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RitzLuce1 said:
Great donation but I’m perplexed by how the money is being allocated. Football just grouped in with 3 other men’s sports at $2.5 million. If it’s split 4 ways that’s $625,000. That means we are spending more on a golf facility with this gift than on football.

I want to see UConn aggressively spend more on football and men’s hockey (a sport we can win a new ncaa championship in and we are making great progress in, needs that last push to break through.). Also maintain a top commitment to men’s hoop.

I also don’t think women’s hoop needs that much money. I’ve never seen such a top heavy sport in my life.
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It's the donor's decision.
 
Chuck said:
Totally just curious. Why do the other ASUN teams want UWF? I'm not questioning UWF's ability to compete. But what do the ASUN and its members get? I can't imagine there's much money coming in to the league or that they get more by adding UWF (other than maybe some buy-in money from the school). So you're just adding another mouth. You're also adding another team to compete with for an NCAA berth. The conference appears to have 12 schools currently. I'm not sure if Queens leaves when they merge into Elon (in the Coastal Athletic Conference). Why not stay at 12 (or 11)?
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This article answers several of your questions. It's about scheduling and stability. ASun is heavily weighted in Florida. Also, several of the schools were D2 conference mates with UWF and also just moved up to D1. FCS in the UAC for football, D1 from everything else.
Does UWF add eyeballs and generate media revenue? No. Do they make for a logistically easy place to travel and a fun place for fans to visit? Yes.

Football will be an easy draw for fans. Several other sports- volleyball, men's/women's golf, softball, baseball, tennis, should all be competitive shortly. Men's basketball will struggle to find traction. Not a lot of local talent and basketball doesn't pull in many casual fans.

Oddly enough, the Sun Belt conference holds their men's and women's basketball tournaments in Pensacola in spite of not having any schools in Pensacola.

 
UConnTrumbull said:


Did UConn just get another vote in the Big 12 circle? Apparently Tommy Lloyd is in charge at AZ now.
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That doesn't hurt our B12/ACC viability - a top tier coach getting more power at a B12 school while saying no to an ACC school (the more the ACC slips in hoops reputation, the better it is for us). Throw in that we seem to be improving our relationship BB-wise with AZ and Kansas home and homes, BYU Hall of Fame Classic in Boston, and football-wise with ACC schools with series or at least one game with Syracuse, BC, Duke, UNC, Wake, and Pitt. It all adds up to looking more Power Conference-viable.
 
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