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

[UConn Dan]

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.

One for the history books.

the-boneyard.com

 

[buddy]

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.

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.

 

[Fishy]

Why?

Absolutely no reason. It’s so stupid.

 

[JohnFSilver]

This is why UConn started football to be a player here. We’ll see if it helps. Clearly the sec does t want anyone else to win titles but sec teams

 

[UConnTrumbull]

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.

One for the history books.

the-boneyard.com

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.

 

[KryHavok]

So the P4 want to be the A4 before being the A1 (BIGSEC), and we're on the outside as an FBS independent...is it too soon to post this:
^•^

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

So the P4 want to be the A4 before being the A1 (BIGSEC), and we're on the outside as an FBS independent...is it too soon to post this:
^•^
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Or, the game is just getting ready to begin.

 

[ZooCougar]

And some people wonder why football matters.

And others wonder why we need to get out of the Big East.

 

[Patman]

This is why UConn started football to be a player here. We’ll see if it helps. Clearly the sec does t want anyone else to win titles but sec teams

The SEC only cares about the SEC. The big 10 wants to take greenland

 

[Vowelguy]

Next:
BiG and SEC each get 14 bids
ACC and B12 get 8

 

[CL82]

This is why UConn started football to be a player here. We’ll see if it helps. Clearly the sec does t want anyone else to win titles but sec teams

Well fortunately we are unlikely to be a threat to that in football in the near term.

 

[RioDog]

So the P4 want to be the A4 before being the A1 (BIGSEC), and we're on the outside as an FBS independent...is it too soon to post this:
^•^
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Yes.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Hey, look, that thing that people told me was never going to happen is going to happen.

Everything would be fine if we were still in the AAC.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

This feels like a huge antitrust issue. It's one thing for power conferences to have huge bowl tie-ins and make all of the conference television money and want special access to the CFB.

But to literally control the NCAA tournament and allow zero influence from other conferences? Feels like monopolistic behavior that could be challenged in court

I do think smaller conferences have some power here. There is no NCAA tournament magic without Cinderellas. Without the Valparaisos and Farleigh Dickinsons of the world. The "A4" need smaller conferences here. And the smaller conferences should push back on this.

 

[ZooCougar]

Remember how all the UConn Big East zealots like @August_West told us that that the all powerful Big East would be part of the final reckoning?

Can finally jettison that opinion, launch it into the sun and get real?

 

[businesslawyer]

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.

You might as well hope for world peace.

 

[JeepCSC]

I do think smaller conferences have some power here. There is no NCAA tournament magic without Cinderellas. Without the Valparaisos and Farleigh Dickinsons of the world. The "A4" need smaller conferences here. And the smaller conferences should push back on this.

The Indiana HS basketball tournament was arguably the most revered tournament in the country. The GOAT sports movie Hoosiers immortalized the David-and-Goliath free-for-all. And yet within 10 years of the film's release, they had restructured the tournament so that storyline could never happen again. Never overestimate nostalgia.

 

[Patman]

The Indiana HS basketball tournament was arguably the most revered tournament in the country. The GOAT sports movie Hoosiers immortalized the David-and-Goliath free-for-all. And yet within 10 years of the film's release, they had restructured the tournament so that storyline could never happen again. Never overestimate nostalgia.

The people that run these leagues don't care about nostalgia and will point out ratings run on the big schools

 

[nelsonmuntz]

College sports is on a suicide mission. The big conferences already get the lion’s share of the revenue, but without a buy in from a customer base beyond just the alumni of P2 schools, the sport will enter a doom loop.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

This feels like a huge antitrust issue. It's one thing for power conferences to have huge bowl tie-ins and make all of the conference television money and want special access to the CFB.

But to literally control the NCAA tournament and allow zero influence from other conferences? Feels like monopolistic behavior that could be challenged in court

I do think smaller conferences have some power here. There is no NCAA tournament magic without Cinderellas. Without the Valparaisos and Farleigh Dickinsons of the world. The "A4" need smaller conferences here. And the smaller conferences should push back on this.

The major conferences will lose an antitrust case because their existence as a cartel is an antitrust violation. Just like in Alston and House.

 

[jostar1]

 

[CL82]

You might as well hope for world peace.

 

[Ha Who]

If I comment, the post will be deleted

 

[jostar1]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

If I comment, the post will be deleted

Because your comment is stupid and it has been wrong for over 20 years.