Really????? Football only??????? Why are Wake Forest, Louisville, Syracuse, BC, Kansas, Vanderbilt, and Colorado in P5 conferences? Those schools suck in almost all major college sports? Not to mention football. UConn has 22 National Championships in major college sports. 22!!!! Can any of these schools even come close to matching that??????
UConn has a lot going for it that's for sure. Football looms as a negative for now given the priority this sport has in realignment but I think when it comes to future media contracts that other sports add to year-round programming value. Look how D-1 softball is so popular now, even pulling better ratings than baseball. Lax will continue to grow as its footprint expands across the country - that adds value to an overall contract. I'd like to think that ESPN, being based in CT, has a vested interest if not obligation to ensure that its home state university eventually settles in a terrific conference that can yield it the annual payments of one of the top 3 conferences today.
Syracuse, BC, Louisville were part of the ESPN plan to destroy the BE, period. The others have been members of their current conferences long before any of this garbage, except Colorado, who somewhat fits your otherwise flawed reply.
I wouldn’t call the football program a huge negative as long as the athletic Dept, the school in general, and the coaching staff continues to endeavor to improve the program. Though I can’t argue with someone just calling the program a negative and dropping the word “huge”.
agree and edited. I believe in Randy Edsall and think UConn football is on the right track.
While I wouldn't expect Uconn to get an offer from the Big 10 or ACC anytime soon, those schools aren't any further away than Creighton, Marquette, and Butler and they'd be getting a bigger payout. So in the off chance the offer comes they're taking it if their net bottom line after travel expenses is bigger than it is now (and it iikely would be).
23. Don’t forget to he 1948 men’s soccer championship.
The big schools have athletic dept. revenues in the $170 to $240 million range. Don't think we are in that club.
Doesn’t seem to bother BC or Syracuse flying all over the eastern third of the country. Not to mention a few OOC trips to Texas, sunny California or Hawaii.
No university gets an invitation to the SEC, ACC, B1G or the PAC12 unless they have a big time football program. Big time as in financially attractive to ESPN. FB pays the bills, always has. Those conferences are not looking to add new members that don’t “pay their way”.
If UConn got an offer from the ACC or Big 10, or even a diluted Big 12, they’d leave the Big East faster than an X-15. With football being the linchpin.
Anything pre August of 1973 doesn’t count as an NCAA Championship
True, but we were talking national championships not NCAA championships.
I think there’s only one.
Nice fairy tale, and I wouldn’t take your stupid bridge if it was free. ESPN never killed the Big East. The Big East killed themselves when the Catholic Basketball schools voted no to inviting Penn State in 1982. I’d brush up on your history if I were you.
Said the physics professor who stamped their checks with passing grades.
BC and Syracuse may have benefited financially on the football side, but its been years since their overall athletic program has been relevant in terms of wins and losses. Not sure this is a path for UConn to take.
Only a handful of the REALLY big schools in MegaConferences have revenue like that.
| 1 | Texas | Big 12 | $223,879,781 | $204,234,897 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Texas A&M | SEC | $212,748,002 | $169,012,456 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 3 | Ohio State | Big Ten | $210,548,239 | $220,572,956 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 4 | Michigan | Big Ten | $197,820,410 | $190,952,175 | $261,773 | 0.13 |
| 5 | Georgia | SEC | $174,042,482 | $143,299,554 | $3,508,850 | 2.02 |
| 6 | Penn State | Big Ten | $164,529,326 | $160,369,805 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Alabama | SEC | $164,090,889 | $185,317,681 | $2,654,551 | 1.62 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | Big 12 | $163,126,695 | $157,958,270 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Florida | SEC | $159,706,937 | $141,829,002 | $2,261,773 | 1.42 |
| 10 | LSU | SEC | $157,787,782 | $148,977,880 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | $157,660,107 | $154,621,828 | $3,029,000 | 1.92 |
| 12 | Florida State | ACC | $152,757,883 | $150,147,316 | $15,607,019 | 10.22 |
| 13 | Auburn | SEC | $152,455,416 | $139,260,711 | $5,261,252 | 3.45 |
| 14 | Iowa | Big Ten | $151,976,026 | $146,282,275 | $650,000 | 0.43 |
| 15 | Kentucky | SEC | $150,435,842 | $144,886,246 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 16 | Tennessee | SEC | $143,765,903 | $142,976,173 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 17 | South Carolina | SEC | $140,695,659 | $136,879,732 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 18 | Michigan State | Big Ten | $140,010,865 | $135,655,740 | $885,690 | 0.63 |
