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[Ldandy]

The Big East don't want those programs UConn would be the exception.

For all we know The Big East is fine as it is currently configured and doesn't want anybody including UCONN. We are speaking in hypothetical dealings. JMO but basketball CAN survive in The AAC even if the games are bit less interesting to your fans. Football as an independent could bring the entire AD down should The AAC Balk at this proposed arrangement.

 

[uchusky32]

The Big East isn't taking Uconn for basketball only to see it leave in a few years. The notion that the Big East would make an exception for us knowing we are trying to get into the P5 for football is absurd.

 

[Ha Who]

The Big East isn't taking Uconn for basketball only to see it leave in a few years. The notion that the Big East would make an exception for us knowing we are trying to get into the P5 for football is absurd.

I guess the moonshine isn't only flowing in West Virginia

 

[whaler11]

If UConn told the AAC they were moving the basketball program they would just punt the football program with it and wouldn't lose a second of sleep.

UConn has no leverage with the AAC because anyone with any sense realizes there is nowhere else to put the football team.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

If UConn told the AAC they were moving the basketball program they would just punt the football program with it and wouldn't lose a second of sleep.

UConn has no leverage with the AAC because anyone with any sense realizes there is nowhere else to put the football team.

Insert Nelson's response of saying everyone is OK with the AAC and that nobody else has any other alternative solutions and we're content to die on the vine yada, yada, yada.

 

[whaler11]

Insert Nelson's response of saying everyone is OK with the AAC and that nobody else has any other alternative solutions and we're content to die on the vine yada, yada, yada.

It's similar to what they told Hank Greenberg. We can finish last without you.

When you get no revenue... oh no we went from 1.9 million to 1.4 million!

Temple would be glad to take the recruits. ECU, UCF, USF, Tulane, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa and SMU would all be happy to never set foot in Rentschler again.

Cinci and Navy would feel a twinge for a second, download Tinder and be over it in 48 hours.

 

[Fishy]

We're not going to throw the entire athletic department into chaos for an extra million dollars a year.

An extra million, btw, that will likely evaporate the next time the Big East signs a television contract.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

We're not going to throw the entire athletic department into chaos for an extra million dollars a year.

An extra million, btw, that will likely evaporate the next time the Big East signs a television contract.

As opposed to lighting $25MM that we don't have on fire every year in the hope that we will get a windfall in the form of a P5 invitation, that will have a multi-year buy in towards a future pot of gold that would likely evaporate the next time the Big 12 or ACC signs a TV contract.

No matter what your position on the future (P5 invite or no P5 invite), remaining in the AAC is a mistake.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

It's similar to what they told Hank Greenberg. We can finish last without you.

When you get no revenue... oh no we went from 1.9 million to 1.4 million!

Temple would be glad to take the recruits. ECU, UCF, USF, Tulane, Memphis, Houston, Tulsa and SMU would all be happy to never set foot in Rentschler again.

Cinci and Navy would feel a twinge for a second, download Tinder and be over it in 48 hours.

If none of them want to schedule us, then why are we in a league with them in the first place?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Insert Nelson's response of saying everyone is OK with the AAC and that nobody else has any other alternative solutions and we're content to die on the vine yada, yada, yada.

If UConn does not have a Big 12 (or other P5) invitation by the end of this round of realignment, our athletic program is going to look very different in a few years.

 

[Fishy]

You would have to be a garden-variety idiot to euthanize our athletic program Nelson-style.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

If UConn does not have a Big 12 (or other P5) invitation by the end of this round of realignment, our athletic program is going to look very different in a few years.

No kidding. If our football less athletic department is in the Big East as a hoop only school it will a lot different too.

We all know it's P5 or bust. Need a team in the most relevant league we can play in.

 

[whaler11]

If none of them want to schedule us, then why are we in a league with them in the first place?

Well UConn has no options. UConn was in the league where added so they didn't really have the ability to say no.

 

[whaler11]

You would have to be a garden-variety idiot to euthanize our athletic program Nelson-style.

Pretty sure those types of idiots are more rare. Like a four leaf clover or a white lobster.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Well UConn has no options. UConn was in the league where added so they didn't really have the ability to say no.

