Non-Key Tweets

[NowInStorrs]

So the counting begins on July 1, 2020. $30,000,000 to leave.

On June 24, 2019, the Big East formally approved an invitation for UConn to join the conference.[48] The UConn Board of Trustees accepted the invitation two days later, thus reuniting UConn with several of the schools against whom it competed for 34 years in the old Big East.[49] UConn and the AAC reached a buyout agreement the following month, clearing the way for UConn to become a member of the Big East on July 1, 2020.

It's not worth waiting three more years to save 15 million. They'll make that up easy.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

Senior Editor/Publisher of http://WildcatAuthority.com

there are a lot of negative comments about UConn in this feed. One guy, however, said,

Big fan of adding UConn. With enough investment they could be a good long-term value add.

 

[Slasher]

Senior Editor/Publisher of http://WildcatAuthority.com

Scheer is a key tweet. He's a legit reporter for 24/7 Arizona.

 

[CL82]

( Courant - 2019 ) ...
Withdrawal fee
If UConn decides to leave the Big East, it will have to pay a hefty fee. The terms of the contract state that UConn will be responsible for paying the conference $30 million if it withdraws within the first six years of membership. If the school bails within a three-year period after that, $15 million is owed. After 10 years, UConn would owe $10 million. A withdrawal fee can be split up into four payments, if necessary.

Yep, those are from the contract that Connecticut has with the big east that is an overlay to the bylaws. The bylaws themselves will say what the withdrawal notice. Is and will also defined the standard withdrawal fee.

 

[huskymedic]

@huskymedic do you have a copy of the big east bylaws? I googled for it and I could only find the UConn contract and the 2011 (old big East) contract.

Sorry… out of pocket all day (no clue if there is more recent/amended copy post 2014 changes).

Article 11.0 talks about required withdrawal notice (27 months which seems consistent in a bunch of other articles):

https://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1144801/Big-East-Bylaws.pdf

 

[Stinger92860]

there are a lot of negative comments about UConn in this feed. One guy, however, said,

Big fan of adding UConn. With enough investment they could be a good long-term value add.

What does he think we need to invest in? I‘m just curious, as our facilities are more than P5 capable. Maybe a stadium. When we are in, we extend Mora+staff, Hurley, Geno, and Penders, then we wait for Mora to kick a s s, plus Penders. Basketball will do what we do.

 

[CL82]

Sorry… out of pocket all day (no clue if there is more recent/amended copy post 2014 changes).

Article 11.0 talks about required withdrawal notice (27 months which seems consistent in a bunch of other articles):

https://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1144801/Big-East-Bylaws.pdf

Yeah that's the only copy I have as well. I'm not sure that the C7 used the identical language when they started up their new conference in 2013. I guess the only way to get a copy of the current Big East bylaws would be to FOIA UConn for it.

 

[NowInStorrs]

This isn't a tweet but there are a couple people claiming Colorado and Memphis:

Big 12 expansion eyes Memphis, 'substantive' talks with Colorado, per reports

The Big 12 Conference is open to expansion and two programs in particular are reportedly in its crosshairs.

247sports.com

 

[Huskyforlife]

this seems official tbh.

 

[Ldandy]

What does he think we need to invest in? I‘m just curious, as our facilities are more than P5 capable. Maybe a stadium. When we are in, we extend Mora+staff, Hurley, Geno, and Penders, then we wait for Mora to kick a s s, plus Penders. Basketball will do what we do.

To be fair most college sports fans have no clue what UConn does or doesn't have in terms of facilities. They've watched UConn employ mostly retread coaches while racking up losses for a decade straight. In their mind that is indicative of a school not investing in the most important sport. It will be up to your AD and fanbase to go on a PR Offensive. Let people know that you have pretty nice facilities on par with the P5, and that you have won football games against good competition in the past, and you fully intend to do it again.

 

[Skies2018]

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I'm not sure of this one!

 

[WestHartHusk]

Yeah…no thanks.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

For tweets from MH Ver and Lambert we should start a new category, below even Non-Key Tweets and call it Don-Key Tweets. We don't even need the hyphen as both are jackasses.

 

[jostar1]

Prior to the above tweet he says:

C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
The following tweets are unconfirmed scuttlebutt/stuff I'm hearing.

 

[Smp7598]

Prior to the above tweet he says:

C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
The following tweets are unconfirmed scuttlebutt/stuff I'm hearing.

That will never happen! I’d fire DB the next day if that happened!

 

[GoConn]

This would literally make the entire fanbase riot....it cant be true

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

This isn't a tweet but there are a couple people claiming Colorado and Memphis:

Big 12 expansion eyes Memphis, 'substantive' talks with Colorado, per reports

The Big 12 Conference is open to expansion and two programs in particular are reportedly in its crosshairs.

247sports.com

Bouncing back from my first ever bout with Covid and lingering symptoms I hope never to repeat, hopefully brain fog alone isn’t the sole cause of chuckling about some joker citing a wishful local Memphis news reporter, and references to the 50-something Memphis media market, and Memphis’ massive academic strides. Maybe it’s all credible, or not.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

That will never happen! I’d fire DB the next day if that happened!

As if Benedict’s UConn’s ultimate decision maker regarding any potential conference realignment decision

 

[Ldandy]

this seems official tbh.

A couple of things:

UConn potentially joining the Big 12 prior to the ACC's Collapse next decade is huge. You would go from just another school fighting to get picked, to part of the group doing the picking. 30 million dollars is a drop in the bucket to pay The Big East if you could potentially make 200-300 million dollars more over the next decade by being in The Big 12.

If Arizona, and Arizona State follow Colorado out the door, suddenly you have a 16-team conference with distinct divisions that can be rotated.

West- BYU, UA, ASU, Colorado
Texas- TTU, TCU, BU, UH
Plains- KU, KSU, ISU, OSU
East- Cincy, WVU, UConn, UCF

Most important of all The ConFlict can be resurrected as a season ending rivalry game. If there is any justice in this world Crazy Bob would be on hand to present the trophy to the winning side upon its return to college football glory.

 

[Samoo]

Prior to the above tweet he says:

C.W. Lambert@InsideTheBig12
The following tweets are unconfirmed scuttlebutt/stuff I'm hearing.

Voices in his head...

 

[Waquoit]

What does he think we need to invest in?

Outsiders just assume UConn's FB facilities are below par because that's the narrative.

 

[metsfan2323]

West- BYU, UA, ASU, Colorado
Texas- TTU, TCU, BU, UH
Plains- KU, KSU, ISU, OSU
East- Cincy, WVU, UConn, UCF

This would be a great conference to be a part of, it would be 2003 again for football, and something I haven't thought of before is the potential of the Hurley brothers in the same conference. Thankfully they would still be recruiting different territories.

 

[jostar1]

Outsiders just assume UConn's FB facilities are below par because that's the narrative.

Exactly. I bet Yormark's jaw dropped when he saw Werth and Burton. Because I bet he didn't expect it. I hope there was an "entourage" of Big 12 bigwigs that had their concerns allayed.

 

[Drew]

What does he think we need to invest in? I‘m just curious, as our facilities are more than P5 capable. Maybe a stadium. When we are in, we extend Mora+staff, Hurley, Geno, and Penders, then we wait for Mora to kick a s s, plus Penders. Basketball will do what we do.

Our facilities (namely the stadium) need a drastic investment. Need to add about 20k seats including many more premium amenities.

Also need a major investment in off field staff and other support areas for the program that P5 teams provide. Recruiting analysts, coaching analysts, etc