity with higher barriers in the form of required sport sponsorship/spending requirements to make it cost prohibitive without being on it's face exclusionary and saying, "Just these schools."
 
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If people didn't believe that this was the end goal of the P4 then they're either willfully ignorant or have been living under a rock. I know that the NCAA Basketball Tournament as currently configured is sacrosanct to some, but I can assure everyone reading this that they don't care about the MVC's, Patriot Leagues and Ivies. This has always been about control. Either wresting it away or reinventing the system anew. All I can suggest is that Husky Supporters continue to do whatever you can to invest in your programs, and continue to lobby your administration on the dire need to get into The Big 12 or ACC. We are in the endgame now...
 
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Ldandy said:
If people didn't believe that this was the end goal of the P4 then they're either willfully ignorant or have been living under a rock. I know that the NCAA Basketball Tournament as currently configured is sacrosanct to some, but I can assure everyone reading this that they don't care about the MVC's, Patriot Leagues and Ivies. This has always been about control. Either wresting it away or reinventing the system anew. All I can suggest is that Husky Supporters continue to do whatever you can to invest in your programs, and continue to lobby your administration on the dire need to get into The Big 12 or ACC. We are in the endgame now...
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If you don't think UConn and its supporters have been trying to get into a power conference over the past decade, then I don't know what to say. UConn has auditioned for both of those conferences multiple times and has been rejected every time. I don't think there is anything more that can be done. I even think if UConn offered to join the Big 12 for free like SMU with the ACC, it would still be rejected, just for spite.
 
buddy said:
If you don't think UConn and its supporters have been trying to get into a power conference over the past decade, then I don't know what to say. UConn has auditioned for both of those conferences multiple times and has been rejected every time. I don't think there is anything more that can be done. I even think if UConn offered to join the Big 12 for free like SMU with the ACC, it would still be rejected, just for spite.
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Not sure that The Big 12 would reject that, as how would any of us know? That said desperate times call for desperate measures. SMU Boosters stepped up and did what they thought they needed to do to secure their school's future. I hate the idea of UConn, a school I've come to admire, having to prostitute itself in this manner. That said I would feel a heck of a lot better with them being on the inside looking out even if they temporarily have to accept a bum deal to do so.
 
Ldandy said:
Not sure that The Big 12 would reject that, as how would any of us know? That said desperate times call for desperate measures. SMU Boosters stepped up and did what they thought they needed to do to secure their school's future. I hate the idea of UConn, a school I've come to admire, having to prostitute itself in this manner. That said I would feel a heck of a lot better with them being on the inside looking out even if they temporarily have to accept a bum deal to do so.
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UConn doesn't have rich oil guys who can prop us up like that.
 
noeynox said:
UConn doesn't have rich oil guys who can prop us up like that.
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You’re right. But let’s say for argument’s sake UConn is next in line for a spot in the XII or ACC…we better have administrators on the phone with the CEOs of the biggest in-state corporations. Sell it as “Save UConn Athletics” and keep our enrollment strong/keep talent here for local businesses. Not sure what the response would be. But this is also where private equity seems to be an inevitability.
 
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AD Dave (around 17 min mark):
This is where I don't want
to get into conspiracy theories here, but understand this, and
this is why if you don't appreciate why I'm thinking
long term about what conference we should be a part of,
understand that if if some private equity group wanted to,
they could go to the SEC, the ACC, the Big twelve,
and the Big ten and say, hey, you probably get
about twenty five million a year as a Conference from
the NCAA tournament. We will give you one hundred and
twenty five million a year. We'll get for your top
six teams.

the-boneyard.com

One for the history books.

the-boneyard.com the-boneyard.com
 
Ldandy said:
Not sure that The Big 12 would reject that, as how would any of us know? That said desperate times call for desperate measures. SMU Boosters stepped up and did what they thought they needed to do to secure their school's future. I hate the idea of UConn, a school I've come to admire, having to prostitute itself in this manner. That said I would feel a heck of a lot better with them being on the inside looking out even if they temporarily have to accept a bum deal to do so.
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There are other problems that also need to be dealt with. Politically., one Senator from CT has publically stated during the last Big 12 debacle that he supports UConn staying small time in the Big East. Not a good look at all. On top of that, he was reelected! The other issue has been the long standing relationship with Satan ESPN and the State of Connecticut. They have been sucking at the teat of the Connecticut taxpayers for years and have done absolutely nothing to assist UConn in its quest for a power conference invitation. The governor says that he supports UConn, but also does nothing in reality. The long and short of it is that UConn is a relatively small school in a small state, does not have support from its politicians, and although has been able to over achieve in athletics against all odds, the outlook for a power conference invitation is not good.
 
UConn Dan said:
AD Dave (around 17 min mark):
This is where I don't want
to get into conspiracy theories here, but understand this, and
this is why if you don't appreciate why I'm thinking
long term about what conference we should be a part of,
understand that if if some private equity group wanted to,
they could go to the SEC, the ACC, the Big twelve,
and the Big ten and say, hey, you probably get
about twenty five million a year as a Conference from
the NCAA tournament. We will give you one hundred and
twenty five million a year. We'll get for your top
six teams.

the-boneyard.com

One for the history books.

the-boneyard.com the-boneyard.com
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Dave clearly has the right vision. If this does come to fruition you would have to think UConn and Gonzaga (maybe Nova) would be seen as more valuable.
 
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