Unless it brings us and some other former BE teams in together.
We pay our WOMENS basketball coach comparable to what we pay Mora. You can say what you want about our success with Geno but I promise that’s the type of thing that shows the admins at TCU, Clemson, FSU, etc. that we truly do not care about what matters most to them. Another reason we’re never getting in and need to look at other options til 2036.
You think!
Believe or not, Binghamton is 10x the school Stony Brook is. I would send my kids to Geneseo or Purchase even, Albany too before Stony Brook. SB is excellent for business and finance. But liberal arts, humanities and sciences leave a lot to be desired compared to several other SUNYs.
Please explain how an institution breaching a contract gets officers of the institution jail time. I’ll have to immediately advise all my clients.
No. You have the terms of the contract and then the much more limited implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, which is nowhere near implicated by expansion.
Agreed - the ACC was able euchre a deal with these desperate schools so the additional money will soften the blow to existing, underperforming members who have agreed to an unequal distribution in favor of the better performers. The ACC still has serious systemic problems. This deal buys them time, but ultimately the SEC and BIG wannabes will leave.
Yep, this new ACC configuration is fundamentally a short-term arrangement pending the next wave of realignment. It might be the case that when things shake loose again, whatever is left of the ACC (if that's still a thing) is actually more stable and a much better fit geographically for UConn than the Big 12, with the top-tier football schools and the Pacific contingent having departed. It's hard to project because of the way revenue models are evolving, as consolidation might mean three 24-team conferences or some such arrangement. It also might involve streaming contracts with new groups of contractually-affiliated schools. The current alignment does favor the Big 12, though, in terms of a stable lineup of universities, and it's probably more likely to stay intact and add a few members rather than being picked clean.
ESPN pulled all of the strings to make this happen IMO.
I'm no expert on the SUNY system but Stony Brook shares the designation of flagship and is AAU. Much better bang for the buck than South Canada SU. I guess my original point about SUNY is that the northeast schools were designed to be regional. If the 4 main SUNY schools were 1, it would have a $1 billion plus endowment with 95k students. Just Buffalo and Stony Brook combined would be greater than $1 billion and 60k students. That's B1G.
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UConn going from nowhere in 1AA to a Bowl eligible conference was treated by Storrs. as found money .
Personally, I find your thoughts on this very insightful. You should email our athletic Director to let him have the benefits of your wisdom.
We do need to keep Mora long-term here. The UCONN administration needs to do whatever is within its power to keep someone like him here.
Agreed - he is and I think will be worth his weight in gold here. If he stays long enough to get us back into the top 30-40 range you have to double/triple his pay and we'd be able to if we keep filling up the stadium. If we increase 15k fannies more per game at 6 games per year with an average ticket price of $15 that is $1.3m in incremental revenue just on ticket prices alone (to say nothing about improved merch sales, donation increases, etc).
The vaunted San Francisco college football market? The deal makes no sense for tv. This is ACC presidents thinking Stanford and Cal are more important then they are.
Cal and Stanford came in at 30%. SMU came in for free. There is most certainly a price they are paying that the soft costs you imply wont cover. These three schools have deep pockets to pay so it works for them.
SMU did not come in for free. Between other conference payouts, they will be making at least, if not more than the AAC total payout. Add in increased attendance and exposure from playing more high profile teams and they will be making even more than that. Moving to the ACC is a net financial gain for SMU.
Debateable. With the increased travel expenses being in the ACC and the dilution the three new members bring to the league, I would guess for SMU it is a wash at best. Maybe they get higher ticket sales, but SMU had only 21k for their football game yesterday after getting an ACC invite. For example, the three new members won't add to NCAA basketball tournament credits, it's unclear if adding 3 members enhances the ACC CFP payout, and with the Charter standoff with ESPN, it's questionable if SMU, Cal, and Stanford will get full price for the ACCN in their markets.
Turns out some the ACC Presidents are alumni of Stanford and Cal, thus the push for them!