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Winning championships.
Memphis proposing lucrative offer to join Big 12, but it lacks support from conference leadership: Sources
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At least they have some backers we have Senator Tweedledee and Tweedledum
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UConn>>>>>>>>>>Memphis. This doesn’t mean we’re never getting in. Memphis would be a very bleh add for any conference. Our football program needs to improve, but adding UConn would be a much more hyped add from the media because of the basketball excellence.
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This is not the kind of rejection you want going public.
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That’s because the Big 12 didn’t believe them.
If they can deliver $250M in sponsors then why would they need the Big 12?
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UConn > Memphis + 200 mil.
They've shot themselves in the foot too imo as, if they go begging to the acc, they'll want 200 mil too.
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I am probably in the minority on this, but I believe that Memphis to the Big East is a no brainer for both the conference and Memphis. If Memphis has the kind of money that is being discussed in these reports their football can survive as an independent.
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So what, they can bolt first chance they get?
Throw in 175 mil and maybe the BE can...
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You are the only one
Why is it a no brainer?
Why do the catholic schools want another state school that just wants to leave?
Why would we kneecap our precious double round robin for that skank of a school that is third most popular college sports team in its own city.
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They do not. Fedex and Lowes were going to put up that $ in sponsorship fees for B12. School is broke otherwise, supposedly cannot pay for football stadium renovations that are halfway done.
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The ACC will take it in a heartbeat.
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At some point soon, memphis will come to the same realization that uconn did 6 years ago. Big East basketball plus indy football is a much better option than "the American".
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They aren’t getting into the Big East.
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In the Athletic article, part of the issue is that the AAC teams that moved up outside of Houston's men's basketball program, have all brought very little to nothing to the table. Hence, Memphis's insane offer to kick them out if they can't get traction in 4 years.
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If no brainer means having no brain, then you are correct.
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Problem is they are the wrong championships.
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Maybe we need a program to offset the sludge that is Seton Hall? Read about their president, his predecessor. Read about the baseball program.
Maybe we just want an actual legit basketball program to balance the likes of the Hall, Georgetown, Butler and DePaul. I don’t love Memphis but really when when you are a small conference and 25% of your members are basically low mid majors or worse and 2 others are A10 caliber you need to think of ways to stay viable.
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If Fed Ex really decides to get serious they can buy Memphis way in . The 2 big shipping companies UPS and FedEx have a lot of pull in many circles both money wise and political.
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This is what is currently in the Big East.
Is Memphis really worse? I don’t see it.
Is Memphis really worse? I don’t see it.
While it was a big offer from Memphis, I can see why it wasn’t too attractive to the big 12.
It’s a lot of money but spread over multiple years and throughout all the different schools in the conference it’s not a game changer.
And having to kick out a school after a few years might make it low risk financially but it’s not a good look for anyone
Whatever you thought UConn’s chances were I don’t think it changes them too much, but if they did ever decide to come for UConn they could certainly use this as leverage to give us a worse deal
It’s a lot of money but spread over multiple years and throughout all the different schools in the conference it’s not a game changer.
And having to kick out a school after a few years might make it low risk financially but it’s not a good look for anyone
Whatever you thought UConn’s chances were I don’t think it changes them too much, but if they did ever decide to come for UConn they could certainly use this as leverage to give us a worse deal
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Memphis is a giant grift. They are having trouble funding the stadium upgrade that is in progress. They have all kinds of recruiting violations. It's in a corrupt dump of a city. It's not even the most popular college team in the city.
Nobody knows Memphis State better than the Big 12.
Seton Hall is already in. It's like saying the B1G should add LIU to compensate for Rutgers.
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If it wasn’t obvious before it is now. UConn’s only hope of finding a conference home for football is joining a watered down ACC with Memphis and USF etc.
The ACC exit fee drops to a low of $75mill in 2030-31 so 2032 is the earliest that can happen.
The ACC exit fee drops to a low of $75mill in 2030-31 so 2032 is the earliest that can happen.