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Memphis proposing lucrative offer to join Big 12, but it lacks support from conference leadership: Sources

Not opposed to Memphis joining the BE for Olympic sports anymore since we’ve got no shot at the big12 and a watered down ACC will take us both eventually.
 
That Guy said:
The doom and gloom here is crazy. We get a few more very good football seasons under our belt combined with basketball continuing to be elite and I can see an invite in our future.
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Please get help
 
RuffRuff said:
Screw the Rent and that gaping @#$#hole and start playing annual games in Fenway/Fox/NYC.
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I like the out-of-the box thinking. Does the state require that we play all home games at Rentschler Field? I know that we pay the State to play there.
 
RuffRuff said:
Maybe we do but if that’s what handcuffs the needed creativity to strengthen our brand then we never had a chance anyway. Not sure when the threshold to blow up football is, but I’d be pulling all tricks to appeal to guys like Yormark, sacrificing some Rent rev, until then. One step backwards two steps forward. The status quo, even some moderate winning, is unlikely to get it done.
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Apparently nothing is getting it done short of buying our way in for ~$300million. But the status quo should be good enough to get into the ACC in 2030 after they lose their biggest brands to the P3. If it’s not than bye bye football.
 
It really sucks college sports is in a place where a brand like Memphis has to offer 250 million dollars to even have a chance of fair competition. We better get comfortable.
 
baggerbob said:
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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No, they cannot.

Where do people come up with these things?
 
RuffRuff said:
This is biased, but what makes Memphis attractive other than FedEx money? Highest crime rate in the country, seems the BB program is always under scandal. FB program hasn’t done much, it’s a city school with low end academics. The whole school has a layer of grime on it. Bringing in Memphis feels like bringing a Casino into Darien. They got no choice but to pay up.
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Nothing.

It’s an awful school in an awful city in an awful part of the country.

We already knew that no power conference even wanted to speak to them, but now we know that it’s so bad that you can put $250,000,000 next to Memphis and they’re still not pretty enough to date.
 
Huskyforlife said:
It really sucks college sports is in a place where a brand like Memphis has to offer 250 million dollars to even have a chance of fair competition. We better get comfortable.
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I'm not sure what leads you to believe that Memphis, as a brand has any positive capital.

They had a three decade stretch (beginning in the late 1970's) where their football program had zero winning seasons. The flagship of their athletic department (men's basketball) has with very few exceptions followed quality seasons with sanctions for some violations.

They aren't a program that a conference of any substance would look at.

That said, from what I know about the bulk of the membership of the current BE, our conference would not turn down that financial offer.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
They aren't a program that a conference of any substance would look at.

That said, from what I know about the bulk of the membership of the current BE, our conference would not turn down that financial offer.
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Agree with both statements.

One wonders of Memphis would have made it it's $250 million play for big 12 membership if it didn't think it had a place to park it's basketball and Olympic sports.
 
bendm said:
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.
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Funny you should mention this. After this thread came up I took to chatGPT for some CR questions and answers. I requested concise, one word answers unless otherwise specified.
Will UConn get an invite from the Big12? No
Will UConn ever join another conference? Yes
Which one? ACC
When? 2030
With who? Likely Memphis, USF or WVU
Who will UConn replace in the ACC? FSU or Clemson
In 2030, which conference will be more dominant, the Big12 or ACC? Big12
Where will FSU and Clemson go? SEC

Just a robot but fun nonetheless. Seems like AI would agree with your prediction!
 
MKH2317 said:
Funny you should mention this. After this thread came up I took to chatGPT for some CR questions and answers. I requested concise, one word answers unless otherwise specified.
Will UConn get an invite from the Big12? No
Will UConn ever join another conference? Yes
Which one? ACC
When? 2030
With who? Likely Memphis, USF or WVU
Who will UConn replace in the ACC? FSU or Clemson
In 2030, which conference will be more dominant, the Big12 or ACC? Big12
Where will FSU and Clemson go? SEC

Just a robot but fun nonetheless. Seems like AI would agree with your prediction!
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The robot doesn’t know about Rule 1.
 
The Big 12 just got the Corner 4 windfall and whatever your opinion is of the Corner 4, it was a major coup. I personally think they were huge additions

The Big 12 isn't going to follow that up with Memphis. In terms of perceptions, that's like 4 steps forward, 5 back

UConn may not get a Big 12 offer but it is still a much better candidate than Memphis. All Memphis did was show desperation and rejection

$200 million in sponsorship. Big Pffffffft. It's not like each program is receiving a one-time $12 mill cash payment which wouldn't mean much anyway. I don't even know what that would look like. Free Fed-Ex commercials? That's BS. Money talks and BS takes the bus
 
If you want to see a place that is fully off the rails and have some schadenfreude then check out the AAC and Realignmeny boards on csnbbs.
 
This whole thing amazes me. Memphis is willng to drop a quarter bil to get into a conference under a structure that currently doesn't have any control over payroll costs. So they want to make this "investment" without any way of knowing what the return (or more likely.....burn) will be. Major college athletics is fully off the rails. They are so far afield from academic mission on this it's sad. Decades ago the Ivies made exactly the right call.
 
RuffRuff said:
RuffRuff said:
This is biased, but what makes Memphis attractive other than FedEx money? Highest crime rate in the country, seems the BB program is always under scandal. FB program hasn’t done much, it’s a city school with low end academics. The whole school has a layer of grime on it. Bringing in Memphis feels like bringing a Casino into Darien. They got no choice but to pay up.
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For sure, a flagship from a big, important state like Connecticut wouldn't want to join any conference with dreaded "city school" members like Boston College, Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Miami, or Syracuse. That rules out the ACC and B12. Maybe UConn should sew up the valuable New England market by building and joining a new conference around a nucleus of state flagships like Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Maybe entice NY to declare a state flagship and add it. Grudgingly admit Delaware even though it's down the coast, and then invite some prestigious private schools like Bates, Colby, and a few others. Done!
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