I don't know. The Dime Back podcast crew is all younger than that. Problem is this fanbase has a legit portion of the fanbase that either hates football or at least blames it for the bball struggles in the AAC. Some of them are younger types who since UConn can't be Ohio State they should just pack it in.
Maybe not, but in this case the money is definitely greener on the other side, like 10 times greener.
I wonder how the football schools were able to negotiate basketball subsidizing everything else while they keep their entire paycheck. I don’t know the history behind that, but yeah. It’s crazy to think that if football was paying the bills instead of NCAAT, then the basketball schools like UConn would be the most sought after school in conference realignment
Maybe. Still a packed football stadium is a powerful money generating tool.
I'm 50+ and not in the stay in the Big East camp. But then I grew up around Big Eight football. Not much left of that, but I still think it would be a clear positive for UConn.
He means regional in the sense that it's northeastern and midwestern.
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Yes, but this is part of the reason they aren't willing to be generous when it comes to what they view as lesser conferences.
For the schools themselves, sure. But, for example, Michigan's football ticket revenue is not being spread around the rest of the Big 10. The driver is the TV money. And the facts show that the NCAAT generates nearly twice as much TV revenue as the CFP and bowls do, despite Michigan's football attendance being 600,000 people per year vs - idk - 120,000 in basketball?
I'm well past 50 and have been a UConn fan since I was a kid listening to George Ehrlich broadcast the games, and an alum. What the hell is the new AAC? And you think winning can continue without the money to support athletics?I am, if that helps
Wisdom is acquired with time. Maybe we're know we're in a good place, or maybe joining another makeshift conference in the state of flux is not such a great long-term solution, or maybe we don't share all those doomsday scenarios so many are predicting
Nope, we're in a good place once again, we're an attractive school for so many reasons, we'll be fine. We don't have to jump at the first opportunity if it's not an ideal situation.
Why are so many kids interested in joining the new AAC? You'd think experience taught them something
Worst case? We stay a basketball school with an emerging baseball program and a soon to be nationally recognized hockey program.
Money is nice, WINNING is more important to the fan
Please, he meant regional as a putdown
I don't disagree with your larger point, that the NCAA being funded via March madness revenues effectively devalues basketball schools and I absolutely agree that ticket revenue stays with the home schools, but it is still revenue. A key, in my opinion, to correcting the sizable deficits of our athletic department is filling the Rent. Even at $25 on average per seat, that works out to $1 million a game, which is 150% of the current biggest media distribution. And, if we are selling out, average ticket price would be more than $25 per game.
The most ironic part of this is the Big East added members from the Missouri Valley, Atlantic 10 and HORIZON LEAGUE and you’re advocating staying with them
Damn. That is a fine overlooked point.
I'd love to see the Rent sold out, but even $1M per home game isn't make a huge dent in our deficit. That's $6M per year on a deficit of $45M.
Ok, Catholic 7, plus UConn equals 8 and there are 11 teams. Vast majority? Must be that new math.
Yeah. With the exception of Pitt, who did seem to lose something going to the ACC, I don't agree with the others. BC never did anything before the move to the ACC so that is a wash. Louisville did fine until the Pitino scandals knocked him out and Mack was a bad hire for them. And as much as we like to mock Syracuse, they made a final four and two Sweet 16's before Boeheim decided to drag down the program.
Pitts slide might be more so the loss of Jamie Dixon. He coached three years of Pitt being in the ACC, and had tournament teams in two of them.
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Wouldn't that be more reason to strongly consider moving to a conference where revenues would be massively higher?
Yes...that's why I am pro-B12. I love the Big East and it would suck to leave, but it's a move that would put UConn in a position that we have literally never been before, which is in the drivers seat for realignment when the ACC explodes - either in 2036 when they meet their expiration date, or in a few years. We need to already have a seat at the table when Cuse, Pitt, Louisville, GA Tech, Miami, Wake, etc are looking for a new home.
It’s an influx of roughly $40M annually so… likely. Although the school would have to make increases to support staff, coaching salaries, etc as part of that so it’s not like it’s $40M in FCF