Restructuring Division 1

[Kolumbo]

By giving ESPN tax breaks so they can support P4 Conferences keeping UConn out.

The flip side is all those espn employees are financially supporting UConn and the great state of Connecticut. They should be rallying at espn to bring UConn to a P4 conference to help relieve some of the state and local tax pressures. Even the various tax breaks espn receives ultimately hurts its own employees because Bristol needs more state funding.

That Opt In is unlikely because too many P4 schools want to milk the revenues from their big TV contracts without spending the money. Why would they go along with something that will cut their revenue? They don’t care if they lose a conference game 70-7.

We are going to see just how much fans will put up with a terrible product on the field in football. Maybe fans want to see endless unholy blowouts, we will find out.

Now back to D1.

They would have to make the Opt-In cost prohibitive as ScottVib suggested. No more free lunches. No more sitting at the high rollers table without anteing up bcu.

Indiana isn't really a Cinderella as some say. They just realized big money brings Ws.

This data is from 2024. Indiana is #13 on the list
All P4 programs until you get to:
#50 UConn
#52 UCF now in the Big 12
#55 Cincy now in the Big 12
#56 Houston now in the Big 12
from here on out all kinds of G6

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Which are the most profitable college athletic programs in the country? See a ranked listed, including total revenue and expenses. Brought to you by USA TODAY.

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[CTFAN4LIFE]

The flip side is all those espn employees are financially supporting UConn and the great state of Connecticut. They should be rallying at espn to bring UConn to a P4 conference to help relieve some of the state and local tax pressures. Even the various tax breaks espn receives ultimately hurts its own employees because Bristol needs more state funding.


Now back to D1.

They would have to make the Opt-In cost prohibitive as ScottVib suggested. No more free lunches. No more sitting at the high rollers table without anteing up bcu.

Indiana isn't really a Cinderella as some say. They just realized big money brings Ws.

This data is from 2024. Indiana is #13 on the list
All P4 programs until you get to:
#50 UConn
#52 UCF now in the Big 12
#55 Cincy now in the Big 12
#56 Houston now in the Big 12
from here on out all kinds of G6

NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY

Which are the most profitable college athletic programs in the country? See a ranked listed, including total revenue and expenses. Brought to you by USA TODAY.

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The data really shows how UConn is punching above it's weight class. Great coaches and AD focus showing out. If you added say another 30m of TV media revenue due to being in a P* conference and then another 10m of added ticket sales (football-driven) and sponsorships, we'd be right up in the middle/top-middle of the P* schools revenue wise (and every dollar would be spent on football-related investment as would be unofficially and likely officially required by the conference we'd land in). Sign me up.

 

[CL82]

The flip side is all those espn employees are financially supporting UConn and the great state of Connecticut. They should be rallying at espn to bring UConn to a P4 conference to help relieve some of the state and local tax pressures. Even the various tax breaks espn receives ultimately hurts its own employees because Bristol needs more state funding.


Now back to D1.

They would have to make the Opt-In cost prohibitive as ScottVib suggested. No more free lunches. No more sitting at the high rollers table without anteing up bcu.

Indiana isn't really a Cinderella as some say. They just realized big money brings Ws.

This data is from 2024. Indiana is #13 on the list
All P4 programs until you get to:
#50 UConn
#52 UCF now in the Big 12
#55 Cincy now in the Big 12
#56 Houston now in the Big 12
from here on out all kinds of G6

NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY

Which are the most profitable college athletic programs in the country? See a ranked listed, including total revenue and expenses. Brought to you by USA TODAY.

sportsdata.usatoday.com

Keep in mind that those P4 programs financials are inflated by receiving P4 distributions. If Connecticut were to join a P4 conference, it would jump to the high middle of the list and not be at the end.

 

[ZooCougar]

What’s amazing is that Connecticut gives money and breaks to ESPN and then ESPN gives money to schools that won’t even let us into the party.

 

[buddy]

The flip side is all those espn employees are financially supporting UConn and the great state of Connecticut. They should be rallying at espn to bring UConn to a P4 conference to help relieve some of the state and local tax pressures. Even the various tax breaks espn receives ultimately hurts its own employees because Bristol needs more state funding.


Now back to D1.

