Non-Key Tweets

[CoastAtlantic]

 

[Forte]

It's funny ... no body wants to leave or add conferences but it's all happening anyways. Well except for UConn. Cal and Stanford will eventually get the votes.

 

[businesslawyer]

Not only is that a non-key tweet, it's fictitious. They could join a conference that doesn't play football and play football only in the ACC, but as all conferences have basketball they couldn't join the WCC or Big West for olympic sports and play hoops in the ACC. And why in the world would the ACC dilute their basketball brand and greatly increase their travel to add Cal.

Football only is a theoretical possibilty. Football and basketball is not under current rules.

 

[hoopsfan22]

It's funny ... no body wants to leave or add conferences but it's all happening anyways. Well except for UConn. Cal and Stanford will eventually get the votes.

We're just not that useful to conferences I guess. I'll just keep enjoying our trophies and parades while they count their TV money.

 

[businesslawyer]

This is not how Title IX works. By your logic, women's sports should have full contact practices in pads just because football does it. Here is the text of Title IX:



A really strong case will be made that requiring 2000 mile midweek travel is discriminating against female athletes based on their sex/gender. It may not be a slam dunk, but this is one of those cases where I would much rather be the plaintiff than the defendant. And it is not out of the question that a judge could issue an injunction to prevent the schools from moving conferences.

The easiest solution for the NCAA is to simply amend the rules to let football be in separate conferences.

If male athletes are being forced to do it, I don't see how there is a credible argument (if you don't care about credulity there is always an argument) that it's discriminatory to make women do it.

 

[huskymedic]

It's funny ... no body wants to leave or add conferences but it's all happening anyways. Well except for UConn. Cal and Stanford will eventually get the votes.

 

[noeynox]

This was how Ed Cooley talked about UConn hoops. Willard also i believe.

 

[goldendomer]

I respect the honesty.

 

[Luna]

I hope they don’t get in… I would love for uconn to form a football conference with them… and keep our basketball in the big east

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I hope they don’t get in… I would love for uconn to form a football conference with them… and keep our basketball in the big east

who should be in a PAC football conference along with UConn?

 

[Ha Who]

This was how Ed Cooley talked about UConn hoops. Willard also i believe.

Also BC

 

[noeynox]

Also BC

I'm talking when UConn came back to the BE. Cooley and Willard were pissed about it. Makes sense from their end.

 

[CL82]

This was how Ed Cooley talked about UConn hoops. Willard also i believe.

I think Willard was joking.

 

[noeynox]

I think Willard was joking.

I don't think so. PC and Hall were having good success recruiting the northeast but maybe you are right.

 

[CL82]

I don't think so. PC and Hall were having good success recruiting the northeast but maybe you are right.

Here's his quote for those who want to make their own judgment. To me it's tongue-in-cheek, especially when you hear how complementary he is of Hurley in the program.

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Here's his quote for those who want to make their own judgment. To me it's tongue-in-cheek, especially when you hear how complementary he is of Hurley in the program.

Having just seen this for the first time, I didn't get that same feeling. You can respect Hurley and the school and still not want them in the conference. I didn't see a smile, smirk, giggle or anything else that would make me think he wasn't being completely honest. We have done some damage with the local recruiting, so him voting against us would make perfect sense.

 

[noeynox]

Having just seen this for the first time, I didn't get that same feeling. You can respect Hurley and the school and still not want them in the conference. I didn't see a smile, smirk, giggle or anything else that would make me think he wasn't being completely honest. We have done some damage with the local recruiting, so him voting against us would make perfect sense.

Coaches dont get a vote but there was an article that didn't sound like he was kidding at all.

 

[Waquoit]

I'm talking when UConn came back to the BE. Cooley and Willard were pissed about it. Makes sense from their end.

And look, they both got big raises after UConn came to town. Boats being lifted.

 

[UConnJim]

If male athletes are being forced to do it, I don't see how there is a credible argument (if you don't care about credulity there is always an argument) that it's discriminatory to make women do it.

It comes down to proportionality. If 100 male athletes fly charter and 100 fly commercial, but only 15 female athletes fly charter and 185 fly commercial, you could have a problem.

 

[noeynox]

And look, they both got big raises after UConn came to town. Boats being lifted.

Aha!!!

 

[CL82]

Having just seen this for the first time, I didn't get that same feeling. You can respect Hurley and the school and still not want them in the conference. I didn't see a smile, smirk, giggle or anything else that would make me think he wasn't being completely honest. We have done some damage with the local recruiting, so him voting against us would make perfect sense.

Coaches dont get a vote but there was an article that didn't sound like he was kidding at all.

Yeah he absolutely delivers it in a deadpan manner, but given the fact that he was talking about have nobody respected his vote or whatever it's clear that he was joking, at least to me.

 

[noeynox]

Yeah he absolutely delivers it in a deadpan manner, but given the fact that he was talking about have nobody respected his vote or whatever it's clear that he was joking, at least to me.

Like i said, could be. I never saw that clip. I remember reading an article where both he and Cooley were asking why throw them a lifeline when their drowning. Coaches should never have a say since most will drop you in a NY minute for better pay anyway.

 

[businesslawyer]

It comes down to proportionality. If 100 male athletes fly charter and 100 fly commercial, but only 15 female athletes fly charter and 185 fly commercial, you could have a problem.

But that's just saying you could have a Title IX problem if you violate Title IX. Of course you could. But you're assuming that the schools treat male and female athletes differently just because there is more long distance travel. There are entire departments that make sure they don't treat them differently, and the money that the P-4 is making is more than sufficient to allow for more charters for everyone.

 

[Luna]

who should be in a PAC football conference along with UConn?

Uconn umass … and im sure two other east coast schools would love to be in a conference for football only with these schools… flying across country for football is different then with other sports..

 

[CL82]

Like i said, could be. I never saw that clip. I remember reading an article where both he and Cooley were asking why throw them a lifeline when their drowning. Coaches should never have a say since most will drop you in a NY minute for better pay anyway.

Yeah, I don't think Willard ever said that, Cooley might've because he's an asshat.

Here's a contemporaneous article on Willard's comments that appeared on SNY.

While UConn head coach Dan Hurley gets his team ready for Year 3, he received a playful reaction from Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard.

"Well, it sucks for us, to be honest with you," Willard said Wednesday at Big East media day. "I voted against it, so I’m still not happy about it. No one in this league listens to me, so I'm not getting my way. In general, for the league, it's great. I'm a big fan of what Dan does."

Of course, Big East university presidents are the only ones involved in voting for a team's conference entry. Willard, obviously, was kidding.