| 19 | Louisville | ACC | $139,955,824 | $151,167,940 | $5,923,817 | 4.23 |
| 20 | Arkansas | SEC | $137,497,788 | $129,620,361 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 21 | Nebraska | Big Ten | $136,233,460 | $124,148,206 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 22 | Clemson | ACC | $133,861,515 | $131,978,513 | $5,602,440 | 4.19 |
| 23 | Washington | Pac-12 | $133,792,677 | $131,317,636 | $4,151,964 | 3.10 |
| 24 | Minnesota | Big Ten | $130,456,454 | $129,450,256 | $7,972,732 | 6.11 |
| 25 | Indiana | Big Ten | $127,832,628 | $114,822,135 | $2,954,505 | 2.31 |
| 26 | Oregon | Pac-12 | $127,508,498 | $128,943,543 | $452,924 | 0.36 |
| 27 | Arizona State | Pac-12 | $121,698,840 | $118,404,377 | $19,356,134 | 15.90 |
| 28 | Kansas | Big 12 | $121,553,307 | $108,881,800 | $1,746,274 | 1.44 |
| 29 | Illinois | Big Ten | $118,565,501 | $120,168,951 | $8,652,815 | 7.30 |
| 30 | Mississippi State | SEC | $112,273,809 | $98,832,615 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 31 | Purdue | Big Ten | $110,844,907 | $102,026,477 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 32 | Virginia | ACC | $110,219,117 | $112,621,238 | $18,429,801 | 16.72 |
| 33 | Maryland | Big Ten | $108,796,303 | $108,785,924 | $25,363,715 | 23.31 |
| 34 | Mississippi | SEC | $108,442,428 | $113,013,400 | $3,095,396 | 2.85 |
| 35 | UCLA | Pac-12 | $108,412,967 | $127,339,042 | $2,577,213 | 2.38 |
| 36 | North Carolina | ACC | $107,812,619 | $110,809,706 | $9,163,374 | 8.50 |
| 37 | Missouri | SEC | $106,610,244 | $108,398,447 | $1,015,000 | 0.95 |
| 38 | Arizona | Pac-12 | $105,091,389 | $100,565,835 | $21,886,167 | 20.83 |
| 39 | Rutgers | Big Ten | $103,251,280 | $103,167,344 | $29,859,395 | 28.92 |
| 40 | West Virginia | Big 12 | $102,680,928 | $98,249,890 | $3,902,899 | 3.80 |
| 41 | Utah | Pac-12 | $99,526,695 | $96,000,514 | $12,594,513 | 12.65 |
| 42 | Virginia Tech | ACC | $96,772,489 | $93,961,068 | $10,278,338 | 10.62 |
| 43 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | $96,625,347 | $95,132,604 | $3,517,672 | 3.64 |
| 44 | Iowa State | Big 12 | $95,411,884 | $95,315,376 | $2,054,314 | 2.15 |
| 45 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | $95,335,482 | $95,008,483 | $87,640 | 0.09 |
| 46 | Colorado | Pac-12 | $94,935,198 | $98,413,284 | $12,283,025 | 12.94 |
| 47 | North Carolina State | ACC | $92,724,548 | $90,100,025 | $6,851,989 | 7.39 |
| 48 | Kansas State | Big 12 | $89,919,822 | $83,079,244 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 49 | California | Pac-12 | $87,500,758 | $106,676,734 | $0 | 0.00 |
| 50 | Georgia Tech | ACC | $85,802,112 | $96,334,831 | $8,257,182 | 9.62 |
| 51 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | $82,058,386 | $82,364,021 | $11,811,725 | 14.39 |
| 52 | Connecticut | AAC | $80,900,404 | $80,814,173 | $43,856,484 | 54.21 |
| 53 | Houston | AAC | $75,049,955 | $73,678,308 | $48,372,196 | 64.45 |
| 54 | Washington State | Pac-12 | $71,691,339 | $76,258,966 | $5,462,015 | 7.62 |
| 55 | Central Florida | AAC | $69,121,887 | $67,916,343 | $31,739,067 | 45.92 |
| 56 | Cincinnati | AAC | $68,845,672 | $66,832,326 | $29,702,420 | 43.14 |
| 57 | Air Force | Mt. West | $60,009,782 | $54,192,115 | $40,851,962 | 68.08 |
| 58 | East Carolina | AAC | $59,970,346 | $56,281,920 | $37,692,722 | 62.85 |
| 59 | Colorado State | Mt. West | $56,081,379 | $54,289,162 | $23,735,343 | 42.32 |
| 60 | Memphis | AAC | $55,815,109 | $55,494,325 | $20,575,512 | 36.86 |
| 61 | South Florida | AAC | $55,045,769 | $53,569,756 | $32,033,551 | 58.19 |
| 62 | San Diego State | Mt. West | $54,731,404 | $55,379,174 | $29,222,098 | 53.39 |
| 63 | James Madison | CAA | $52,704,654 | $52,704,654 | $42,086,075 | 79.85 |
| 64 | Nevada-Las Vegas | Mt. West | $50,784,275 | $50,445,250 | $23,562,155 | 46.40 |
Well, you Northerners don't mind paying taxes.Actually, UCONN revenue is now at $35.3 million. AD total expenditures were $78.8 million, resulting in a deficit of $43.5 million.
UConn athletic budget deficit increases to $43.5 million
The deficit is slightly higher than the $42.3 million from the year before and remains...www.nhregister.com
It’s absolutely all about UConn benefiting financially on the football side. You’re saying joining a power conference is detrimental to a schools success on the court or the field?????? Syracuse does btw have an excellent women’s basketball program and the men’s coach is in the HOF. Geez
Running an annual deficit in excess of $43million isn’t the path either, unless you are looking to have even more athletic programs eliminated than the four recently announced. UCONN is now only four programs away from the absolute minimum needed for an athletics department to operate at D1 level.
There are two WBB programs (SC and Oregon) which average more in attendance than Husky FB. Apparently there can be more than one……
