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Message: [QUOTE="TMB4405, post: 4025165, member: 942"] Tank- although you seem to reference some things that are rooted in truth you have missed the point on a few things : [LIST=1] [*]The AAC TV contract was awful for UConn and we are in a better position now [*]The football program does lose money but still remains the program with the most upside as it relates to increasing revenues; a drop to FCS reduces this impact with minimal impact on major costs. [*]The math on the programs losing money is faulty as a lot of it is money going from one state entity to another with UConn getting short end of the stick; ie the agreements for XL and the Rent [*]Sports will always bring an inherent value that the numbers don’t measure; where would we be without Geno and Jim as a university? Football has some of that value if the program improves. In fact it could be viewed as the most viable for upside [*]If we do not try and improve football and our position it will lead to the eventual downfall of all our sports programs. Even the crown jewel of WBB. We will be a regional player in 10-15 years unless we make a splash with football [*]The FB program was on a great trajectory at one point. It can be there again. Regular sellouts and close to capacity crowds were the norm and as you know that attendance would dwarf hoops. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]