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[The Funster]

Nervousness about low ratings on Fox?

It's not happening. A few years after breaking away from UConn, Louisville and Cincy, they are going to do an about face and take us back?

 

[Hoophound]

It's not happening. A few years after breaking away from UConn, Louisville and Cincy, they are going to do an about face and take us back?

I think they would. They aren't getting the viewers they need. If UConn came back and helped viewership, they'd be happy. If it had no effect, then the Big East schools can look at Fox and say, "It isn't us, it's you. Promote us better."

Right now, it's about a ratings disaster.

 

[Fishy]

It's not happening. A few years after breaking away from UConn, Louisville and Cincy, they are going to do an about face and take us back?

In a flat heartbeat.

 

[Samoo]

I think they would. They aren't getting the viewers they need. If UConn came back and helped viewership, they'd be happy. If it had no effect, then the Big East schools can look at Fox and say, "It isn't us, it's you. Promote us better."

Right now, it's about a ratings disaster.

They'd also get better tournament attendance at MSG, since we own the place.

 

[Marty Jackson]

Hopefully we get into the Big XII or it doesn't expand and we don't have to worry about it.

That being said: ESPN’s Andy Katz Throws A Big East Wrinkle Into The Big 12’s Expansion Discussion

And you know Fox would be in our corner. Their ratings are terrible and would love to up the value of the league. It'd be harder to find a football conference than it would be to bring all other sports to the Big East.

This is from one month ago. Might as well been written in 2014.

 

[Kolumbo]

Why did the big east invite Creighton U all the way out in Nebraska?

 

[Sea Goat]

Hopefully we get into the Big XII or it doesn't expand and we don't have to worry about it.

That being said: ESPN’s Andy Katz Throws A Big East Wrinkle Into The Big 12’s Expansion Discussion

And you know Fox would be in our corner. Their ratings are terrible and would love to up the value of the league. It'd be harder to find a football conference than it would be to bring all other sports to the Big East.

I hate ESPN

 

[Kolumbo]

If the Big 12 were at all interested in football only programs, which I am sure it is not, why not invite BYU and Navy. What a double-tap crotch-shot that would be. Cincy, Houston, and then BYU and Navy football.

 

[BlueDogs]

Isn't the AAC contract up in 2018? I think it wouldn't be too much trouble to play hardball with ESPN.

The message is the important thing. We hired Mike T. Blauds is tight with Mike T. If UConn wanted to leak something in a way that was immune to FOIA, it might very well take this approach. Why would we leak it? ESPN wants UConn hoops...cheap if possible. If they are working against us as a Big 12 addition, on the assumption that they can lock us up in the American for peanuts, we'd want to disabuse them of that notion. They might decide they're better off with 1/2 of our content, rather than none. Do they really want the flagship school in their home state, a school that launched them as a network, to be 100% Fox?

It's my opinion that ESPN has never considered itself as having any ethical responsibility to support its community by advancing UConn. They appear to be good at being takers. It was great that UConn along with other BE teams made them who they are, but that's ancient news. Where is the ESPN Sport Media Center at UConn? Where is the ESPN broadcast studio at UConn for aspiring broadcast and production and media kids? How we gave them hundreds of millions without negotiating more soft benefits is beyond me. The DECD is uncreative and has political appointees instead of professionals structuring business deals with taxpayer money. There is a total lack of cohesive strategic thinking and leveraging of resources. In any deal the State should have demanded investment in UConn to bolster its sports management and media programs, negotiated College Football Gameday hosting at the Rent, and entry into P5 as part of any future TV package and if not achieved a repayment penalty.

 

[SubbaBub]

"Clicks" can be a funny word depending on which font is used. In the context of this thread, that's the only profound thing I can add.

 

[UConn Dan]

"Clicks" can be a funny word depending on which font is used. In the context of this thread, that's the only profound thing I can add.

Kerning fails

 

[Kolumbo]

Just a summary of the past couple reports and includes some stats.
UConn and Big East open to reunion

 

[kingdobbs]

Why did the big east invite Creighton U all the way out in Nebraska?

The same reason the 2005-2013 Big East invited Marquette and DePaul* alongside Cincy and Louisville: good basketball schools in large media markets.

*Yes, DePaul was and still is a good hoops school, one that would demolish a lesser league than the Big East if they played in one. They were stunningly mediocre-to-bad only by comparison.

 

[NYUConn]

*Yes, DePaul was and still is a good hoops school, one that would demolish a lesser league than the Big East if they played in one. They were stunningly mediocre-to-bad only by comparison.

*No, they are no longer a good hoops school.

They annually lose to schools from the MAC, MVC, WCC, Patriot League and Conference USA.

DePaul doesn't just lose in the Big East, they get absolutely owned. Since the creation of Big East 2.0, DePaul has won 13 conference games in 3 seasons, 6 of which were against St. John's or Seton Hall.

 

[Kolumbo]

The same reason the 2005-2013 Big East invited Marquette and DePaul* alongside Cincy and Louisville: good basketball schools in large media markets.

*Yes, DePaul was and still is a good hoops school, one that would demolish a lesser league than the Big East if they played in one. They were stunningly mediocre-to-bad only by comparison.

Why didn't the Big East go after a school in say Virginia or North Carolina. It's been argued that religion is not a requirement.