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brasssbonanzaa said:
Comparing that with that cheesy USF video - when you don't have the highlights to make up a whole presentation, you get a bunch of unassociated people like Tino Martinez and Tony Dungy to talk about how awesome the school could be. When you can line up all of those trophies in the last shot, you let the video speak for itself.
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We could not fit of all our championships into such a short video. We needed more time!
 
They did a great job with the presentation of everything.

Definitely has been frustrating as an alum and fan to be left in the dark this whole time, but it's nice to have it confirmed that they were doing what they could behind the scenes.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Understood, except Illinois and Wisconsin would be better replaced with Pitt and maybe Purdue geographically (or Syracuse and BC if you aren't eliminating all private schools). I was simply proposing that those high end FBS football playing privates could walk away at some point and form a league that would rival the Ivy league.
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Pitt is private (They are a state-related, quasi-public. It might be the weirdest arrangement in all of higher education.) which is why I did not include them or Syracuse.

But agree. And I hope they do. More seats at the table for schools who actually want to be there to try to compete.
 
MattMang23 said:
Pitt is private (They are a state-related, quasi-public. It might be the weirdest arrangement in all of higher education.) which is why I did not include them or Syracuse.

But agree. And I hope they do. More seats at the table for schools who actually want to be there to try to compete.
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Isn't that how many of the schools in PA are classified? Even Penn State because they get very little of their annual funding from the state and have no government appointees on their board. I thought PA had some unusual arrangement like that where they called them "state-related" instead of public like most other states do.
 
MattMang23 said:
Pitt is private (They are a state-related, quasi-public. It might be the weirdest arrangement in all of higher education.) which is why I did not include them or Syracuse.

But agree. And I hope they do. More seats at the table for schools who actually want to be there to try to compete.
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All schools in Penn have the same set-up--but they are state schools funded by the gov't.

Just because the schools have no state oversight, it doesn't mean they are private.

They are state subsidized with a duty to educate state citizens.

Penn State has the same set-up as Pitt. They don't need to report their financials (but they do it anyway).
 
HoopsFan21 said:
Isn't that how many of the schools in PA are classified? Even Penn State because they get very little of their annual funding from the state and have no government appointees on their board. I thought PA had some unusual arrangement like that where they called them "state-related" instead of public like most other states do.
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Correct.
 
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Then I stand corrected. I understood their categorization wrong.
 
MattMang23 said:
Then I stand corrected. I understood their categorization wrong.
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There really are two systems.... there's PASSHE which is a lot like the directional Connecticut schools (Kutztown, Clarion, UIP, etc)... and then there's Temple, Pitt, and Penn State. I don't think the later three get as much funding from the state. It's just odd.
 
shizzle787 said:
Scarcasm, but the truth of the matter is, hockey is beginning to die.
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Ummm Las Vegas just paid $500 million for a franchise... Hockey's got such a broad international fan base... it's not going anywhere... neither is baseball or basketball. The NFL actually even though it's the biggest now... might have the biggest risk. There's absolutely zero fan interest outside the USA. It's why the games in Mexico City and London keep happening.
 
whaler11 said:
I'm not sure that will end up being true. Don't be surprised if some schools get paid to go away and compete at a level where they can have success.

At some point it's going to be very difficult for Clemson and FSU to subsidize say Wake Forest and still grow their top line.
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I think the top football programs spinning off might be more likely to happen. They seem happy to play basketball with the Wake Forest and Indiana's... and ESPN seems happy to pay for it. It's not even that they mind playing Wake and Indiana in football every other year... you got to get easy wins somewhere. It's will ESPN and Fox be willing to continue to pay for it.
 
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huskymedic said:
Courant: UConn Compiled Massive Package For Big 12, Touting Academics And Athletics

>>UConn spent $43,000 to compile the presentation, with most of the work done by the school. The university plans to use the material gathered for marketing, student recruitment and fundraising.<<
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All things considered, $43K isn't all that much and they're right that it's great material for student and student-athlete recruitment. There's a whole lot of material there to put into a TV commercial.
 
JMick said:
That's impressively cheap.
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brasssbonanzaa said:
All things considered, $43K isn't all that much and they're right that it's great material for student and student-athlete recruitment. There's a whole lot of material there to put into a TV commercial.
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I wasn't complaining... I saw figures of $10K-$15k being thrown about somewhere and knew from personal experience w/ RFPs/RFI's/Due Diligence packets it couldn't have been that cheap (maybe it was other schools?) This research data/production will be the gift that keeps on giving. I'm sure they have a bunch more that just didn't concisely fit in somewhere or was redundant.
 
The Houston power point was pretty weak.

Aside from the fact their athletic history pales to ours (admittedly they have a richer football history) all of their projects were "projected" where we have our top notch football and basketball facilities built.
 
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HungryHuskies said:
Videos like those really make me smile because I realize that I am a husky forever regardless of what conference we are in
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My, brother, a UConn Med School grad, long ago left this area. He is affiliated with the UofA in Tucson. He is a "forever" Husky - wearing his UConn regalia to their BB games for which he has season tickets. He, like me, developed his love of everything Husky from the the days of Toby Kimball and Wes Bialosuknia. Your attitude, which I share, will be our savior. We will get there, just delayed..
 
ConnHuskBask said:
The Houston power point was pretty weak.

Aside from the fact their athletic history pales to ours (admittedly they have a richer football history) all of their projects were "projected" where we have our top notch football and basketball facilities built.
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Three words:

Jim....Freaking....Nantz
 
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