UConn has to explore every opportunity to increase its profile and revenue. The combination of bootstrapping football, demonstrating value in the UConn brand, and being a leader in exploiting the new media environment would be very helpful.
Yes, this is what we're discussing. The cable systems are under no obligation to jack up each customer's bill especially in an era when they've lost 40% of their customers to streaming.
It is crazy, but that is what has happened although I agree with you. The fact that the ACC is even thinking about captive cable subs to financially justify expansion tells you why the ACC has failed conference realignment.
UCLA has a hockey team?
It doesn't matter all that much what the ACC wants - it's about what ESPN wants and ESPN wants brands/rivalries (whereas Fox wants markets).
Ok - so someone please explain how Syracuse generates any money for the ACC. Syracuse, the city/TV market, is a pimple on the ass of progress. It is about 1/3 the size of the Hartford market, let alone the rest of CT. Do they have any believable data about Syracuse, the school, generating any revenue outside that sorry region in upstate NY? Is it supportable? You hear about alumni BS. What gives?
Supposedly it delivers the NYC market. Not sure how that works considering Syracuse is closer to Canada than NYC.
Whole thing fell apart cause Oregon and Washington had their own agenda to get to the B1G. Mission accomplished sister state schools be damned.
Tuition in the state of Washington is a lot cheaper than in Connecticut. UConn in-state is $19k so yeah, let them pay.
Syracuse U is private and despite its location, is probably more connected to NYC than it is to the town of Syracuse. I'll bet a majority of its grads work in or around NYC. That could be changing though as tuitions are climbing and the the SUNY system is excellent.
That was foreseeable a year ago.
Huh? If ESPN wanted brands and rivalries, it certainly would not be going after Cal, Stanford, and SMU lol. They would take UConn and put them up against old conference foes Syracuse, Pitt, Louisville, BC, VT, Miami…not to mention our significant tournament history with Duke
I think it is a mirage. No one has any real info on the dynamics if any. Sounds like something ESPN could dream up. Syracuse is, at best, a second tier, expensive ($80k+/year) private school. More importantly, how have they advanced the fortunes of the ACC? How many ACC titles have they won? They have won only one BB Natty two decades ago - pre- ACC. Also, they have won only one football Natty and that was during the Eisenhower administration. No baseball either! Boy, the BS is deep!
Except, football rules the day and we aren't that desirable in football yet.
