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

[UConnJim]

It seems odd that they had no trouble adding Cal and Stanford when the PAC 12 dissolved as well as SMU,. but didn't give UConn a thought at that time. Maybe UConn would have accepted a reduced revenue share. In the scenario you describe, it seems to me that once the ACC implodes and they possibly invite UConn as one of the backfills, it will now longer be a "power" conference, but more like the current PAC 12 which will by and large resemble the AAC. They may actually take Tulane, Memphis and USF and ignore UConn again. I think UConn and the goverment of Ct should be more aggressive at this time in promoting UConn to the Big 12 or ACC and force ESPN to endorse and enable such a move through further incentives. The State of Ct I believes has a large surplus at this time. I hope we are back to the days of "monitoring", because that is what it seems like. I do believe AD Dave has been doing the very best he could with what support he has.

The ACC added Cal, Stanford, and SMU due to their willingness to take a reduced revenue share and the schools increased the number of ACC Network full price cable subscribers, much more than UConn could have, which also boosted revenues. All that said, the ACC is now a conglomeration of schools instead of a conference of similar schools and inherently unstable.

 

[huskymedic]

Basketball’s power broker? The Big East makes its case

With UConn’s bid for a three-peat denied, the Big East Conference leans on recent titles to press its stake in a consolidating landscape.

www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

 

[jostar1]

But I thought Brett Yormark said that the Big 12 was the premier basketball conference?

 

[JVN]

But I thought Brett Yormark said that the Big 12 was the premier basketball conference?

Brett wants us, he just needs to convince some of the mouth breathers in his conference cough Okie State cough.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Basketball’s power broker? The Big East makes its case

With UConn’s bid for a three-peat denied, the Big East Conference leans on recent titles to press its stake in a consolidating landscape.

www.sportsbusinessjournal.com

The NCAA has always used the men's tourney revenue as a slush fund to prop up every other NCAA sanctioned sport for men and women other than football.

So, yes, the top dogs in college basketball get nowhere near the revenue share for what they generate.

 

[Hogoff]

But I thought Brett Yormark said that the Big 12 was the premier basketball conference?

UConn and Duke to the BIG.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[nelsonmuntz]

How does this make sense financially? Are they paying it with Monopoly money?

 

[uconntailgater]

How does this make sense financially? Are they paying it with Monopoly money?

Everyone in CUSA wants to join a more stable conference.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Everyone in CUSA wants to join a more stable conference.

I want a 6000 square foot house in the Hamptons. There are financial realities.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

How does this make sense financially? Are they paying it with Monopoly money?

Didn’t LSU take state funds away from a children’s hospital to pay for Kiffin?

 

[UConnJim]

How does this make sense financially? Are they paying it with Monopoly money?

I think they will make the exit fee back in travel costs over a few years. Being in the West division of the Sun Belt, they can travel by bus to most West schools. Plus, the SBC media deal is worth about $1.4 million/year per school higher than CUSA and my guess is after 2031, the gap will be even higher.