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Message: [QUOTE="Tank, post: 4025028, member: 10507"] The decision to leave the AAC was made for basketball, but in doing so it completely chopped the legs off of the FB program, forcing it to independent status without a conference tv/media stream of revenue. Now, saddled by a FB program bleeding close to $20million per year and an athletic department losing close to $45million per year, the school is forced to drop other sports. Independent status for FB only works if you are a ND with your own TV contract and a huge National following. There will be no power four/five invitations sent to UCONN, not even if or when realignment goes to perhaps 4 conferences of 16 or more teams. Those invites will be exclusively for schools with healthy FB programs and those that can help a league generate more revenue. With the power conferences now paying their members between $30m and $60m per year (and climbing fast), those on the outside are looking at a bleak future. UCONN generates around $34m per year in actual revenue when you subtract the money which the school must subsidize from their own pockets and student fees. They spend close to $80m annually on sports. The annual $44-45m deficit cannot sustain for long. Hard decisions are coming. There will not be a power conference lifeline to rescue UCONN. The Athletic Dept. over the past ten years has failed in almost every conceivable way to maneuver the school in the new era. It is a sad tale of events highlighted in the SI article attached. The day comes when the best players and coaches will be found where the money is found. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.si.com/college/2020/05/26/uconn-football-sports-cuts[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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