Dodd: Player compensation lawsuit vs. NCAA could usher in new round of conference realignment

[noeynox]

Great article.

 

[billybud]

Considering we are at $72,000,000 without P5 money, which is 25-35 million and we'd sell way more tickets in a P5, sell more merchandise in a P5 and benefit academically from a P5, I'd say we already know why UConn is one of the few ready to play at the highest level. Part of the reason we are having a hard time is we've been down on the field just as our conference revenue went down. We'll be back strong with P5 money.

Yes...UConn needs P5 money....

The problem, right now, is that about 50% of UConn's AD money (that you mention) is coming from public money and student fees. Is that sustainable?

Six years from now, will UConn be a more attractive product than the competitors for a P5 slot if one comes open?

That, essentially, is what the investment is about.

They say Houston is gambling, putting $26 million annually, of public and student money, into athletics. UConn's gamble is larger still.

And it is a tough situation. Nobody seems to know what factors will play in for P5 selection, if there ever is a P5 expansion, so no one knows exactly what to target.

My guess is the best strategy is to look like a P5 in G5 clothing. That seems to be Aresco's P6 campaign in a nutshell.

 

[CTBballfan243]

Once schools officially can pay players the whole model will blowup. There will be a "get paid to play conference" and a "no pay conference". Hopefully UConn come to it's senses and goes with the "no pay to play" conference with ND, the B10 schools, BC, Syracuse, Pitt and others.