FSU and Clemson twisting in the
Gloria Nevarez | |
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Mountain West Conference Commissioner | |
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Preceded by | Craig Thompson |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Massachusetts Amherst (B.S.) University of California, Berkeley School of Law (J.D.) |
Occupation | Mountain West Conference Commissioner |
A silly parlor question, if the B12 takes us for all sports but football, and the CFB mandates we join a conf, which would we prefer - the MW or MAC? I like the MW schools myself, but I am not a football coach managing travel and high altitude games or having to recruit to such a set up.UConn football only or Army football only if SDSU leaves?
MW easily. Likely the #6 league going forward and most of the schools are well-known.A silly parlor question, if the B12 takes us for all sports but football, and the CFB mandates we join a conf, which would we prefer - the MW or MAC? I like the MW schools myself, but I am not a football coach managing travel and high altitude games or having to recruit to such a set up.
It’s tough to know what to root for from the University of Connecticut perspective. I guess we should be rooting for the Pac 12 to remain intact which in turn will cause the big 12 to look east. That, in turn, might cause the ACC to take us off the table to protect the East Coast. Or should we look for the pack 12 to fold because since we are on the outside looking in change, and chaos, may create opportunities for us down the road.
I'm impatient. I'll take PAC disintegration today with AZ and Colorado the the B12, the remaining holding together for a couple years while they get their ducks in a row to become a discounted left arm of the ACC. ACC & ESPN now have a coast to coast product to back up the SEC product.It’s tough to know what to root for from the University of Connecticut perspective. I guess we should be rooting for the Pac 12 to remain intact which in turn will cause the big 12 to look east. That, in turn, might cause the ACC to take us off the table to protect the East Coast. Or should we look for the pack 12 to fold because since we are on the outside looking in change, and chaos, may create opportunities for us down the road.
Yeah, it bugs me, but I do think that our best case scenario is being in a “best of the rest” conference that is materially higher than the P5, but significantly lower than the P2.And UConn, well- I think we stand out better once the P5 melts to a P4. The P4 world will still have some opportunity.
Seems to me the future is a P2A with the B1G and SEC and a P2B with the ACC-PAC and B12. There will be a gap between the P2A and P2B...the gap we see today and there is little reason to think it will narrow much in the decades to come.Yeah, it bugs me, but I do think that our best case scenario is being in a “best of the rest” conference that is materially higher than the P5, but significantly lower than the P2.
None of this is fair so I get your annoyance as a fan. That said a best of the rest ACC Conference with some G5 Additions would be really good for football and at worst a push for basketball. If this conference could negotiate a 25+Mil per year deal from ESPN, Uconn would have more than tripled its current payouts.Yeah, it bugs me, but I do think that our best case scenario is being in a “best of the rest” conference that is materially higher than the P5, but significantly lower than the P2.
Assuming that hypothetical payout, figure is correct, we would be at no more than a third of what the P2 were getting. That would put us at a significant disadvantage for paying and retaining top coaching talent and keeping up in a facilities shooting war. Not the best place in the world to be, but certainly better than where we are now.If this conference could negotiate a 25+Mil per year deal from ESPN, Uconn would have more than tripled its current payouts