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

[FfldCntyFan]

We may want to take a minute to think through the idea of demanding extra money from the BE. Everything has a quid pro quo and the BE would want a severe increase in departure fees in return for this.

Personally I would be against anything that would increase our payment to the BE when (it isn't an if) we leave.

 

[How Sway?!]

We may want to take a minute to think through the idea of demanding extra money from the BE. Everything has a quid pro quo and the BE would want a severe increase in departure fees in return for this.

Personally I would be against anything that would increase our payment to the BE when (it isn't an if) we leave.

Yeah we really don't have that much leverage to be demanding more revenue without increasing our exit penalties.

 

[noeynox]

Yeah we really don't have that much leverage to be demanding more revenue without increasing our exit penalties.

We should ask they pay our exit fee as well.

 

[Chin Diesel]

What would you like to see them do?

Saturday home games with start times of 6 or 7 pm.

 

[Urcea]

What would you like to see them do?

Besides credits and share, isn’t there issues with baseball scheduling and refs generally? I’m not saying we should get the MWC special treatment deal, but we should get a lot of perks.

How about they work to offer sweetheart scheduling agreements or other inducements to help us find a football only home?

 

[Kolumbo]

Why do they need PE to find it if they are finding it without them?

It’s ridiculous. There is nothing to gain by letting PE come in and take your autonomy.

Apparently you think the PAC 12 was smart enough to find it on their own. The PAC 12 for forks sake. I don't know why you give these NCAA folks so much credit but go ahead. They know best.

 

[Stray_Dog]

What would you like to see them do?

Well, if the Big East wants us to stay - then they need to help us find a home for our football. They should try to find creative ways for us to get a football only conference invite that makes sense. How they do this? They may need to offer additional revenue streams so the new football conference we join doesn't have to pay out so much to us. This could be something negotiated where Uconn gets X dollars from the Big East while the _______Football conference gives us X dollars less than their established teams. With time the Big East dollars go down and the _______Football conference revenue share goes up. This allows UConn to stay in the Big East while finding a more secure home for football. And why would the Big East want to do this - well to be fair - They need UConn as much as UConn basketball may need them.

 

[ZooCougar]

Apparently you think the PAC 12 was smart enough to find it on their own. The PAC 12 for forks sake. I don't know why you give these NCAA folks so much credit but go ahead. They know best.

They’d rather die than sell their assets to the finance bros.

 

[noeynox]

Well, if the Big East wants us to stay - then they need to help us find a home for our football. They should try to find creative ways for us to get a football only conference invite that makes sense. How they do this? They may need to offer additional revenue streams so the new football conference we join doesn't have to pay out so much to us. This could be something negotiated where Uconn gets X dollars from the Big East while the _______Football conference gives us X dollars less than their established teams. With time the Big East dollars go down and the _______Football conference revenue share goes up. This allows UConn to stay in the Big East while finding a more secure home for football. And why would the Big East want to do this - well to be fair - They need UConn as much as UConn basketball may need them.

Love the creative thinking, but bwahahaha.

If they wanted to help us they would bring back a FB division.

 

[Hoophound]

The Big East just hopes and prays we don’t find another option. It will never go further than that.

If we want to make more money in our current situation we need to spend everything we can on football, win tons of games and try and get a better deal from CBS. If we do that, the B12 will add us anyway and we won’t need it.


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[Stinger92860]

As a big east football team they should pay us a fair share of 80% of the league revenues

 

[Urcea]

Love the creative thinking, but bwahahaha.

If they wanted to help us they would bring back a FB division.

You asked what they could provide. He told you and people thought it was a laugh riot. The MWC basically created a two tiered system of payouts for mediocre G5s. SMU plays for free. The Big East making some moves to keep its top product in-house isn’t some unreasonable moonshot - shouldn’t we expect some effort on their part?

 

[JohnFSilver]

Finance bros are the worst. Like, u suck, all you bring is the money to this equation. Don't act like you know something.

 

[noeynox]

Besides credits and share, isn’t there issues with baseball scheduling and refs generally? I’m not saying we should get the MWC special treatment deal, but we should get a lot of perks.

How about they work to offer sweetheart scheduling agreements or other inducements to help us find a football only home?

You'll get nothing. And you'll like it!

 

[WestCoastHusky]

We may want to take a minute to think through the idea of demanding extra money from the BE. Everything has a quid pro quo and the BE would want a severe increase in departure fees in return for this.

