Mmm, there are a lot of numbers which are more meh. $8.5M firmly establishes us at the most valuable of the G5. Not where we want to be mind you but better that many predicted.
We've had stormcrows on here for years explaining how the cable cutters had taken all the money of out of media deals and to expect no increase in revenue, and quite possible a decrease. They were wrong.
We've had the business geniuses on here reminding us that without a bidder another bidder, there was no reason for ESPN to increase our deal. They were wrong.
We've had the college sports geniuses telling us to shutter the football program and move to the Dig East because it made a nominal amount more than our old deal. They were wrong.
What this deal does is validate that our current conference, while not where we want to be, is the best option open to us at this time. Most of us knew that. Now we all do.
Sure you do. Are you saying you don't even realize it? Lol, that's kind of sad. Your go to move is to attack the intelligence or otherwise assign a pejorative to anyone who disagrees with you. If you want I can point out the next time. We won't have to wait long it's you modus operandi.
Again disagreeing with you isn't "attacking" you, it just disagreeing. You get that that is kind of the point of posting stuff to a message board right?
Okay, I'll take you up this, just to make a point. Show me where in this thread I said " people who say there was one bidder were SO WRONG, but I won’t claim there is another bidder." I'll wait. When you find your quote, be sure to reread it and make sure it says what you think it does. This is one of those times that reading comprehension matters. I'll wait.
Really though, relax. This is boring for me. I'm sure it is for everyone else as well.
Let’s see.
First you start off with 8.5 million which is the projected full payment including bowls and ncaa credits (and has any league actually met the projections). You’ll say ‘i wasn’t talking about just the media contract’ even though we’ve all been talking about just the media contract all along.
Then you jump to a strawman where people predicted a decrease to due to cord cutting. I don’t remember a single poster claiming the AAC would get a decrease due to cable cutting.
Then we go to sarcastic ‘business geniuses’ (not an attack lol and other people call names and insult intellegence lol) who actually said there was a ceiling because there is one bidder. Shocking the deal had a ceiling and nobody ever came up with even a fantasy bidder. Seems they were more right than the ‘business geniuses’ who screamed about $10 million and no way would they settle in the exclusive period for less.
The Big East geniuses? Lets say the AAC got 6 million. That’s two million more than the Big East and they aren’t losing millions on football - so.... again you made a sarcastic comment on their intellegence.. and they are actually right. Financially UConn would be better off tommorrow if they dropped football and joined the Big East (and that’s with their old contract which doesn’t include UConn’s valuable basketball programs).
Your conclusion is hardly the slam dunk you claim.
Anyway:
1. You attacked those who disagreed with you and insulted their intellegence (which you claim is a no-no!)
2. You either don’t understand the basic facts or intentionally misrepresented them (#sad)
3. Took a victory lap in a situation where you were almost completely and totally wrong in the run-up and in this post
Anyway I know you are super proud of your strawmen and insults but you are consistently and hilariously wrong to a degree that is almost impossible to believe. Stopped clocks cringe in your presense. In light of your record, your arrogance is both puzzling and hilarious.
Edit: Lemme do your response for you.
Feel better now lol. thin skinned strawman. i never said the things you quoted and i never meant any of the things i obviously implied. tell.
. Your tell when you are butt hurt is that you devolve to name calling. Don’t worry little fella. I’m sure they’ll be plenty for you to complain about in the new deal. In the meantime, cold weather in winter kind of sucks. Maybe you can complain about that for a while?
