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CL82 said:
Feel like if we are really going with truth in advertising there ought to be an ESPN logo on Pacman.
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No ESPiN would be on the face of the coin used in order to play the game!
 
LOL at the protesting. I feel stupid for not realizing that Delany knew the BTN would not have a problem before inviting Rutgers. I thought it would be a war. It was not.
 
CTGoonie said:
Getting the cable companies to add the BTN is not a big deal. It's how much the companies are paying for it. Delany probably let them get it for it cheap knowing the key was to just to get added for now. They can negotiate the higher fees once they get start getting actual viewers
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UConn (FIFY)
 
whaler11 said:
LOL at the protesting. I feel stupid for not realizing that Delany knew the BTN would not have a problem before inviting Rutgers. I thought it would be a war. It was not.
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It makes sense that Delany knew he'd have NJ locked up beforehand ( why else take the monumental disaster that is Rutgers).

NJ alone from a tv dollars standpoint made the Rutgers invite worthwhile.

It appears BTN also has had an easy time getting on basic in NYC. Unless I missed it, I haven't seen the carriage rates in the city yet.

From a UConn perspective it seems bleak. Even with CT and a bump in NYC carriage, it's tough to see us paying for ourselves.

Feel like the only hope is the ACC doing another contract " look in" and our football will be back to respectability and maybe we get a look, possibly with west Virginia?

All in all... Seems pretty bleak.

Most realistic change I still think is a Big12 blow up and merge with AAC.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
It makes sense that Delany knew he'd have NJ locked up beforehand ( why else take the monumental disaster that is Rutgers).

NJ alone from a tv dollars standpoint made the Rutgers invite worthwhile.

It appears BTN also has had an easy time getting on basic in NYC. Unless I missed it, I haven't seen the carriage rates in the city yet.

From a UConn perspective it seems bleak. Even with CT and a bump in NYC carriage, it's tough to see us paying for ourselves.

Feel like the only hope is the ACC doing another contract " look in" and our football will be back to respectability and maybe we get a look, possibly with west Virginia?

All in all... Seems pretty bleak.

Most realistic change I still think is a Big12 blow up and merge with AAC.
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The problem with an ACC look-in is that ESPN owns the entire AAC for the price of a single ACC team.

I think you've got the short term reality: Hope that the Big 12 either blows up or needs to expand.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
It makes sense that Delany knew he'd have NJ locked up beforehand ( why else take the monumental disaster that is Rutgers).

NJ alone from a tv dollars standpoint made the Rutgers invite worthwhile.

It appears BTN also has had an easy time getting on basic in NYC. Unless I missed it, I haven't seen the carriage rates in the city yet.

From a UConn perspective it seems bleak. Even with CT and a bump in NYC carriage, it's tough to see us paying for ourselves.

Feel like the only hope is the ACC doing another contract " look in" and our football will be back to respectability and maybe we get a look, possibly with west Virginia?

All in all... Seems pretty bleak.

Most realistic change I still think is a Big12 blow up and merge with AAC.
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$2 × 1.4M x 12 = $34.4M × 50% = $17.2M

Tell me how we don't pay for ourselves?
 
whaler11 said:
The problem with an ACC look-in is that ESPN owns the entire AAC for the price of a single ACC team.

I think you've got the short term reality: Hope that the Big 12 either blows up or needs to expand.
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I was thinking about that with regards to the ACC/AAC pay outs per team/whole league.

Hypothetically, by the time this look in would occur, say they grab UConn/WVU (as the Big12 GOR wouldn't be so many years out).

From there you'd have basically the combined Big East (football) and ACC - or what should've happened years ago.

Have all teams under the ACC umbrella from Boston to Miami ( aside from NJ).

I think fan interest and ratings will ultimately suffer as rivalries cease to exist or fade awaay.

Just highlight the rivalry games in both sports - no need for divisions two highest ranked teams play for the ACC CG and in basketball just play your rivals twice.

I've seen Michigan fans complaining about their home slate of Maryland, Penn state, Indiana and Minnesota and I imagine FSU wwon't be happy with a BC, Pitt type double dip, where as vs UConn/WVU those are bigger games.

Just my rambling thoughts tho..
 
ConnHuskBask said:
I was thinking about that with regards to the ACC/AAC pay outs per team/whole league.

Hypothetically, by the time this look in would occur, say they grab UConn/WVU (as the Big12 GOR wouldn't be so many years out).

From there you'd have basically the combined Big East (football) and ACC - or what should've happened years ago.

Have all teams under the ACC umbrella from Boston to Miami ( aside from NJ).

I think fan interest and ratings will ultimately suffer as rivalries cease to exist or fade awaay.

Just highlight the rivalry games in both sports - no need for divisions two highest ranked teams play for the ACC CG and in basketball just play your rivals twice.

I've seen Michigan fans complaining about their home slate of Maryland, Penn state, Indiana and Minnesota and I imagine FSU wwon't be happy with a BC, Pitt type double dip, where as vs UConn/WVU those are bigger games.