Personally I would be against anything that would increase our payment to the BE when (it isn't an if) we leave.

We don't have much leverage here. Big East knows we will leave the minute the opportunity presents itself. There is no way Big East will give us extra revenue knowing we gonna leave anyway since there is no way they can give us enough revenue to keep us around. Also, there is no way UConn should commit to higher exit fees etc.

So, the best deal is we stay status quo. When it is time for us to leave, we pay our exit fees and say our goodbyes.

 

[The Yakk]

Crazy. There is always untapped revenue streams. Surely you've seen the growth in revenue. You just have to be smart enough to find it and actually tap into it. The general population is willing to pay more and more. Some just have to be sold. The people currently running the multi-billion-dollar industry are more or less doing it by accident.

Millions of small business owners bust their tails trying to succeed while getting by. Sometimes a business coach or advisor helps them break through and be very successful if they are willing to make the investment. It happens.

PE firms are not in any way business coaches or advisors. They may have some ideas about untapped revenue, but that is going nowhere other than their own pockets.

And even business coaches or advisors are useless leeches for the most part. The next Mckinsey engagement that benefits anyone other than McKinsey will be the first.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Only 5%? I was thinking 25%.

I was being generous

 

[Kolumbo]

PE firms are not in any way business coaches or advisors. They may have some ideas about untapped revenue, but that is going nowhere other than their own pockets.

And even business coaches or advisors are useless leeches for the most part. The next Mckinsey engagement that benefits anyone other than McKinsey will be the first.

Completely disagree but that's fine. Obviously everyone has to make more money or it's a no-go so I don't think you understand the intended link between college football and PE.

 

[ZooCougar]

Completely disagree but that's fine. Obviously everyone has to make more money or it's a no-go so I don't think you understand the intended link between college football and PE.

LOL.

It’s very simple. PE invests in programs exchange for ownership stake. The funding is likely tranched.

But even still letting them own a stake is a massive risk and they don’t bring anything to the table to make it worth it.

 

[Kolumbo]

LOL.

It’s very simple. PE invests in programs exchange for ownership stake. The funding is likely tranched.

But even still letting them own a stake is a massive risk and they don’t bring anything to the table to make it worth it.

I suppose you know best, mr. chuckles. "But it's college football. It's different."

WTA announces strategic partnership with CVC to accelerate growth of women's sports

Commencing in 2023, CVC will be WTA’s commercial partner, investing capital indirectly via its managed funds and acting as a catalyst to drive growth of the sport.

www.wtatennis.com

"CVC brings 25 years of experience investing in sports to this new partnership, with former and current investments in Formula One, Moto GP, Rugby, the French Football League, La Liga, Volleyball and IPL Cricket. CVC also brings access to a broad international network of 25 local offices across Europe, Australasia and the Americas, which will be available to support the accelerated commercial growth of the sport."

 

[ZooCougar]

I suppose you know best, mr. chuckles. "But it's college football. It's different."

WTA announces strategic partnership with CVC to accelerate growth of women's sports

Commencing in 2023, CVC will be WTA’s commercial partner, investing capital indirectly via its managed funds and acting as a catalyst to drive growth of the sport.

www.wtatennis.com

"CVC brings 25 years of experience investing in sports to this new partnership, with former and current investments in Formula One, Moto GP, Rugby, the French Football League, La Liga, Volleyball and IPL Cricket. CVC also brings access to a broad international network of 25 local offices across Europe, Australasia and the Americas, which will be available to support the accelerated commercial growth of the sport."

If I am a taxpayer I would lose my mind if the the local state U sold a piece of the AD to the finance bros.

Yeah. It is different.

 

[Ha Who]

If I am a taxpayer I would lose my mind if the the local state U sold a piece of the AD to the finance bros.

Yeah. It is different.

Not talking the athletic department, but you can bet there wouldn’t be 1000 vice deans, etc

 

[Kolumbo]

If I am a taxpayer I would lose my mind if the the local state U sold a piece of the AD to the finance bros.

Yeah. It is different.

Now that is funny! Put down the helium. No one is selling their AD department and it takes money to make money.

All those insane knuckleheads borrowing from credit unions to buy their homes. Insanity!!

 

[Rufus]

 

[The Yakk]

Completely disagree but that's fine. Obviously everyone has to make more money or it's a no-go so I don't think you understand the intended link between college football and PE.

I'm certain I understand the INTENDED link as well as you do. Based on your cheerleading for the PE firms, I doubt you understand the way they operate.