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AAC 2nd TV Contract/Negotiations

Exit 4 said:
Feel good post of the year.
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Umm do they really not know the PAC 12 has other TV revenue.

No wonder people are so clueless - the ‘journalists’ are brain dead.
 
whaler11 said:
Umm do they really not know the PAC 12 has other TV revenue.

No wonder people are so clueless - the ‘journalists’ are brain dead.
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And occasionally I am clueless.
 
Exit 4 said:
And occasionally I am clueless.
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It really says something about the Sporting News that nobody from the Pac 12 even bothered to correct them.

The PAC12 signed a deal that gets them 21 million each a year in 2011. Sure besides that 21 million from 8 years ago the AAC is on their heels.
 
Fishy said:
If you thought the money was going to be be higher than this, you really, really, really, really, really were not paying enough attention. It's much better than I thought it would be.

The deal has no impact on whether we leave or not because there's 0.00000% chance we're leaving for anything other than a P5 deal. If anyone thinks the Big East is an option, they really, really, really, really, really, really are not paying enough attention.
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The "I told you so" argument is irrelevant. This is not enough money for UConn athletics to survive.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The "I told you so" argument is irrelevant. This is not enough money for UConn athletics to survive.
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Yet countless other programs continue and many would love to have our seat at the table.
 
Exit 4 said:
Yet countless other programs continue and many would love to have our seat at the table.
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If you want us to look like a MAC program, than $7 million a year from TV is great. We need at least $10 million, and really need more if we are going to try to compete with even lower tier P5. We dont have the coaching or recruiting budget to even hope to compete. The exit fees are done, and Auriemma is about to retire, so the financial situation is going to get worse. $7 million is not enough, and the fact that it is better than some directional school in the MAC or Sun Belt is receiving does not make our financials any better.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
If you want us to look like a MAC program, than $7 million a year from TV is great. We need at least $10 million, and really need more if we are going to try to compete with even lower tier P5. We dont have the coaching or recruiting budget to even hope to compete. The exit fees are done, and Auriemma is about to retire, so the financial situation is going to get worse. $7 million is not enough, and the fact that it is better than some directional school in the MAC or Sun Belt is receiving does not make our financials any better.
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Mike Anthony is right about one thing in today's article. If UConn has to sever its relationship with SNY, this next deal will be the final nail in the coffin.
 
djct1999 said:
I am not so sure this is true.
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Too early to say otherwise just yet. Maybe we will see a reversal of university trends when we look back in 2025, but at this point more schools still want to move up athletically than down. 1/2 the schools in CUSA would gladly take our place and Buffalo is already doing a good job becoming a recognizable mid major. For any of those schools moving to the AAC is all gain.

Part of our problem - and stands to reason because it’s CT- is we must have a admin heavy program sucking up cash. We also are supporting too many major sports (ahem Hockey) but hard to retract on that without looking absolutely foolish.
 
djct1999 said:
Mike Anthony is right about one thing in today's article. If UConn has to sever its relationship with SNY, this next deal will be the final nail in the coffin.
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I agree 100%. It hadn't even occurred to me that UConn would give up SNY.
 
If UConn gave up exposure with SNY and the ESPN cable platform, we're screwed and the AD should probably be sent packing for whatever role he had in it.

+5 million is not a high enough price tag to swallow a cyanide pill...
 
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If the contract forces UConn to sever ties with SNY, it will only add to the argument that ESPN has truly been on a mission to destroy UConn athletics. In an ideal world, all UConn games that will be streamed on ESPN+ should be available to SNY.
 
huskymedic said:
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You would have to believe that Suzie & Benedict know the details. If they haven't contacted SNY to say everything is still good it's likely that the SNY content is being moved somewhere else
 
bobbyinaz said:
You would have to believe that Suzie & Benedict know the details. If they haven't contacted SNY to say everything is still good it's likely that the SNY content is being moved somewhere else
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I'm too lazy to try to find it. What were we getting from SNY, about $2MM annually for the entire UConn TV deal?
 
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