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Message: [QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 1992212, member: 5598"] I respect Donny Marshall and never doubt his loyalty to UConn but he is living in a different time. His comments reflect a frustration that is not easily remedied. The Big East that UConn was a part of is over. There is no going back. As UConn fans we may hate our conference situation and our lack of traditional rivalries but we can't recreate what we once had. Big money and football destroyed the Big East. For now the P5 is happy to monopolize the football money but eventually they will turn their attention to the basketball money. When that happens...goodbye new Big East. By the next contract negotiations the AAC will likely be making more money than the new Big East. I miss the old Big East but UConn is not a peer program to Villanova, Georgetown and Providence. Sure I'd love to play them but we are a lot more similar to WVU, Rutgers and Syracuse. UConn is a P5 caliber university, it needs to stay on that path. The GOR of several major P5 conferences expire around 2024 which will likely trigger a new wave of conference realignment. Till then UConn needs to survive, improve its football program and position itself for P5 inclusion. The constant complaining and public begging to go back to basketball only conference comprised of small private catholic schools does not help that positioning. If after 2025 UConn is still outside the P5 then perhaps it is time to consider splitting our programs but not until then. [/QUOTE]

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