It's just a bad read of the data. We spend at the top of the "G5"
It's not necessarily an agenda, but a reinforcement (confirmation bias) of an impression left by UConn's actions and success/failure. UConn is doing something non-standard. Football has struggled over the last dozen years... UConn left an all sports conference and made it's football program and independent to align with a stronger basketball conference. The lack of success plus the conference move gives rise to a perception that UConn isn't serious about football (the argument: "if you were you'd invest more and the program would be successful" or "you wouldn't take your program out of the top (then) G5 conference to select a basketball league"). It gets reinforced when conference alignment is being driven by potential broadcast revenue and 80% of the value is driven by football.
It does... in fact UConn spends about the same amount on recruiting for Women's Basketball as it does for Football
I mean sure. But a lot of it is bad faith arguing or straight up stupidity by talking heads and the people who promote the narrative. These people don't know what they're talking about but are given (or give themselves) the authority to act as an expert.
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I'm not saying that football is doing great. I'm just saying that some of the arguments people use to come to that conclusion are really stupid.
Should spend that much on their mediocre team.
It will be used against us right or wrong. But I would agree if that Kevin Ollie money is in this figure then it's a kind of BS figure.
It was also a better media deal for UConn. ESPN wanted UConn to push ESPN+. It wasn’t simply to get into a better bb conference.
No attack but you missed the fact that every team you mentioned are in a conference and have a right to a bowl game. UConn does not.
Right now over a cliff hope it changes soon
That ESPN deal was terrible
I seem to remember UConn getting screwed by the new AAC agreement. It was a bold move to leave. Guess one could say they would’ve moved with Cincinnati but who knows?
That makes one of us.
I'm pledging most of it to the ball pit.
The objections were that the AAC agreement included the Tier 3 rights, which would've put Women's basketball rights in the hands of ESPN rather than allowing UConn to license them out to SNY as had been done. The expectation was that most women's games would end up on ESPN+. The Big East TV contract also granted ownership to the league/Fox over the Tier 3 rights (meaning regardless of conference UConn lost direct control of those rights), but while ESPN would've held onto the rights; Fox was more amenable to sublicensing the content for local redistribution (i.e. SNY). Ultimately much of the uproar about the TV deal was the ESPN+ component to the point where it was cited as a part of the reason for the move to the Big East.
I think Jim Mora as UConn’s coach is the happiest he’s been in a while. He and his new coaching staff are realizing that the portal is the best thing ever to have happened to UConn football. He can do now what he did in the NFL and at UCLA.Maybe, emphasis on maybe, not getting the Big 12 invite took the wind out of his sails
I have nothing, no evidence, just answering a vague question with a vague response
Let's win more, I think we will, I think he suffered a little from the sophomore jinx last year
I think you are correct. The potential for upgrading via portal for us is greater than the 4* HS recruit route. The assumption is that we are going to be better at finding the athlete we need for our systems than the people we recruit against. Not all about resources, glitz and glamor, rather finding the kid who wants a chance and has "ENOUGH" talent to succeed with GOOD COACHING in the right situation. Using hoops analogies again, but Tristan Newton in FB. Would you have predicted First Team All America, Cousy award winner? We just need to find those kids who will upgrade our talent, and can succeed in the systems we use.
