It's not even worth engaging. There is a portion of the fanbase that hates any potential move. Say UConn stood to get paid 20 million, till the end of current B12 contract and they went in 2025. Some here will say that is a terrible deal because they like their bus ride rivalries that much.
I didn't accuse you of anything, you specifically stated that you wouldn't research it. But you pointing out the what was written on the Memphis board really changed my mind because man, combined with what was tweeted by the other random guy and that third random guy, all of whom have zero to do with any of this, means for sure UConn is guaranteed to get double pro rata. You are right, thank you for showing me that.
I 1000 % support the move. The amount of good it will do to get the Big 12 exposure and be able to recruit as a P5 is insane. It would drastically help football and most other sports. I am of the camp that basketball would be just fine there. It would help sports in general and also the University. I think it would be best conference that would possibly be a chance because the ACC and Pac12 are unstable, and we all know the BIG and SEC aren't knocking down the door .
No one could argue that the FB value for Rutgers, SU, BC or Pitt would be what currently get from their current conference. Its not excatly how it works. No reasonable person would conclude that the overall athletic department value of an Oregon State or Washinton State is greater than UConn's. What those schools all have in common is that they are currently grandfathered in to the P5 club.
I never said that I wasn't going to research anything; I said that I wasn't going to undertake a research project regarding the three media contracts mentioned in that article. You made statements regarding the contracts with no links to anything.
I would just like to point out that those tweets posted above are not from UConn fans. CowpokeU is an Oklahoma State fan. Tim Fitzgerald covers Kansas State.
Having sat in seats at the 50 yard line on New Year’s Day for the Rose Bowl,I’m amazed you would compare it to the Rent. I’m only 6’ tall and I had to sit sidewise in my seat. I wont go into the other substandard aspects [by todays standards] of the Rose Bowl , yes concrete might have been better for the Rent but we have a climate that is harsher on concrete.
Lol, and Yale Bowl which has stood for 100 years doesn’t have a harsher climate and is only 40 miles away? Please don’t tell me you have a degree in engineering or meteorology.
I do not see the tweets u r referring to.
Posts 227 & 229 ^^
Oooh ... thanks, good stuff if true.
Wishful thinking among UConn fans for B1G membership is often expressed in the Boneyard, but B1G interest in UConn? Can you back up that assertion with some legitimate sources?
Multiple posters here have said that a second conference is talking to UConn based on reliable sources. Two of us have heard from very good sources that the second conference is not the ACC. That is all I can tell you
I am one that would prefer to Big 10 to any other conference, but the only way UConn gets into the B1G is if somehow the SEC starts creeping up into NJ and NY. They'll take UConn strong hold NYC market.
I think pretty much everyone on here prefers the B1G. Most money and most prestige. But...the question is who on here actually think that's a possibility?
Possibility? Yes. Greater than 50% probability? Not yet. But we are getting the sense there has been some kind of sea change. People are suggesting that the accretion discussion is now off the table. That is huge. So nothing would surprise me. Speaking of which, it is probably time to go down and maintain an even strain. Oban or Talisker?
If that second conference isn't the ACC, then it's probably the MAC. I know that's not what you or those other two posters would want to hear, hope for, or like to believe, but let's be realistic. Nobody in the B1G is talking about adding UConn.
And why would UConn talk to the MAC? Football only? because that option always existed did it not? And the MAC always made it clear they were not interested. Plus, would that kind of arrangement be accretive from UConn's point of view?
And still virgins.
I think it's safe to assume that any move to a power conference for all sports would be beneficial for UConn. But the determining factor isn't what's accretive to UConn; it's whether adding UConn would be accretive to another conference. UConn obviously checks all the boxes for basketball, but as regards football, it lacks historic relevance and hasn't made the kinds of investments that a power conference might construe as a sign of commitment.
The accretion discussion appears to be off the table as it regards the B12 since the media companies are reported to be ready to pay per rata for the added inventory. And while it is possible to argue the investment profile as you have done, there are constraints on all investments and they are called revenue. In fact, the investments made to date have be quite impressive considering revenue has been negative. I do not have a wide enough view of the CFB world to be able to say that the UConn facilities are above other G5 programs, but that seems to be the the prevailing view here. So we are left with doing the 20 year refurbishment of the Rent which will get done, and then expanding the Rent to B12 standards on a schedule that makes sense commensurate with the rate of increase in attendance. Is there a problem with that plan? I think that reasonable people would say no.