Just my rambling thoughts tho..
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It's going to take a long time but I think that the dismantling of rivalries will be a huge issue in college sports. Until the TV money dries up they won't notice.
 
whaler11 said:
It's going to take a long time but I think that the dismantling of rivalries will be a huge issue in college sports. Until the TV money dries up they won't notice.
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Good point, while the TV money is here for the foreseeable future, there is bound to be a tipping point.

I often wonder if college sports will eventually kill the golden goose, but think as a disgruntled UConn fan (CR wise) I'm too biased to judge.

If you step back and really look at the conference landscape it really is profound how absurd these conferences have become.
 
Alright: This thread is sounding like the classical 5 stages of grief. So which stage are we currently in?:
1. Denial 2.Anger 3.Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

(end of Psych 101 thoughts-it's been so long I don't even remember if I took the class in Arjona, Monteith, or summer session at the Waterbury Branch)
 
coachcap said:
Alright: This thread is sounding like the classical 5 stages of grief. So which stage are we currently in?:
1. Denial 2.Anger 3.Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

(end of Psych 101 thoughts-it's been so long I don't even remember if I took the class in Arjona, Monteith, or summer session at the Waterbury Branch)
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Acceptance
 
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coachcap said:
Alright: This thread is sounding like the classical 5 stages of grief. So which stage are we currently in?:
1. Denial 2.Anger 3.Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

(end of Psych 101 thoughts-it's been so long I don't even remember if I took the class in Arjona, Monteith, or summer session at the Waterbury Branch)
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Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross. We watched a video in high school.
Anger/Acceptance.
 
coachcap said:
Alright: This thread is sounding like the classical 5 stages of grief. So which stage are we currently in?:
1. Denial 2.Anger 3.Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance

(end of Psych 101 thoughts-it's been so long I don't even remember if I took the class in Arjona, Monteith, or summer session at the Waterbury Branch)
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F) all of the above?
 
Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · Jun 25
@Transic_nyc That’s huge that BTN is on basic. That means huge $ as subscribers pay top $ for it regardless if they want it or not.

Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · Jun 25
“It indicates that the Eastern initiative is moving forward in the direction we hoped it would…”Delany said - Damn scary.
  1. Blaine Phipps ‏@bephipps Jun 25
    “@theDudeofWV: what is the "Eastern initiative"?

  2. Christopher Lambert @theDudeofWV · Jun 25
    @bephipps You mean operation “Kill the ACC”? The $ UMD & RU added to the BTN advantage.
 
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To me, the ACC has a second chance to get it right. UConn and the ACC need to come to an understanding. It may not be today or tomorrow but it has to be soon. You belong in a real and competitive Eastern conference.
 
CoastAtlantic said:
To me, the ACC has a second chance to get it right. UConn and the ACC need to come to an understanding. It may not be today or tomorrow but it has to be soon. You belong in a real and competitive Eastern conference.
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Worried?
 
Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 2m
The fact that the BTN is on basic cable in the NY TV puts the B1G in a great position to expand if the ACC exit fee is ruled punitive.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 1m
If that occurs the B1G will attack the ACC GoR by arguing the B12 terms set the fair market standard & ACC schools signed under duress.

Christopher Lambert ‏@theDudeofWV 39s
My opinion is that both the ACC & B12 are secure. I don’t see any ACC school taking the risk despite the huge difference in $.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
I was thinking about that with regards to the ACC/AAC pay outs per team/whole league.

Hypothetically, by the time this look in would occur, say they grab UConn/WVU (as the Big12 GOR wouldn't be so many years out).

From there you'd have basically the combined Big East (football) and ACC - or what should've happened years ago.

Have all teams under the ACC umbrella from Boston to Miami ( aside from NJ).

I think fan interest and ratings will ultimately suffer as rivalries cease to exist or fade awaay.

Just highlight the rivalry games in both sports - no need for divisions two highest ranked teams play for the ACC CG and in basketball just play your rivals twice.

I've seen Michigan fans complaining about their home slate of Maryland, Penn state, Indiana and Minnesota and I imagine FSU wwon't be happy with a BC, Pitt type double dip, where as vs UConn/WVU those are bigger games.

Just my rambling thoughts tho..
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@aside from (NJ,MD,Del,WV,Penn(outside Pitt),NYC and DC metro)!!
 
:confused::mad:Hear what he said ? Ride on>>> Too MEeee!!! Scene from The Magnificent 7 with an astonished Eli Wallach playing the Mexican bandits(60/70) leader being told by 7 gringo's to move on!! RIP Eli Wallach....same might now be said to the ACC after letting a huge chunk of the eastern corrider evaporate into a heretofore percieved midwestern conference to a national conference in the blink of an eye "in 1 baffling move". Keep MD and add NJ/NYC/Conn would have set the ACC up until the next millenium as a top P5 or an even or better basis than the SEC/B1G!! Swoffy just needed a little foresight.
 
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