Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[Husky25]

Where's that Tuxedo Yoga tweet? The one that was confirmed?

Twitter.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Several things from those Gladchuk quotes..

....He says ESPN's interest in the AAC was overwhelmingly in football.

....He says no expansion that dilutes individual payouts

....Hints that UConn's former share could be divvied up (something that the media let the Big 12 do when they went to 10).


The ESPN/football thought is probably accurate.
The no expansion that dilutes is probably accurate
The divvying up of UConn's shares is probably just hoping.

Gladchuk is right about not adding, because the choices are all bad.

ESPN wanted content as more P5 content moves to dedicated networks. Football and basketball were all good for ESPN, but now they lost the anchor of the basketball league. That said, ESPN probably knew this was happening when they made their bid, so it is already priced in.

 

[Waquoit]

That said, ESPN probably knew this was happening when they made their bid, so it is already priced in.

If so, that means UConn had a plan.

 

[don356]

If so, that means UConn had a plan.

Or it could mean Espn wanted to push them out.

 

[UCLAXPCG]

Reading the contract and came across the “Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse” call out on the university sports schedule. Should we read into this as an indication of a move to varsity for men’s lacrosse??

 

[Adios]

Or it could mean Espn wanted to push them out.

No, ESPN wanted to minimize cost and maximize profit. Subsidizing our AD is not their job and to be honest? They can't cater to us since they are in a business with our competitors. They can't give a look as if they are going to be a good corporate citizen in Connecticut and look as if they are helping in the cutthroat, win at all costs world of athletics. If Starter had a stakeholder Phil Knight-style and been as successful, that stakeholder could have publically thrown money at us.

The Hartford Whalers wore Starter jerseys in their last season.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

No, ESPN wanted to minimize cost and maximize profit. Subsidizing our AD is not their job and to be honest? They can't cater to us since they are in a business with our competitors. They can't give a look as if they are going to be a good corporate citizen in Connecticut and look as if they are helping in the cutthroat, win at all costs world of athletics. If Starter had a stakeholder Phil Knight-style and been as successful, that stakeholder could have publically thrown money at us.

The Hartford Whalers wore Starter jerseys in their last season.

They subsidize half the crappy P5 athletic departments in the country. ESPN picked which programs would live and which would die, and they picked us to die.

 

[noeynox]

They subsidize half the crappy P5 athletic departments in the country. ESPN picked which programs would live and which would die, and they picked us to die.

The best part of this for me is they don't get the UConn women's team. They had no problems featuring on ESPN or ESPN2 in primetime matchups against other top teams, because they knew they delivered big ratings. They thought they would parlay that into subscriptions for +. For once we got to stick it to them.

 

[DarthGrumpy]

They subsidize half the crappy P5 athletic departments in the country. ESPN picked which programs would live and which would die, and they picked us to die.

And Connecticut via various tax breaks and incentives has subsidized ESPN for decades, so as a former Connecticut taxpayer, I am a little peeved at ESPN.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

The best part of this for me is they don't get the UConn women's team. They had no problems featuring on ESPN or ESPN2 in primetime matchups against other top teams, because they knew they delivered big ratings. They thought they would parlay that into subscriptions for +. For once we got to stick it to them.

Yep. ESPN lost Uconn women's basketball. They thought they can get us on the cheap by getting AAC to hand over all the rights, they were wrong.

 

[billybud]

Yep. ESPN lost Uconn women's basketball. They thought they can get us on the cheap by getting AAC to hand over all the rights, they were wrong.

ESPN's loss of UConn women's BB could result in a slight boost in exposure for some other programs....


"Losing UConn women’s basketball will hurt ESPN a decent bit, but this also gives the network an opportunity to showcase other great basketball schools, including defending champs Baylor, finalists Notre Dame, and Pac-12 powerhouses Oregon and Stanford.

And it’s not as if the UConn women will never be on ESPN’s airwaves, given that the network has the rights to the women’s NCAA Tournament."

 

[noeynox]

ESPN's loss of UConn women's BB could result in a slight boost in exposure for some other programs....


"Losing UConn women’s basketball will hurt ESPN a decent bit, but this also gives the network an opportunity to showcase other great basketball schools, including defending champs Baylor, finalists Notre Dame, and Pac-12 powerhouses Oregon and Stanford.

And it’s not as if the UConn women will never be on ESPN’s airwaves, given that the network has the rights to the women’s NCAA Tournament."

Showcase who they want. The point is they wont be using the UConn women to sell subs to +

 

[billybud]

No they won't...

 

[billybud]

But it also may be to the gain in the games of the Notre Dame dames.

(Forgive me, I just had to type that line).

 

[The Viking]

The point is Billy that they will lose the top women's program in the country.
Saying other schools will benefit is like saying water is wet.

 

[gioff2323]

ESPN's loss of UConn women's BB could result in a slight boost in exposure for some other programs....


"Losing UConn women’s basketball will hurt ESPN a decent bit, but this also gives the network an opportunity to showcase other great basketball schools, including defending champs Baylor, finalists Notre Dame, and Pac-12 powerhouses Oregon and Stanford.

And it’s not as if the UConn women will never be on ESPN’s airwaves, given that the network has the rights to the women’s NCAA Tournament."

aren't those Fox schools?

 

[billybud]

Water is wet
Needs get met
One man's pain
is another's gain.

Oh I do get it that ESPN loses a property.

 

[billybud]

aren't those Fox schools?

Not Big 12

Every deal ESPN has cut recently has included a significant ESPN+ component, and this one is no different. Hundreds of events from all sports will be offered on ESPN+ under a Big 12 brand. Eight of the 10 schools will provide more than 50 exclusive events per year, including at least one football game, any spring football game and any basketball game that is not on an ESPN linear network. Texas, which has Longhorn Network, and Oklahoma, which has its own local rights deal, will not provide content to ESPN+. However, both schools will be featured on the streaming service when they are an away team and during conference championships outside of football and basketball.

 

[gioff2323]

Water is wet
Needs get met
One man's pain
is another's gain.

Oh I do get it that ESPN loses a property.

They didn't lose A property; they lost THEE property

 

[DarthGrumpy]

They didn't lose A property; they lost THEE property

And one can argue that UConn men were one of THE properties before the network decided to declare war on the old Big East and UConn in partucular. I am concenred that ESPN will try to either block UConn or bury them under increased exposue for 'their' teams going forward.

 

[Adios]

And one can argue that UConn men were one of THE properties before the network decided to declare war on the old Big East and UConn in partucular. I am concenred that ESPN will try to either block UConn or bury them under increased exposue for 'their' teams going forward.

If it comes down to us being valuable enough to be narrated as Fox vs ESPN, I'd be elated to know we're of value at the Bohemian Grove!

 

[gioff2323]

And one can argue that UConn men were one of THE properties before the network decided to declare war on the old Big East and UConn in partucular. I am concenred that ESPN will try to either block UConn or bury them under increased exposue for 'their' teams going forward.

I do not share your concern - ESPN has been blocking/burying us for nearly a decade. The positive I take away from this is that the adminsitration finally said, enough - enough of being devalued by the AAC and enough of being shoved aside by Espn

 

[Stinger92860]

If I recall correctly, the women have played on BTN and have gotten very good ratings. I’d give a women’s games to ESPN but they have to pay for it.

 

[Waquoit]

If I recall correctly, the women have played on BTN and have gotten very good ratings. I’d give a women’s games to ESPN but they have to pay for it.

They got great ratings on Fox.

 

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