My only concern is what is that conference going to pay out and would it even be considered in the same realms as the Big 12?Even a blown up ACC is better for football than what we have right now. Does anyone think given the footprint that ESPN has in North Carolina that they'd let the conference die? If there are some blue bloods that don't get taken then plain and simple that's where UConn will probably end up. Syracuse, Duke, BCU, Wake, GT coming to the Rent would sell many tickets. That's one of the reasons it was built in the first place. Getting some of those teams back at Gampel or the Civic Center would be wild.
Without Football to support that's all we would realistically need, maybe 20 - 25M tops, for our other programs and could drastically cut back on the state subsidy
But it's not really about the money, it's about our entire athletic department having the security it needs. Would you rather ensure your athletic department will still be thriving 20 years down the road or not? That's a massive improvement to me
Now we just wait 30 or so years until the new generations of kids stops playing Football due to the health risks
If I had my choice I’ll take the championships.. and the big east had a lot to do with us winning.. some of our recruits picked UConn because of the big east
There’s so much speculation in that plan. It presumes that UConn fans, Fresno fans or Akron fans will still watch. I’m not so sure that the draw is there for fans that get disenfranchised to continue watching. I won’t. I’ll just watch pro sports more. I don’t care about Wisconsin vs Mich St. if UConn has no shot of competing with them or against them.I still do not think that many understand what they (P2 and big media) want to be the end game ..
The P2...(and ESPN. Fox, NBC).....they want all the freakin' money .. they want all the good TV slots... and want big advertisers to sign huge exclusives with the P2. Regional streaming for the others.
If you aint in the P2...chances are that you are in another league altogether.
Like a boa, they have been tightening the squeeze...first it was cut up FBS with the P5 and G5..... with the P5 having the votes...than it was dismantling the Pac 12 to get to a P4...than it was a CFP plan to favor the P2...
Next will be gutting the ACC....
The Big 12 will expand but will be sort of like a step between the G5 and the P2 league....
Eventually....the P2 (expanded SEC-Big 10) may reformulate to drop weaker draws in favor of cornering bigger draws and rivalries.
I’m not sure about the big 10..I think we would recruit well in it..the big 12 I don’t think so.. in the big east we are the kings..any recruit that wants to play in the northeast is ours if we want them..the big east tournament is second to none..in the big 12 we would be outcasts..I don’t think recruits will want to go to a northeast school to play in a southern conference.. and our conference tournament would be KansasImagine the recruits we get in the Big 10 or the Big 12.
You need to touch grass. The department is bleeding cash.
Thank you for your interest in UConn football"Hello Tony Petitti, we would like to bring our back-to-back six time national champion MBB and 11-time national champion WBB Blue-Blood basketball programs to the B1G, a conference lacking in basketball, and we only need $10M annually to do it. We can disband our Football program"
"An extra $10M would be a drop in the bucket for Fox, welcome to the B1G"
Where did you find the data? TIA!Fat chance. The numbers are going back up.
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Where did you find the data? TIA!