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HuskyHawk

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We'd turn that down
Really? To make $5m in the Big East and struggle to schedule games? With 5 Big XII games our FB TV rights would probably go up significantly.

Note: I read basketball only as all Olympic sports. So baseball too.
 
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We might not get football membership right away, but we could probably get a scheduling alliance with Big 12 schools and if we perform, I could see us getting a football invite in the future. Take what you can get at this point. It's survival of the fittest.
As long as we can jump to the ACC with no penalty when the time comes.

We use them. They use us. Neither one cares. We'll be gettin our share.
 
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Really? To make $5m in the Big East and struggle to schedule games? With 5 Big XII games our FB TV rights would probably go up significantly.

Note: I read basketball only as all Olympic sports. So baseball too.
If they pay us $25mil a year for it maybe. If the money is even remotely close to Big East money it's a non starter.
 
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You take anything to get a foot in the door. I’d rather play Kansas, Arizona, Gonzaga, Kansas State, ASU, Cincinnati than Seton Hall, Providence, Georgetown, St. John’s.
it would need to include a scheduling alliance for Football. Plus we would need to see if our other sports are included
 

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Gotta love this from ESPN: "The four schools in the most precarious situations are Cal, Oregon State, Stanford and Washington State, all of which are without a natural landing spot that would ensure their long-term stability."

Apparently, these same people don't care about UConn's long-term stability as the same advised not to move to the B12.

As I said before. You are in the club or not in the club. We are not in the club. So we don’t matter. This is why you have to get in the club, because even the dregs of the club are perceived as superior to those not in it. It functions more like a monarchy.
 

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As I said before. You are in the club or not in the club. We are not in the club. So we don’t matter. This is why you have to get in the club, because even the dregs of the club are perceived as superior to those not in it. It functions more like a monarchy.

We would decidedly not be in the club if our football is left to rot.

F the big 12 for even throwing this out there.
 
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I thought you weren't allowed to play in another conference if your primary conference sponsors that sport? So we wouldn't even be able to stay in the Big East and join B12 for basketball only. What the hell is Yormark smoking and why does he think we'd even take that in the first place?
 

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If there is anything to BB only from Yormark, he’s going to offer our seat to Saint John’s (hilarious I know or Gtown or Nova) if we don’t bite.

This sucks
 
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I’d do it ONLY if it’s for minimum $20 mil/year for all Olympic sports, with a football schedule tie-in of 4/5 games a year rotating (WVU/UCF/Cincy/Hou one year, next year the 4 corners etc). I’d miss the hell out of the BE but a basketball schedule with Kansas, Gonzaga, Houston, Cincy, both AZ schools, etc. I can live with. “One foot in the door” as they say.
 
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Are Cal and Stanford tied together or can Stanford do what they want? maybe Stanford and UConn
 
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If there is anything to BB only from Yormark, he’s going to offer our seat to Saint John’s (hilarious I know or Gtown or Nova) if we don’t bite.

This sucks
I think the Catholics can hold together if it is one at a time (BCU is a different set of circumstances because Flutie made them a football powerhouse by throwing one pass that one time).

BY will have to tempt multiple at one time, after the next Big East contract is as low as we suspect.
 
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Honestly at this point screw BY. Invite us for all or don't even bother. Massive slap in the face to use us as bait, completely calculated from the start, and then after the ruse is finally up say "well we can offer you the pizza crust we found on the ground next to the pigeon crap if you want"
 

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If there is anything to BB only from Yormark, he’s going to offer our seat to Saint John’s (hilarious I know or Gtown or Nova) if we don’t bite.

This sucks
Also this. A small catholic school regional conference is not going to compete with those Goliath’s
 

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I’d do it ONLY if it’s for minimum $20 mil/year for all Olympic sports, with a football schedule tie-in of 4/5 games a year rotating (WVU/UCF/Cincy/Hou one year, next year the 4 corners etc). I’d miss the hell out of the BE but a basketball schedule with Kansas, Gonzaga, Houston, Cincy, both AZ schools, etc. I can live with. “One foot in the door” as they say.
It would have to be a guarantee at their next contract that we’d be full members
 
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I’d do it ONLY if it’s for minimum $20 mil/year for all Olympic sports, with a football schedule tie-in of 4/5 games a year rotating (WVU/UCF/Cincy/Hou one year, next year the 4 corners etc). I’d miss the hell out of the BE but a basketball schedule with Kansas, Gonzaga, Houston, Cincy, both AZ schools, etc. I can live with. “One foot in the door” as they say.
That dollar value doesn't happen - but a promise (or some kind) that UConn is a full member the next time they expand could work.
 

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We’d need a clear path for football also.

Our athletic department won’t do it to put Olympic sports. The Big east will kick us out and then where do they go?
 
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