I agree that UConn no longer has any options. UConn will be in the Big 12 or the A 10 within 10 years.

 

[whaler11]

I agree that UConn no longer has any options. UConn will be in the Big 12 or the A 10 within 10 years.

Big 12, ACC or A-10 I guess.

Is your position today to go football independent and A-10 or Big East in basketball. Can you please put your strategy today on the record?

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Big 12, ACC or A-10 I guess.

Is your position today to go football independent and A-10 or Big East in basketball. Can you please put your strategy today on the record?

You're saying if no P5 movement, we'd be forced to drop football and go A10 for hoop? I'd think we'd just stay AAC, no? Are A10 games even on TV?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Big 12, ACC or A-10 I guess.

Is your position today to go football independent and A-10 or Big East in basketball. Can you please put your strategy today on the record?

I have written novels on my position, and it is too late to do any of it now. We are in a terrible basketball conference and a bad football conference, and the only things keeping our athletic program remotely relevant are Geno and KO, along with Herbst's willingness to spend like a drunken sailor. It is safe to assume that the athletic department's allowance will be cut off soon.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

You're saying if no P5 movement, we'd be forced to drop football and go A10 for hoop? I'd think we'd just stay AAC, no? Are A10 games even on TV?

The spending on football is completely unsustainable. If we do not get into a P5 league soon, then either we will drop football and go A10, or we will downgrade the program to MAC level, recruiting only locally and selling our schedule to P5 opponents. I don't know if Herbst or the BoT would want a football program competing at that level, so they may just shut it down altogether.

 

[whaler11]

You're saying if no P5 movement, we'd be forced to drop football and go A10 for hoop? I'd think we'd just stay AAC, no? Are A10 games even on TV?

If UConn isn't in a major conference in ten years I could see the school dropping football. They have the advantage of a supportive state government today - if that changed and there was really no hope of getting out... I don't think it's impossible they give up on football.

Especially if in the Northeast the game loses players due to safety concerns. What is already a bad recruiting area could go barren.

I still don't think the Big 12 is expanding soon.

In a decade I'd put it at:
ACC: 50%
AAC: 25%
Big 12: 20%
BE/A-10 5%

 

[whaler11]

I have written novels on my position, and it is too late to do any of it now. We are in a terrible basketball conference and a bad football conference, and the only things keeping our athletic program remotely relevant are Geno and KO, along with Herbst's willingness to spend like a drunken sailor. It is safe to assume that the athletic department's allowance will be cut off soon.

How about one paragraph on exactly what they should do today?

 

[whaler11]

You're saying if no P5 movement, we'd be forced to drop football and go A10 for hoop? I'd think we'd just stay AAC, no? Are A10 games even on TV?

NBCS has the A10 basketball TV contract today. Not that it matters much when looking forward a decade.

 

[djct1999]

I agree that UConn no longer has any options. UConn will be in the Big 12 or the A 10 within 10 years.

The A10 with UConn is arguably better than the new Big East. So there's that.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The A10 with UConn is arguably better than the new Big East. So there's that.

Then you should be very happy with the outcome, and can say "I told you so" when UConn is playing Duquesne with a bid to the CBI hanging in the balance.

 

[dwalks93]

If the Big12 does not expand and/or UConn is not selected for Big12 expansion then UConn should hold in the AAC.

Conference expansion is not over regardless of what the Big 12 does this summer. The GORs for the ACC/Big12 run out in 2025 and it does take a "mathlete" to see the growing financial disparity between the SEC/BIG and ACC/Big12. If even one team were to leave the ACC/Big12, UConn is the natural next up. That mean if a GT finally decides to punch to the BIG or a NC St. accepts an SEC invite then UConn is a natural 2nd partner for the BIG or a replacement school for the ACC. It is almost impossible to believe an ACC school or Big12 school won't move for a $15 million per year increase. If you want to anticipate expansion....follow the money

UConn cannot infinitely sustain its current model but, worst case scenario, we are talking another 7 years and probably less than that...If after 2025 no team defects from the ACC/Big12 then UConn may need to consider draconian choices like moving back to the BE but for now we need to stay on the path.

Quitting a mile before the finish line is the worst kind of failure. UConn is going to get to the P5...the only question is how long we will need to suffer.