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If UCONN gets turned down by the Big 12, they will not maintain the status quo with the AAC according to his source (probably Mike Tranghese - his old friend, former BE Commissioner, UCONN Consultant). They will look to move all sports to BE and try for football only in the AAC, if not they will look to join another conference for football only. From a financial perspective they could make more money and save more money being part of the BE.
Sportsart, but did anyone actually state anything in article? I did not see any info from it posted, so I did itThis has been posted in a few other threads, but it's always good to have new threads. (I would have given you an eye roll, but that would have been immature. (screw it)
Why are you the bandwidth police? Are you a moderator?This has been posted in a few other threads, but it's always good to have new threads. (I would have given you an eye roll, but that would have been immature. (screw it)
This would be a net positive result for UConn given what the circumstances would be in that situation. Presumably, if one or more of UC/UH leave and especially if BYU is left on the table, I would expect Aresco to offer them football-only status. Our basketball programs cannot survive in an AAC that has defections from the pool of UC, UH, and Memphis. Yes, the Big East isn't the best and there's some sour feelings with a few of the Catholic bball-onlies, but would you rather be playing Villanova, PC, Xavier, and Georgetown or Tulane, Tulsa, USF, and ECU? Aresco would be in no position to push back against us all that much in negotiations. Paying a modified "exit' fee in this scenario would be worth it. We could tread water playing basketball in the Big East, infuse a little bit of fan-interest life back into the conference schedule, and pray for an ACC/B1G invite. AAC football would still be moderately serviceable if they made smart decisions post-defection, AAC basketball would not and we'd risk our biggest promotional tool to other P5 conferences being washed down the drain.If true, it wouldn't surprise me. The American has Navy as a football only, there is a precedent. Football in the AAC and Olympics in the Big East is a money and competition upgrade, even more so if the AAC is poached.
By the way, this story has the side benefit of letting ESPN know that they will not be keeping our basketball content on the cheap. That we are taking that option away from them. It could cause them to support us moving elsewhere.
This would be a net positive result for UConn given what the circumstances would be in that situation. Presumably, if one or more of UC/UH leave and especially if BYU is left on the table, I would expect Aresco to offer them football-only status. Our basketball programs cannot survive in an AAC that has defections from the pool of UC, UH, and Memphis. Yes, the Big East isn't the best and there's some sour feelings with a few of the Catholic bball-onlies, but would you rather be playing Villanova, PC, Xavier, and Georgetown or Tulane, Tulsa, USF, and ECU? Aresco would be in no position to push back against us all that much in negotiations. Paying a modified "exit' fee in this scenario would be worth it. We could tread water playing basketball in the Big East, infuse a little bit of fan-interest life back into the conference schedule, and pray for an ACC/B1G invite. AAC football would still be moderately serviceable if they made smart decisions post-defection, AAC basketball would not and we'd risk our biggest promotional tool to other P5 conferences being washed down the drain.
Sportsart, but did anyone actually state anything in article? I did not see any info from it posted, so I did it
I paid for it. Your missing that fact, which is why I gave the main info of the article. I did not create the post, however, i wanted to make it useful since it was created by pepband99You gotta pay to see it. No one is dumb enough to do that.
Probably just says we are not Big 12 bound.
Don't worry Briuconn.
I got a rolling eyes reminder yesterday from Captain Internet for starting a thread about the Herbst's Courant article when it appeared buried in a Tweets thread.
Yet somehow the thread exploded with discussion in spite of the condescending emoji's that were meant to shame me for doing so.
The problem is ESPN still holds the cards correct?
The way it has been told it will be ESPN's decision the open up the AAC contract if certain teams leave.
They pay the league so little and presumable make great margins on the league they may keep the the contract intact, especially to keep UConn content from going to Fox.
Bastards own us!!!!!!
Emoji Boy still doesn't get it.
Questions me what I am doing here.
And how I read this board.
Or that there there is precedent for other Courant articles have their own threads to discuss the merit of what's written rather than muck up another thread.
You think that Courant article would have generated 280 (and counting) unique responses where it was posted as a drive by?
Without completely hijacking space for other key posts.
You suck and and your shtick is getting old.
Called out in other threads I see by wiser people.
Yet you keep going as if what you type means something.
Sportsart, but did anyone actually state anything in article? I did not see any info from it posted, so I did it
This makes no sense from BE's perspective unless we drop football. They've already seen what happens when you have a mix of FBS and FCS, and they'd have to know for sure that we're using them as a way station en route (hopefully) to a permanent, all-sports home next decade.They will look to move all sports to BE and try for football only in the AAC, if not they will look to join another conference for football only. From a financial perspective they could make more money and save more money being part of the BE.
If Blauds still has Big East contacts then he may know that the Big East will take us for all sports but football because he reported as such a month or two ago - he claimed his big east sources would want us back. If they could have us for 10 years and reap the benefits of bringing them tourney credits why wouldn't they?This makes no sense from BE's perspective unless we drop football. They've already seen what happens when you have a mix of FBS and FCS, and they'd have to know for sure that we're using them as a way station en route (hopefully) to a permanent, all-sports home next decade.
I can't imagine they want a repeat of the previous nonsense, even if it's A) just one team, and B) a team as a great as us. Stability is too important to that conference, and something they've largely gone without for more than a decade.