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Message: [QUOTE="Afroabe224, post: 838954, member: 3178"] The biggest reason behind my belief that we will get out of the AAC is the way UConn (athletics specifically) has aggressively moved forward since the BE break up. Academic improvement should be the goal of any president but I think SH has acted as an ambassador of athletics MUCH more than you typical president. When it comes to WM and the entire UConn athletic department, they have actively decided to invest greatly (in hockey, football, basketball and overall fan relations) in a time of obvious revenue decline. This can only mean one of two things: 1. WM and SH are blindly doubling down on our university in attempts to keep up with the Jones' so to speak. OR 2. They know for a fact or are fairly confident that UConn will be out of the AAC in the next 2-6 years. This is very simplistic and I know that there our other universities making investments outside of the P5 (stadiums @ Cincy, Houston, Tulane) but in UConn's current position of a 60M+ budget it makes no sense to take on more expenses without more revenue. When schools like Temple are cutting sports in the AAC we are spending more money: a high level hockey program [plus equivillent title IX expenditures], increase in football expenses, commitment to basketball facilities. This may be a reach and I doubt there is an invite on the table but I believe SH and WM have some inside info as to the market value of UConn to other conferences and potential changes in the short/medium-term future. Ideally, the B1G will invite us in 20 minutes and save us the months/years of stress, frustration and diminished work productivity this CR forum has caused. [/QUOTE]

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