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yuckformak said:
Honestly I have no idea how this is not even a thing anymore. When people tell me they still have cable boxes I look at them sideways. Even if you load your streaming services to mirror the same thing as linear cable you still save like 20 to 30 bucks a month.
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It depends where you live too. In much of rural America, high-speed internet is not an option yet. They either have spotty connection, slow connection, or no connection at all. Same with cell phones. Despite what those maps show on advertising for cell services, there are many rural places that do not currently have an option for cell service at home because there are no towers near their home. They use their cell phones when they are away from home (work, shopping, etc.). This lack of infrastructure in rural areas will have to be addressed before traditional cable boxes (and analog phone lines) can truly be eliminated.
 
upstater said:
Hockey East's commissioner was trying to get UConn to join since the 1990s. It was all done from the top.
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Correct, the league was interested in UConn for a long time. The problem was UConn wasn't serious about investing in the program until the mid-2010s.

I remember reading a report submitted to UConn's leadership in the late 2000s that asked each program to audit its facilities and financial support and determine if it was sufficient or needed more. UConn hockey noted that Freitas and the lack of scholarships were sufficient. The program wasn't even asking for any more money from the school or AD.

Hockey East was never going to add UConn in its current form until they invested in facilities and scholarships, which they fortunately did.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
Our governor needs to be in touch with governors from states represented in the Big12, ACC, as well as Charlie Baker, former Mass. governor who now heads the NCAA. And a few firm telephone calls to Bristol-based ESPN would help too.
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Think maybe he regrets calling Houston “butt ugly” now? (To be fair, i was there, Houston IS butt ugly)

Not a good look when you are trying NOT to come off as a New England snob.
 
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Rufus said:
It depends where you live too. In much of rural America, high-speed internet is not an option yet. They either have spotty connection, slow connection, or no connection at all. Same with cell phones. Despite what those maps show on advertising for cell services, there are many rural places that do not currently have an option for cell service at home because there are no towers near their home. They use their cell phones when they are away from home (work, shopping, etc.). This lack of infrastructure in rural areas will have to be addressed before traditional cable boxes (and analog phone lines) can truly be eliminated.
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So you have people who can't even use google.com making trillion dollar decision on college athletics,
 
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more like a bunch of greedy apes trying to play 3D chess
 
ZooCougar said:
Yes we know why.

How is the question. But he controls part of the equation with how the team performs.
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They need to get him more money to retain assistants. He doesn't seem to need P5 money for himself, but his assistants haven't made the money he has and will leave for better paying jobs. If they have success like we think they will , they need to get him resources.
 
noeynox said:
They need to get him more money to retain assistants. He doesn't seem to need P5 money for himself, but his assistants haven't made the money he has and will leave for better paying jobs. If they have success like we think they will , they need to get him resources.
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Amen to that

Some podcast I was listening to was saying "if they join the Big 12, they can't just pocket that money - they'll have to spend it on assistant football coaches" as if it were a bad thing. Good grief
 
Urcea said:
Amen to that

Some podcast I was listening to was saying "if they join the Big 12, they can't just pocket that money - they'll have to spend it on assistant football coaches" as if it were a bad thing. Good grief
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Yep. I think i heard that too. They would never say that about BB, but spend on FB? How dare them.
 
WestHartHusk said:
The Big12 is going to be insufferable. At least we know it will implode in ‘31.
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They will get a crappy media deal next time around, but the thing they have going for them is that the B1G and SEC will not want any of the schools in that conference so there is no risk of anyone leaving.
 
That Guy said:
They will get a crappy media deal next time around, but the thing they have going for them is that the B1G and SEC will not want any of the schools in that conference so there is no risk of anyone leaving.
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They got a better deal without OU and Texas or at least more $. They landed themselves a shrewd commissioner. Kudos to them.
 
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That Guy said:
They will get a crappy media deal next time around, but the thing they have going for them is that the B1G and SEC will not want any of the schools in that conference so there is no risk of anyone leaving.
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What makes you think one day SEC wake up and decide that they want the state of Arizona?
 
noeynox said:
They got a better deal without OU and Texas or at least more $. They landed themselves a shrewd commissioner. Kudos to them.
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I refuse to believe they get a good deal next time around. Who the hell is going to watch that conference for football other than the fans of those schools? It won't be a national conference by any means. Would you rather watch TCU vs. Ok state or Oregon vs. Michigan? Utah vs. UCF or LSU vs. Georgia? The B1G and SEC are stacked with elite programs and that's who people are going to watch.
 
WestCoastHusky said:
What makes you think one day SEC wake up and decide that they want the state of Arizona?
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SEC only takes elite football programs, or at the very least "good" ones. They will likely end up with FSU+Clemson and will probably stop adding after that anyway.

Edit: I could MAYBE see them adding Oklahoma State and/or TCU in the future if they start to dominate the Big 12 going forward.
 
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Interesting work.

My two cents (as someone who knows zero about the media biz) is that the business of running the production, promotion and sales of a network is too outside the wheelhouse of a university for it to be worthwhile. Plus there are questions such as whether it would be a viable model when people don’t want to have to cobble together subscriptions. That said, the world is moving in that direction (how many subscriptions do you own now versus 10 years ago?)

I nominate you to get this going and include a weekly Boneyard panel to debate the issues (added value)
 
Exit 4 said:
Welp - SDST will have a rocky relationship with the MW for a long time to come after failing to lead breakaway of sorts.

www.cbssports.com

San Diego State fails in attempt to create new 'Power Five' conference with Pac-12, Mountain West, AAC members

SDSU denies that it unsuccessfully tried to rally a group of major programs into a new league
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
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Of course SDSU would be the one to lead this. They aren't making any friends, that's for sure! Between SDSU causing trouble in the MW, Arizona State and Utah looking down at the Big 12, and FSU more or less with the finger on the trigger to leave the ACC, there is lots of public drama going on in college sports!
 
Sea Goat said:
I like Mora better each time he speaks. He's got it figured out. Great to see the Guv showed up today. He's got it figured out too.

Now if we can just get a suitable conference to get it figured out...
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Mora > Big Bird> Edsall/Diaco/P
 
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