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[Kolumbo]

As we are finding with the B12 contracts with Fox & ESPN ... there are always ambiguity in out years of deals. Thus, the STATE of CONNECTICUT could take the position that they are far harsher on some open ambiguous clauses ... to force ESPN to favorably affirm UConn' place in the P5 world. Doesn't that make sense to you?

You don't just load $260m on a Truck. And ... at this point ... do we really think it is quite easy to move that massive infrastructure and all those TALENT employees to other regions of the country. Let's be half as wily as the Oklahoma president in this.

I absolutely agree 100% that the state of CT should wield its weight and make some demands from the mickey mouse operation. But it's not because of the tax breaks. It is because of the incredible amount espn/disney has invested in capital projects in bristol. the tax breaks, in my opinion, are ancillary to the much larger investment espn has made in the state.
Disney has built an entire expensive state of the art digital campus for a singular purpose - espn. It can't just up and leave that investment and start over again. I would love to see our leaders step up and say, "Hey, espn, wtf. Get us to the table immediately or we end all tax credits today." Why don't our leaders do that? is there any plausible reason our state leaders don't understand that espn is screwing us? Maybe both sides don't consider $22 million a year that significant. I don't know.

 

[CardiffGiant]

If Uconn does not get an invite, and we learn that ESPN did not do everything they could do to push Uconn into the Big 12, a coordinated effort should be made to flood state legislators/the governor with calls about no further tax credits.

 

[Kolumbo]

If Uconn does not get an invite, and we learn that ESPN did not do everything they could do to push Uconn into the Big 12, a coordinated effort should be made to flood state legislators/the governor with calls about no further tax credits.

espn has not only failed to help UConn, it has outright screwed UConn. Time and again. If you'd like to lead that effort, you have plenty of support here at the Yard.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

That thing reads like it was originally written in Yiddish and google translated into English.

 

[ct06111]

Report: UConn Receives Directions From Big 12 On How To Officially Apply

 

[HoopsFan21]

I absolutely agree 100% that the state of CT should wield its weight and make some demands from the mickey mouse operation. But it's not because of the tax breaks. It is because of the incredible amount espn/disney has invested in capital projects in bristol. the tax breaks, in my opinion, are ancillary to the much larger investment espn has made in the state.
Disney has built an entire expensive state of the art digital campus for a singular purpose - espn. It can't just up and leave that investment and start over again. I would love to see our leaders step up and say, "Hey, espn, wtf. Get us to the table immediately or we end all tax credits today." Why don't our leaders do that? is there any plausible reason our state leaders don't understand that espn is screwing us? Maybe both sides don't consider $22 million a year that significant. I don't know.

You mean besides the part where ESPN sues for breach of contract and wins?

 

[mavblues]

You mean besides the part where ESPN sues for breach of contract and wins?

So you leave the existing tax breaks in place and put a brand new telecommunications tax in place.

 

[HoopsFan21]

So you leave the existing tax breaks in place and put a brand new telecommunications tax in place.

Yeah sure they could do that. Government could literally do anything though. I would prefer our government not operate out of spite.

 

[specialisthusky]

Report: UConn Receives Directions From Big 12 On How To Officially Apply

Good article. Not surprising but I'm glad to hear we are in it.

 

[Jimdish255]

Yeah sure they could do that. Government could literally do anything though. I would prefer our government not operate out of spite.

Not spite, just representing the taxpayers who might benefit from a more cooperative relationship with our longtime partner.

 

[UConnNick]

That article looks like it was written by a third grader who isn't close to being top of the class

Whomever wrote that article has never come remotely close to sitting in a third grade classroom, let alone graduating from the third grade.

 

[Fishy]

So you leave the existing tax breaks in place and put a brand new telecommunications tax in place.

No.

You do roadwork in Bristol. Every day. Forever.

 

[Fishy]

You 'ers can make fun but go ahead and tell me how the Big 12 fails to invite us if we had Jesus in the huddle.

Texas is not saying no to Jesus.

 

[Chin Diesel]

That article looks like it was written by a third grader who isn't close to being top of the class

Really seems like it was written in a foreign language and run through a language translation application.

 

[UConnNick]

You 'ers can make fun but go ahead and tell me how the Big 12 fails to invite us if we had Jesus in the huddle.

Texas is not saying no to Jesus.

But I'm a little confused. Doesn't BYU already have Jesus in their huddle? If Jesus is also in our huddle, then can he be in both huddles at the same time?

This entire process is getting quite complicated. Who knew it would perhaps require a certified ecclesiastical scholar, or possibly a panel of such persons, to serve as paid consultants to advise our administration on the religious ramifications of this CR process?

I do, however, firmly believe that Jesus is a UConn husky.

 

[coachcap]

No.

You do roadwork in Bristol. Every day. Forever.

OR turn the Conn. State Police into Empire Storm Troopers & padlock the ESPN Campus. I kid, I kid.

 

[coachcap]

So I was listening to Sirius on the way to work yesterday, & Chris Childers broadcast a "facebook clip" of the Iowa State president talking a t a teleconference among B-XIIpresidents. He said the process won't be completed until December.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

No.

You do roadwork in Bristol. Every day. Forever.

Ironically, you just described what life is like in Storrs.

 

[billybud]

ESPN finds itself on the wrong end of the score for a change in Connecticut. The recipient of $26 million in tax credits from the state during the last fiscal year, the self-proclaimed World Wide Leader In Sports could see its corporate tax liability as much as double under Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's austerity plan.

The same could go for other digital media, animation and television-production companies that rely on the credits to offset up to 70 percent of their corporate tax liability, including Stamford-based NBC Sports and Greenwich-based Blue Sky Studios.

 

[billybud]

You 'ers can make fun but go ahead and tell me how the Big 12 fails to invite us if we had Jesus in the huddle.

Texas is not saying no to Jesus.

FSU has Jesus in their huddle.... the guys just call Jesus "Bobo". (Jesus Wilson)

 

[pj]

Aren't you assuming that most non-attorneys don't like dogs all that much?

LOL.

He's also assuming that dogs like lawyers (more than, say, pizza).

 

[Kolumbo]

You 'ers can make fun but go ahead and tell me how the Big 12 fails to invite us if we had Jesus in the huddle.

Texas is not saying no to Jesus.

So now you are saying Tulsa has the upper hand? Oh Jesu...

 

[HuskyHawk]

You 'ers can make fun but go ahead and tell me how the Big 12 fails to invite us if we had Jesus in the huddle.

Texas is not saying no to Jesus.

Well that's because Jesus had so much speed he could easily get to the corner before the OLB. Take off those sandals and get him some modern footwear and he's like a young Eric Dickerson.

 

[UConnNick]

So now you are saying Tulsa has the upper hand? Oh Jesu...

Tulsa has no religious affiliation. We only have the Mormons to worry about.

 

[junglehusky]

I can't believe Greg Flugaur even dignified Orangebloods by reacting to them. I realize Flugaur is somewhat suspect himself, but at least he's not as notoriously reviled as stupid like Geoff Ketchum the guy who started this at Orangebloods.

To give you an idea of the credibility Orangebloods has, allow me to quote a poster named Walden Ponderer (post 61565 on page 1232 of the Realignment not going away thread) on Shaggy Texas.

61k posts??? Everything IS bigger in texas!