ConnHuskBask
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UConn has a damn near $40M athletic department subsidy. So, yeah I would say we are not in the best position financially.
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UConn has a damn near $40M athletic department subsidy. So, yeah I would say we are not in the best position financially.
shizzle787
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Endowment has nothing to do with financing the athletic department.
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Yep, He has done a terrible job overpaying and giving these loosers huge pay raises.
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Glad to see that they are taking steps to retain AD Dave. I think he's a perfect fit at UConn and has done a great job.
As for the speculation on going independent, it can't work unless you have a scheduling relationship with a P5 league. So there are two theoretical possibilities. Not commenting on likelihood.
1. Join ACC but stay independent for football. Have an ACC scheduling deal like ND does. We'd be their #16 if ND ever joins in full, and would balance their divisions.
2. Join Big East, moving hoops to Fox and away from ESPN. In exchange for that Fox gets both the B1G and Big XII to agree to schedule two games a year with UConn in football. Or some similar variation where Fox gets us 4-5 P5 football games a year.
That's it. The football in the American stuff is a fantasy. Straight independent with no scheduling deal with a P5 would be a catastrophe.
As for the speculation on going independent, it can't work unless you have a scheduling relationship with a P5 league. So there are two theoretical possibilities. Not commenting on likelihood.
1. Join ACC but stay independent for football. Have an ACC scheduling deal like ND does. We'd be their #16 if ND ever joins in full, and would balance their divisions.
2. Join Big East, moving hoops to Fox and away from ESPN. In exchange for that Fox gets both the B1G and Big XII to agree to schedule two games a year with UConn in football. Or some similar variation where Fox gets us 4-5 P5 football games a year.
That's it. The football in the American stuff is a fantasy. Straight independent with no scheduling deal with a P5 would be a catastrophe.