Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[UCONNJACK]

Houston and Liberty. Anyone else?

South Florida in 2007.

 

[CashewCrew]

Houston and Liberty. Anyone else?

Those were the two I thought of

 

[WrenchFan69]

Is this the end of the WAC? Going to be down to 5 schools, and I could certainly see more departures.

 

[noeynox]

South Florida in 2007.

NJSU is the rich kid who not only does zero with his head start, but manages to blow every opportunity handed to him, other than the associates degree he purchased from the nearby community college. found this courtesy of an orange rutgers dumpster fire thread

Since 2014 was the reference. UConn has beaten other ranked teams prior to that. Louisville under P comes to mind.

 

[jostar1]

 

[Kolumbo]

Let the record show that it looks like even DePaul is taking in about 60% of what UConn earns, which is about 50% too much.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Since 2014 was the reference. UConn has beaten other ranked teams prior to that. Louisville under P comes to mind.

Liberty in ‘23 and Houston in ‘15

 

[WrenchFan69]

Let the record show that it looks like even DePaul is taking in about 60% of what UConn earns, which is about 50% too much.

I wonder how the Big East tournament revenue compares to other conferences. Clearly the tournament with the most juice; I wonder if that turns into more revenue.

 

[Drew]

 

[huskymedic]

Is this the end of the WAC? Going to be down to 5 schools, and I could certainly see more departures.

Get ready for even more mid-major conference realignment

After a quiet Spring, June could be full of action. Plus a hiring announcement!

www.extrapointsmb.com

 

[shizzle787]

Get ready for even more mid-major conference realignment

After a quiet Spring, June could be full of action. Plus a hiring announcement!

www.extrapointsmb.com

Interesting that the SoCon is not so quietly open to expansion. Solid mid-major league that is one of the more stable in the country.

 

[huskymedic]

Friday’s news dump:

 

[shizzle787]

Friday’s news dump:

Wow. It has finally happened.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Hamms30]

without collective bargaining and central organization, how does this work? Students aren't part of union that collectively agrees to any terms for the benefit of all college athletes. The enforcement agency all along has been the NCAA and we've seen where that's gotten us. Lawsuit after lawsuit lost and more and more toothless they've become.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CTBballfan243]

without collective bargaining and central organization, how does this work? Students aren't part of union that collectively agrees to any terms for the benefit of all college athletes. The enforcement agency all along has been the NCAA and we've seen where that's gotten us. Lawsuit after lawsuit lost and more and more toothless they've become.

They need to setup a system where every sport is tracked separately. If your sport makes money the student athlete makes money. If your sports team loses money then the loses get shared at the same percentage between the school and the athlete that the profits are shared.

 

[Kolumbo]

This is awesome! gimme the condensed version

 

[AZHuskiePop]

Let the record show that it looks like even DePaul is taking in about 60% of what UConn earns, which is about 50% too much.

Thats under the old contract UConn’s Big East Revenue
is probably at least $11,000,000 range
My complaint to the Big East is we’re not compensated for a women's program that has ratings higher than some Big East men’s programs.

 

[CL82]

Thats under the old contract UConn’s Big East Revenue
is probably at least $11,000,000 range
My complaint to the Big East is we’re not compensated for a women's program that has ratings higher than some Big East men’s programs.

Big East 2024 revenue by team:

 

[Drew]

We’re obviously opting in… but will be curious to see this final list

 

[Drew]

Looks like this isn’t dead yet… (and no, this is not a political endorsement but is obviously a key tweet about the potential for federal government/congress helping to shape the future of college athletics)

 

[Drew]

I do wonder if congressional involvement is helpful for us… it’s hard for me to believe congress would be interested in solidifying an entirely new division from FBS.

 

[CL82]

I do wonder if congressional involvement is helpful for us… it’s hard for me to believe congress would be interested in solidifying an entirely new division from FBS.

I have a healthy skepticism about meaningful congressional intervention. It seems to me like they'd be picking winners and losers amongst their own constituency. That's always a mistake. The president, on the other hand, given that he is in his second term,is free to issue an executive order, I just don't see how it would be particularly effective.

 

[Drew]

I have a healthy skepticism about meaningful congressional intervention. It seems to me like they'd be picking winners and losers amongst their own constituency. That's always a mistake. The president, on the other hand, given that he is in his second term,is free to issue an executive order, I just don't see how it would be particularly effective.

The biggest concern I have is if Sankey is getting an ear on how to shape this potential legislation/committee approach in addition to Saban… it will be very bad for the non-SEC/B1G schools (especially the non-P4).

Congress can’t slice FBS in half or whatever.. it would be a disaster politically. We’ve also had one of the more active senators in being outspoken on college sports, you’d hope that would somehow help us too (even though he probably substantially hurt us last year with the anti-B12 commentary)

It’s important to note that, in my opinion, everything will probably be shaped through the lens of the existing FBS rather than existing D1. This is all football centric so that logically makes the most sense to me.. I can very easily see the existing 136 being “saved” in some capacity together, its hard to imagine the broader ~380 “Division 1” all being together still in 10 years