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

[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

 

[jostar1]

 

[Chin Diesel]

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

Without getting into the politics of it, I can't think of anything either of UConn's current senators have done in their current or previous elected positions, which has helped UConn.
They're not effective for advancing UConn's positions when they speak or act publicly.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Without getting into the politics of it, I can't think of anything either of UConn's current senators have done in their current or previous elected positions, which has helped UConn.
They're not effective for advancing UConn's positions when they speak or act publicly.

Not only have they not helped they’ve hurt our chances. How hard is it to keep a mouth shut?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Not only have they not helped they’ve hurt our chances. How hard is it to keep a mouth shut?

For any politician? Very hard.

 

[CL82]

For any politician? Very hard.

Disagree. They stay on the sidelines whenever it's not politically advantageous for them not to. It was stupid for Murphy to open his mouth on an issue he was ill informed about in opposition to what the school and the governor wanted. My guess is he thought he had taken the temperature of the room off of reading what the.UConn Twitter idiots were posting. Not a great look.

He took a position that cost university of Connecticut and thus Connecticut taxpayers about $30 million annually. He will be up for reelection 2030. I wouldn't vote for the guy, but I don't live in Connecticut anymore.

 

[CL82]

He never responded to my respectful email on this

Well, keep sending a new one to him weekly until he does.

 

[Drew]

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Is that the “new Pac12” or just WSU/OSU tagging along for one more year?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Maybe anti-trust is no longer a thing, but in the pre-2025 world, holding a press conference like this would be phenomenally stupid from a legal liability standpoint.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

He never responded to my respectful email on this

Try sending a disrespectful one

 

[gioff2323]

And yet you’ll vote for him ,,,

 

[Drew]

This all feels…. Well coordinated by the P5??

 

[UConn Dan]

Boggles my mind that the "Pac 12" is still involved in the conversation somehow