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

[huskymedic]

-> Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has renewed his pursuit of expansion target UConn, with league officials set for a meeting next week where the issue will be reintroduced for in-depth discussion, multiple Big 12 administrators and broadcasting sources told The Athletic. <-

->According to the sources, if the Big 12 did accept UConn, its football program would not join the league until the next television rights contract, or at the very least for several years. When UMass joins the MAC next year, UConn will be one of two remaining FBS independents, along with Notre Dame.

In order to feel comfortable adding another school, the current members will want assurance that UConn’s addition would not dilute their shares of league revenue.

The Big 12 is a year away from beginning a new six-year deal with ESPN and Fox that will pay its members an average of $31.7 million per school. The deal was agreed to before the former Pac-12 schools’ additions, but ESPN was required to pay a pro-rata share to the four Power 5 members. UConn, however, would not be guaranteed the same deal. <-

 

[Drew]

 

[UConn Dan]

I would take the deal if it’s guaranteed that football would join by 2031. Sounds like a done deal

 

[Ha Who]

I would take the deal if it’s guaranteed that football would join by 2031. Sounds like a done deal

Plus some kind of scheduling agreement

 

[Drew]

 

[JohnFSilver]

Writers get canned when no one reads their material.
That's the corporate element to news media as a business.

In the "old days" it was tougher to decide how much each section of a paper was read and how much each inch of print was read. And how much each of that was worth for revenue compared to cost to print.
You could go by phone calls and letters to the editor, or mess around with advertisements to see if moving ads to different locations drew more business for advertisers.
Internet blew up that model. In a few seconds any bean counter can not only tell how many people read each article but how much time they spend reading it. They can also check how many times readers click on ads embedded in those articles.

That’s not what happens though. At chop shop content farms, yes, but at legit news outlets you are not asked to get views and not asked to attract metrics.

You are asked to do good stories and break news.

The editor, seo team’s expertise is how to package it and get views.

 

[JMick]

If we get passed over again im gonna lose it. But I don't think the talks would have gone this far if it's not happening. Sounds like just details to work out.

 

[UConn Dan]

If we get passed over again im gonna lose it. But I don't think the talks would have gone this far if it's not happening. Sounds like just details to work out.

The UConn conference realignment saga is a unique one. No one knows this pain like us.

I agree that’s likely done. It sounds like they’ve been countering offers and the latest version of the deal is going to the presidents. I hope they come through

 

[JMick]

The UConn conference realignment saga is a unique one. No one knows this pain like us.

I agree that’s likely done. It sounds like they’ve been countering offers and the latest version of the deal is going to the presidents. I hope they come through

Very curious what the required "investments" into the football program will be. Part of me hopes Dave got Lamont on board with an on campus stadium to be complete by 2031. If that happens Dave will be the best AD in UConn history

 

[noeynox]

Very curious what the required "investments" into the football program will be. Part of me hopes Dave got Lamont on board with an on campus stadium to be complete by 2031. If that happens Dave will be the best AD in UConn history

I doubt its that huge. More likely it is around coaching staff pay and player benefits.

 

[WestHartHusk]

Very curious what the required "investments" into the football program will be. Part of me hopes Dave got Lamont on board with an on campus stadium to be complete by 2031. If that happens Dave will be the best AD in UConn history

And it won't be particularly close.

 

[Platt81]

Very curious what the required "investments" into the football program will be. Part of me hopes Dave got Lamont on board with an on campus stadium to be complete by 2031. If that happens Dave will be the best AD in UConn history

I would see it more as an agreement to expand the Rent to the amount it was designed to. If Big XII teams are coming in and we’re competitive no one is going to complain about it being off campus, let’s just be realistic here.

 

[JMick]

I doubt its that huge. More likely it is around coaching staff pay and player benefits.

If that's the case then it's just a lip service thing for current big 12 fans and ADs/presidents that aren't on board. Can't spend money you don't have yet. Unless we start taking out loans against future media payouts lol

 

[jostar1]

I hope they flashed the rings.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Very curious what the required "investments" into the football program will be. Part of me hopes Dave got Lamont on board with an on campus stadium to be complete by 2031. If that happens Dave will be the best AD in UConn history

I doubt its that huge. More likely it is around coaching staff pay and player benefits.

If that's the case then it's just a lip service thing for current big 12 fans and ADs/presidents that aren't on board. Can't spend money you don't have yet. Unless we start taking out loans against future media payouts lol

I'd love to see a on campus stadium but I don't see that happening by 2031.
The Rent is fine. Spruce it up with amenities for fans, media production and visiting team facilities.
And yes, a certain level of financial commitment to staff and players.

 

[Ldandy]

Plus some kind of scheduling agreement

Yeah some kind of ND Deal to help flesh out a schedule. It’s nearly impossible to be an independent when no one else is

 

[JMick]

Yeah some kind of ND Deal to help flesh out a schedule. It’s nearly impossible to be an independent when no one else is

And you can't schedule games if you can't guarantee a return game. And you certainly can't do a 2 for 1. The schedules are made too far in advance

 

[JMick]

I would see it more as an agreement to expand the Rent to the amount it was designed to. If Big XII teams are coming in and we’re competitive no one is going to complain about it being off campus, let’s just be realistic here.

I think Lamont is smart enough to know it's not worth putting lipstick on a pig. I don't see anything besides repairs going to the rent

 

[Forte]

Big 12 Opens Up Discussions With UConn (For The 800th Time)

Well, here we go again. UConn and the Big 12 are connected. This is probably the fourth time this rumor has gotten to the point journalists are reporting on it. As we all know, UConn's basketball prog...

www.barstoolsports.com

 

[Forte]

 

[WestHartHusk]

McMurphy tweet basically means this is done, doesn’t it!?

 

[UConn Dan]

If UConn is added, it may not be the Big 12’s last addition.

“Keep your eye on what happens in the ACC,” a source said.
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Yormark, though, never wavered on his interest in UConn.

“Yormark’s going to kick every tire possible,” a Big 12 athletic director said. “We’re open to looking at anything. UConn is a big brand, the biggest-branded institution in the Northeast.”

 

[UConnTrumbull]

If UConn is added, it may not be the Big 12’s last addition.

“Keep your eye on what happens in the ACC,” a source said.

This is the only thing giving me anxiety. UConn being used as bait again. However, the situation between the PAC and ACC at this moment are very different. PAC had no TV deal.

 

[ihatepants]

UConn men’s basketball coach Bobby Hurley is not against a move to the Big 12, a source said.

 

[JMick]

If UConn is added, it may not be the Big 12’s last addition.

“Keep your eye on what happens in the ACC,” a source said.
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Yormark, though, never wavered on his interest in UConn.

“Yormark’s going to kick every tire possible,” a Big 12 athletic director said. “We’re open to looking at anything. UConn is a big brand, the biggest-branded institution in the Northeast.”

Yeah it's Big 24 or bust for Yormark. He wants it all. He knows we are a strategic add to cripple the ACCs future.