They won't. SDSU just needs to go with it and save the exit fee money. They're almost certainly going to the Pac12 with SMU as backfill. I don't see any other candidate other than maybe Utah State.
They have nowhere to go....yet.
Other than the enormous cost of a plane vs a bus.
How many Husky fans show up for an away game at Seton Hall on a Saturday? How many will show up in Manhattan(KS that is)? Gotta take the $$$, but it certainly will dampen some of the fun of the BE.
It’s a 3 hour bus ride vs…
They have internet and laptops these days to help with that.
If you're so worried about traveling impacting studies, lets join the Northeast Conference
Getting there is half the fun!
The baseball was gone for two months.
One of the things the move to the big 12 will do is lessen the pressure to play top opponents in the pre-season. We will also be less vulnerable to a good opponent having in off-season, which hurt us this year.
But they’re also getting North of 50 million a year. All UConn fans would sign on for that.
I’ve come around on this point. It’s 4 games a year. The money is well worth it. And if we can become even just respectable in a conference of schools from a region of college sports that matters (South/Midwest), all the better for our overall reputation when NCAA rapture arrives
Isn’t a little early to use them as an example for why it’s a good decision?
50 Million and play in the Big 10 is much more attractive than 30 million and play in Big 12 with teams that were in the America conference. Do we really want to be Syracuse or BC is the question? The travel and distance for all sports will eat any profits and much less likely to be in position to win national championships. Your thoughts?
I agree the Big 10 is preferable, but the Big 10 is not calling any time soon. I think the insinuation we'll become BC or Syracuse is borderline insane, and saying we won't compete for national championships is actually insane. It's also not $30M in the B12, the current media deal/CFP is $50M per school
But share of college football playoff revenue not included. That's what brings you up to 50 million.
That shipped has sailed! Student athlete…..bahahah
No, those numbers being quoted are for the current media/CFP deal, so there's an assumption being made that at worst those numbers stay the same. Maybe it's a bad assumption, but I think it's a pretty safe one. The Big 12, and more specifically the schools, wouldn't be approving expansion that was going to put them in a worse position. So using the current deal as a baseline for what it gets negotiated to with the new schools joining seems pretty safe
The conference seeks agreement / negotiates with the network to plus up the compensation to UConn so that the rest aren’t diluted. The Network agrees if they see the value.
That seems to be the big question right now, will the networks agree to give us a full share because if not we will most likely not pass the vote to get the invite if the other teams in the league need to give up a piece of their slice of the pie. There has been no definitive answer to this question.
Yormark said ESPN has indicated that it will treat certain G5 programs as if they were P5 programs under the contract and pay a full pro rata share for them if they join. He gave a very strong indication that Connecticut was one of those programs.