They would have to make the Opt-In cost prohibitive as ScottVib suggested. No more free lunches. No more sitting at the high rollers table without anteing up bcu.

Indiana isn't really a Cinderella as some say. They just realized big money brings Ws.

This data is from 2024. Indiana is #13 on the list
All P4 programs until you get to:
#50 UConn
#52 UCF now in the Big 12
#55 Cincy now in the Big 12
#56 Houston now in the Big 12
from here on out all kinds of G6

NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY

Which are the most profitable college athletic programs in the country? See a ranked listed, including total revenue and expenses. Brought to you by USA TODAY.

sportsdata.usatoday.com

I hate to keep harping on this and I may have irrational hatred for ESPN, but I do agree that 4000 employees at Bristol could be a boon to the economy of the area. Nonetheless, ESPN is paying these conferences and controls the purstrings of distribution of moneys to these conferences and could have gotten a seat for UConn at the table, but did not. And I would say intentionally so.

 

[Rufus]

The flip side is all those espn employees are financially supporting UConn and the great state of Connecticut. They should be rallying at espn to bring UConn to a P4 conference to help relieve some of the state and local tax pressures. Even the various tax breaks espn receives ultimately hurts its own employees because Bristol needs more state funding.


Now back to D1.

They would have to make the Opt-In cost prohibitive as ScottVib suggested. No more free lunches. No more sitting at the high rollers table without anteing up bcu.

Indiana isn't really a Cinderella as some say. They just realized big money brings Ws.

This data is from 2024. Indiana is #13 on the list
All P4 programs until you get to:
#50 UConn
#52 UCF now in the Big 12
#55 Cincy now in the Big 12
#56 Houston now in the Big 12
from here on out all kinds of G6

NCAA Finances: Revenue & Expenses by School - USA TODAY

Which are the most profitable college athletic programs in the country? See a ranked listed, including total revenue and expenses. Brought to you by USA TODAY.

sportsdata.usatoday.com

Not that it changes anything in the grand scheme of things, but this list only includes the public universities. Notre Dame, USC, etc. are not on it, nor are any of the Big East schools outside UConn.

 

[Kolumbo]

I hate to keep harping on this and I may have irrational hatred for ESPN, but I do agree that 4000 employees at Bristol could be a boon to the economy of the area. Nonetheless, ESPN is paying these conferences and controls the purstrings of distribution of moneys to these conferences and could have gotten a seat for UConn at the table, but did not. And I would say intentionally so.

4,000 could be a boon to the economy? I'm not sure you understand the cost of living in CT and how much we actually spend. And espn pays very well, many high paying jobs to those employees.

don't get me wrong, I hate espn as much as the next guy. But the economic impact of espn being based in CT far outweighs any tax benefit the company receives. And the difference is yuge

 

[buddy]

I live in Manhattan. Doubt the cost of living in Ct beats the cost of living here. Cannot even enter without paying a toll!

 

[GampelPBA]

Meh. (or do all this and we go to ACC):

Four bold NCAA college conference realignment ideas: Shrink SEC, revive Big East

If we put aside dollars and cents and made choices based on fit rather than TV deals, which realignment moves would we rewind? Here are four no-brainers.

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Make Big East basketball great again
Most realignment moves are designed with football (and money) in mind, but there’s no conference I miss more than the Big East that made "Big Monday" college basketball appointment viewing. While some old-timers most adoringly remember the Big East for its nine-member era of Patrick Ewing, Ed Pinckney and Chris Mullin in the 1980s, I have fondness for the bigger iteration of the Big East in the 2000s and early 2010s. I’m shuttling West Virginia and Cincinnati back to the Big East. I’m also moving Boston College, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Louisville out of the ACC and into their rightful home, the Big East. How’s it gone for those five schools in the ACC? The Big East looks better all the time. As part of my Big East reassembly, it’s back to the Big East for Rutgers, too. What’s a school in Piscataway, New Jersey, doing in the Big Ten? Those eight schools I’ve plucked from the Big 12, ACC and Big Ten will join Connecticut, Georgetown, Providence, St. John’s, Seton Hall, Villanova, DePaul and Marquette in a 16-team Big East built on basketball. Set your DVR for "Big Monday."