I think the contract that UConn signed with the Big East prohibits UConn from moving football to a P5 conference. The contract allowed for UConn football to move to a G5 conference. Thus, I would think if UConn moves to the Big 12 it will happen for all sports at the same time as UConn would have to pay the exit fee anyway.
I don't think so. But supposedly there is some NCAA prohibition on splitting your sports if one of the conferences you are a member of offers overlapping sports programs.
Here is the Big East contract with UConn. According to Sec 4. (a), UConn can participate in any conference with respect to any varsity sport not sponsored by the Big East. That's why we can be in Hockey East. It must apply to football, too.
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I found this article which says:
If the great breakaway ever does occur, I think that'll become standard. Non-revenue sports will move towards geography based conferences because the distinction between G5, P5, whatever, etc. will no longer really matter.A good example is Hawaii. It is a member of the Mountain West (MWC) Conference in football but in the Big West for other sports. This allows the Rainbow Warriors to play Boise State and other good football schools, but they only have to travel to California in other sports rather than travel to Boise State or Colorado State. I think this model should be applied to other schools.
Why Colleges Should Be in Separate Conferences for Football and Other Sports
Hello, college basketball fans! With huge increases in athletic conferences' television contracts and the profitability of in-house networks like the Big Ten Network, universities are changing athletic conferences at an unprecedented rate...bleacherreport.com
So if all those left, would not the ACC effectively be the BE circa 2002 w/a Tobacco Road reject or 2?
We can only hope. I want it over for UConn, too. Either we get an invite or we don't.
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Yet Notre Dame does that. So who knows?
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when does the current PAC contract end?
Notre Dame is independent in football. So it still is only affiliated with one conference.
After the upcoming college year.
July 1st, 2024
Sure but it’s not participating in a sport that is sponsored by the schools primary conference.
For a conference whose games will no longer be broadcast in less than 12 months, the member schools are being super chill about it. I knew the west coast was more laid back than the east, but this is something else.
