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jostar1 said:
Maybe it's a key tweet.
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False alarm. His LinkedIn says "Beat reporter covering the Nebraska football and women's basketball teams", so maybe women's basketball is the connection.
 
I wonder if this rumored Big East deal is in line with the Big 10's or ACC's basketball contracts. I think basketball gets more valuable in streaming relative to football than it was in linear. Volume of entertainment matters in streaming. I suspect the splits on the P4 contracts are more weighted towards basketball than most sportswriters give it credit for.
 
Hoophound said:
Crazy. However, if it is anywhere near accurate, it would be a tough decision to leave it for a withering ACC that could actually see a pay reduction. Things could get complicated.

This is the second time I’ve heard this number. My guess is that the number of years is off. Make that 6 year deal a 9 year deal and we are right at 10 mill per school. Seems more likely.
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We’re currently locked into a $30,000:000 exit fee for 6 years
Which diminishes in steps after that
If the Big East Contract is $15,000,000 that mind boggling
and probably means were expanding
Howeverv thats an investment they have to have protect .
Does that come with a GOR ?
or a some other penalty clause if we leave.
 
AZHuskiePop said:
We’re currently locked into a $30,000:000 exit fee for 6 years
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That would be six years after we joined which was in 2020. So there's only two years left until the drop down to 15 million. If I recall correctly it stays at $15M for years seven through nine, and drops to $10M at year 10.
 
JMick said:
There's no way the six years is true if it's "almost" $1b unless "almost" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Maybe it's 600/6 with some sort of mutual option to renew to 900/9

Unless they somehow think women's basketball is going to be huge and we did a lot of heavy lifting there
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You're way lowballing. 12 a year would be satisfactory, 15/15+ would be a big win.
 
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superjohn said:
You're way lowballing. 12 a year would be satisfactory, 15/15+ would be a big win.
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I could see these numbers but UConn would have to stay in the conference for the full 6 years or Big East contract would be worth much less. I would think the networks would want to guarantee that by putting in a new GOR with the signing of the new Big East contract.
 
There is only one basketball court that says on it “Basketball Capital of the World”.

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jostar1 said:
Why is a Nebraska sports editor and columnist thinking about UConn?
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Correct question:
Why ISNT the Iowa (or NY or MI or OH or NC or SC ...) sports editor and columnist thinking about UConn?
 
Rufus said:
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I guess they tried but they even had the geese flying in formation, intentionally

"And the surface incorporates a tribute to the arena's namesake, Matthew Knight, who passed away in 2004. Near each baseline are images of Ducks flying in a "missing man" formation, with a gap in the flying-V formation to symbolize the legacy and memory of Matthew Knight."

goducks.com

New MKA Floor Design Unveiled - University of Oregon Athletics

The court in Matthew Knight Arena has a fresh new look for Oregon's first season in the Big Ten Conference.
goducks.com goducks.com
 
Maybe it wasn’t ducks being referenced. Maybe the goose… who laid the golden egg.
 
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I’ve actually noticed a few places lately, that UConn is not expected to want to leave the Big East because of our obvious success. That may be why the guy above mentioned a scheduling agreement. He may think that we would not be interested in a diluted ACC. I’m not sure the people saying this stuff are really considering the financial aspects of it, but even during March madness, it was mentioned that we just belong in the Big East and that’s our identity. Given that Syracuse and Boston College have completely lost their identity, it isn’t crazy thinking. These guys just fail to consider the finances when saying this stuff.
 
Hoophound said:
I’ve actually noticed a few places lately, that UConn is not expected to want to leave the Big East because of our obvious success. That may be why the guy above mentioned a scheduling agreement. He may think that we would not be interested in a diluted ACC. I’m not sure the people saying this stuff are really considering the financial aspects of it, but even during March madness, it was mentioned that we just belong in the Big East and that’s our identity. Given that Syracuse and Boston College have completely lost their identity, it isn’t crazy thinking. These guys just fail to consider the finances when saying this stuff.
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I thought he was saying to add UConn for basketball and a scheduling agreement for football. That is what I say No to.
 
jostar1 said:
I thought he was saying to add UConn for basketball and a scheduling agreement for football. That is what I say No to.
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Maybe, either way, he doesn’t understand our motivations. There are even scenarios where people predict the endgame and show Notre Dame and us as the last two independents. That’s clearly because they think that we would never give up our Big East affiliation, especially to join a non-power conference. It just kind of seems like the average Joe might think we’re very comfortable in the Big East and as a football independent. Remember, a lot of these people think we don’t care about football so their assumption that the Big East is paramount to us is understandable.
 
Hoophound said:
I’ve actually noticed a few places lately, that UConn is not expected to want to leave the Big East because of our obvious success. That may be why the guy above mentioned a scheduling agreement. He may think that we would not be interested in a diluted ACC. I’m not sure the people saying this stuff are really considering the financial aspects of it, but even during March madness, it was mentioned that we just belong in the Big East and that’s our identity. Given that Syracuse and Boston College have completely lost their identity, it isn’t crazy thinking. These guys just fail to consider the finances when saying this stuff.
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Wouldn’t we be less likely to leave the Big East if all they gave was a scheduling agreement for football?

It’s insulting to think we would leave for less.
 
jostar1 said:
I thought he was saying to add UConn for basketball and a scheduling agreement for football. That is what I say No to.
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When I first read the tweet, this is what I interpreted as well. But then I read it again and felt like he was saying UConn basketball would stay in the big east but football would have a schedule agreement. Now I’m leaning back towards a basketball only invite. He doesn’t elaborate well on this viewpoint
 
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