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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1297137, member: 1737"] [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587743929803677696']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] I've been asked If I have heard anything on a possible Delany/Uconn deal that is in the works....no I have not. But I know they have talked [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587744803594579968']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] The Uconn candidacy to the Big Ten is one of the most misunderstood relationship there is in expansion talk. Big Ten thinks highly of Uconn [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587745127474401281']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] I'm going to go through the positives about a Uconn candidacy to the Big Ten..and then the hurdles. Positive list is much longer. [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587745559890567168']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] Positives: Uconn is going to be supported/promoted by the state of CT for the next 100 years. Simple but so important. Uconn is CT-Flagship [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587745872940773376']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] Positive: Rutgers was always...always going to be chosen first over Uconn. Well, that has happen. Rutgers entry into Big Ten needed... [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587746218861793281']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] ...to be financially successful. It has been more successful than people have a clue about...success for Fox/BTN/B1G. It's true [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587746685125799937']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] Positive: Fox 21st Century buying YES. This is also important to a Uconn candidacy...grease the skids for easy BTN access/basic in CT [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587747185439219712']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] Hell...YES runs some of their organization out of CT. DMA: This issue is something that I was wrong about..and was corrected by B1G contact [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587747568886665217']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] UConn DMA is seprate enough from Rutgers and Penn St. There is enough juice in Uconn DMA to pay for itself..especially regarding BTN... [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587747947154145280']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] ...BTN and it's model. But I've talked about that before and don't want to waste time tonight...but I think most of you understand Uconn.. [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587748255792025600']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] ....value as it pertains to inducing live content which attracts eyeballs on the BTN. But there are other positives in a Uconn candidacy... [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587748831464398848']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] Uconn has a growing bandwith of sports...very important to the Big Ten. It's sports programs are diversed. Very important. [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587749066102177793']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] And let's be blunt...Uconn has money. It's people will pay for Uconn sports in Uconn sport packages. [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587749415990988800']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] Uconn research is now being backed by the state of Uconn in epic proportion. Uconn is becoming more involved in cancer research...B1G likes [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587749889368584192']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] If Big Ten can't crack open P5...which my guys say they can't for years...but if economics propels expansion..well [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587751184498368512']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] 3 negatives: 1) Bad football demographics (recruiting) 2) currently not big enough research dollars 3) timing is wrong for now. [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587751370310156289']3h 3 hours ago [/URL] Uconn not being a big football brand is not a negative...not for Big Ten FB East. [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587753226264543232']2h 2 hours ago [/URL] But the DMA of a Uconn candidacy is what is most misunderstood. It has enough juice [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587764367271276544']2h 2 hours ago [/URL] The simple economic raging success of the BTN (which many still don't get) demands expansion...craves it. This is why a Uconn candidacy... [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587764962602418176']2h 2 hours ago [/URL] ...is real. I've been told the time is not now. But when this stuff happens it happens fast. Maryland non-disclosure agreement with B1G.. [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire'][B]Greg Flugaur[/B] @flugempire [/URL] · [URL='https://twitter.com/flugempire/status/587765312138903552']2h 2 hours ago [/URL] ...lasted about 34 days...that's what I was told. If I hear anything I will spill it in a heartbeat...bad or good news. [/QUOTE]

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