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RayIsTheGOAT said:
Can the university afford the Big East buyout right now? Lmao
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If it meant a seat at the B1G Round Table, absolutely.


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LBird33 said:
Believe you just wondering where the money is in the budget ?
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It’s not budgeted, because it’s not happening, but that wasn’t the question. The question was can UConn afford the buyout. The answer is yes, easily, with cash on hand, if it choose to.
 
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Hopefully, our next university president will prioritize getting into ACC or B10, as well as promoting university research so we are competitive for AAU membership.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Hopefully, our next university president will prioritize getting into ACC or B10, as well as promoting university research so we are competitive for AAU membership.
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I’m not sure there’s much a university president can do to get us into another conference, except continue to support athletics and, as you point out make sure we continue to expand our federal research grants.
 
CL82 said:
I’m not sure there’s much a university president can do to get us into another conference, except continue to support athletics and, as you point out make sure we continue to expand our federal research grants.
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The president can direct admissions office to be lenient when it comes to admitting promising football players, the president can appoint the athletic director who must be committed to outstanding sports teams, the president can be a spokesperson for the fan base and the teams, and the president can network with presidents at P5 conference schools, etc.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
The president can direct admissions office to be lenient when it comes to admitting promising football players, the president can appoint the athletic director who must be committed to outstanding sports teams, the president can be a spokesperson for the fan base and the teams, and the president can network with presidents at P5 conference schools, etc.
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Agree with you regarding admissions. That has been an issue over the years. Disagree with the implied suggestion that Dave Benedict is not committed to outstanding sports teams. I don’t particularly want school president to be a spokesperson for the Fanbase in the teams. That’s not anything that they should be involved in nor are they likely to be particularly good at it. Presidents should network with their peers, however, that’s extraordinarily unlikely to change the dynamics of conference realignment as they currently exist.
 
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LoyalFanCT said:
are not they still getting tax credits from the state?
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I believe so, but I don’t think the state can retroactively change what’s already been granted.
 
CL82 said:
I believe so, but I don’t think the state can retroactively change what’s already been granted.
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Lawmakers can do what they please. The Florida government has (at least for now) taken away the Disney deal, and I would bet that Disney brings in a lot more money to Florida than ESPN brings to CT. It would be interesting to know how many and which CT lawmakers receive generous donations from ESPN to keep UConn out of the P5. Is that public information to see to whom ESPN donates money to keep their gig going?
 
buddy said:
Lawmakers can do what they please. The Florida government has (at least for now) taken away the Disney deal, and I would bet that Disney brings in a lot more money to Florida than ESPN brings to CT. It would be interesting to know how many and which CT lawmakers receive generous donations from ESPN to keep UConn out of the P5. Is that public information to see to whom ESPN donates money to keep their gig going?
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What they took away from Disney was the right to self governance. It’s different.

I agree with the point in principle. I just think it’s all tougher to do in practice. Now the next time ESPN comes to Hartford with its handout out, then there is an opportunity to make a statement.
 
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noeynox said:
Great read. Thanks for posting.
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I think it signals that Notre Dame will eventually join a conference. I think they do prior to the date that Swarbrick posted.

The SEC threw a wrench into the college plus one system by adding Oklahoma and Texas.

Now if you expand the playoffs to 8, it's just more SEC teams, so the point becomes moot if your goal is to give other cobferences, independents or non power conferences access to the playoffs.
 
B1GEast said:
I think it signals that Notre Dame will eventually join a conference. I think they do prior to the date that Swarbrick posted.

The SEC threw a wrench into the college plus one system by adding Oklahoma and Texas.

Now if you expand the playoffs to 8, it's just more SEC teams, so the point becomes moot if your goal is to give other conferences, independents or non power conferences access to the playoffs.
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Agreed, I believe he is just laying the ground work for major changes that are going to be out of our control.
 
B1GEast said:
I think it signals that Notre Dame will eventually join a conference. I think they do prior to the date that Swarbrick posted.

The SEC threw a wrench into the college plus one system by adding Oklahoma and Texas.

Now if you expand the playoffs to 8, it's just more SEC teams, so the point becomes moot if your goal is to give other cobferences, independents or non power conferences access to the playoffs.
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That is based on the assumption that the break offs will continue with the conference approach. Why not create a league of X number of teams, like pros, and then just create divisions? What’s value of lifting and loading conferences into brave new world?
 
gioff2323 said:
That is based on the assumption that the break offs will continue with the conference approach. Why not create a league of X number of teams, like pros, and then just create divisions? What’s value of lifting and loading conferences into brave new world?
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Established branding.
 
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gioff2323 said:
That is based on the assumption that the break offs will continue with the conference approach. Why not create a league of X number of teams, like pros, and then just create divisions? What’s value of lifting and loading conferences into brave new world?
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This is just my opinion, but I think there's tremendous historical value to conference affiliation, granted with realignment, that tradition has erroded a bit, but rivalries like the keg of nails or little brown jug still mean something.

I also think that these football games spill into other NCAA sports. It's hard for me to see college football minus conference affiliation. I see your point, and it makes a kot of sense because it's a business, but I hope conference affiliation remains a part of college football
 
CL82 said:
Established branding.
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Agree. That branding matters a lot.

Also, professional leagues, like the NFL, are the business. The NFL grants franchises. Those franchises have limited autonomy. Each collegiate conference is made up of 8 to 16 independent businesses that choose to work/ally together. The structure is completely different.
 
Can conferences mean as much with the super differences in talent coming with NIL?
 
billybud said:
Can conferences mean as much with the super differences in talent coming with NIL?
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I think that's exactly the right question and I would extend it even further to encompass much of what is currently top level college athletics.

If a respectable football program like BC which probably will not be able to run an NIL program to compete with say Notre Dame or Clemson, does it make sense for them to try to continue to compete at that level? If the talent gap is so large and continuous, what interest is there in the competition?
 
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