Sound like the AAC is mad

[GemParty]

I’m guessing ESPN too. They lost our hoops product. They don’t have the school in the state they conduct business. They caused this mess.

All ESPN needs to do is say to The American,
UConn needs to stay put for football & we won’t take a sledge hammer to our recent billion dollar agreement.

Or UConn negotiates an exit fee & annual share payout (football) that trumps a UMass entry.

How does the state of Connecticut, after you ruined the original Big East, convince ESPN to do that? It’s politics. Make it happen.

Then both fan bases can move forward with hope.

 

[Slasher]

I’m guessing ESPN too. They lost our hoops product. They don’t have the school in the state they conduct business. They caused this mess.

All ESPN needs to do is say to The American,
UConn needs to stay put for football & we won’t take a sledge hammer to our recent billion dollar agreement.

Or UConn negotiates an exit fee & annual share payout (football) that trumps a UMass entry.

How does the state of Connecticut, after you ruined the original Big East, convince ESPN to do that? It’s politics. Make it happen.

Then both fan bases can move forward with hope.

How does gutting the finances of the rest of the institutions in the AAC help ESPN? If anything it encourages ESPN to help find a replacement institution.

 

[Deepster]

As far as ESPN goes, what the hell have they ever done for CT? Sorry the move back to the Big East is a bad one for them.

 

[superjohn]

ESPN can rot in hell. Not only have they never had our backs they've seeked to actively destroy us. Amazing tax breaks year after year and they treat the state like s***.

 

[GemParty]

As far as ESPN goes, what the hell have they ever done for CT? Sorry the move back to the Big East is a bad one for them.

You’re right Deep. As fans, we have always felt ESPN hurts UConn. Can you imagine if ESPN headquarters was in Kentucky, Kansas, or Michigan. Maybe it’s time that changes.

 

[Guapo]

I doubt anyone at ESPN really cares

 

[Portico]

Aac contract not changing Because of UConn leaving.

 

[UCDaveD]

ESPN is embarrassed that they’re located in Connecticut. Have been for a long time.

 

[bazz&boujee]

ESPN is embarrassed that they’re located in Connecticut. Have been for a long time.

a familiar complex lol

 

[StunningSteve]

Mike Aresco is gangsta. He didn't bat an eye when Boise left, and charted a course for a new brand; which judging by the sharp media increase, worked great. Meanwhile Boise slipped on a banana peel.

He collected the 20 million exit fee from WVU and Boise and SDSU paid entrance and exit fees without ever playing.

UConn is leaving a conference that is about to change significantly with the influx of a billion dollars. So, if its comparing the new Big East to the conference its been playing in, that's a miscalculation. Sampson just got two Top 100s for 2020 (a first in his progression at Houston). The new money will keep creating more separation.

That's why I think that while Aresco would've liked UConn to stay, he's not sweating it. For once in his tenure he is operating from a position of power due to the significant uptick the league is about to have.

Hopefully things work out for UConn. The new big east is operating with somewhat fewer resources than UConn has been used to these past few years (with the war chest that bolstered any conference funds).

It's a dynamic landscape right now and UConn has walked away from a lot of equity that's going to shape the American tomorrow. Throwing in the 10 million dollar exit fee on top of that will hopefully be buffered by some kind of good feeling when FS1 throws their welcome party on Thursday because this is a financial atom bomb (when factoring in even bigger losses in football on top of the abandoned investment).

However, as they say, UConn CAN win the press conference and proceed from ground zero with a marketing campaign.

 

[Devland]

There is some irony here because ESPN was founded by Bill Rasmussen after he was fired by the Whalers. He was looking to rent satellite time to air UConn games in state. He discovered it cost the same, at the time, for nationwide broadcasts and thus came the idea for a national all sports network. Of course that ESPN was a different animal than the current Disney/ABC version.

 

[whaler11]

Mike Aresco is gangsta. He didn't bat an eye when Boise left, and charted a course for a new brand; which judging by the sharp media increase, worked great. Meanwhile Boise slipped on a banana peel.

He collected the 20 million exit fee from WVU and Boise and SDSU paid entrance and exit fees without ever playing.

UConn is leaving a conference that is about to change significantly with the influx of a billion dollars. So, if its comparing the new Big East to the conference its been playing in, that's a miscalculation. Sampson just got two Top 100s for 2020 (a first in his progression at Houston). The new money will keep creating more separation.

That's why I think that while Aresco would've liked UConn to stay, he's not sweating it. For once in his tenure he is operating from a position of power due to the significant uptick the league is about to have.

Hopefully things work out for UConn. The new big east is operating with somewhat fewer resources than UConn has been used to these past few years (with the war chest that bolstered any conference funds).

It's a dynamic landscape right now and UConn has walked away from a lot of equity that's going to shape the American tomorrow. Throwing in the 10 million dollar exit fee on top of that will hopefully be buffered by some kind of good feeling when FS1 throws their welcome party on Thursday because this is a financial atom bomb (when factoring in even bigger losses in football on top of the abandoned investment).

However, as they say, UConn CAN win the press conference and proceed from ground zero with a marketing campaign.

lol u are still here?

we flushed y’all down the toilet. get the hint!

and if you think uconn is worse off financially from this move you must have an accounting degree from memphis state.

 

[superjohn]

Mike Aresco is gangsta.

Lolllllllll

 

[zls44]

Mike Aresco is gangsta.

lmfao

 

[TRest]

lol u are still here?

we flushed y’all down the toilet. get the hint!

and if you think uconn is worse off financially from this move you must have an accounting degree from memphis state.

The American is most profitable when collecting exit fees from schools dying to escape.

 

[StunningSteve]

Lolllllllll

Trust me, you'll be thinking Aresco is pretty gangsta too when the Catholics are slapping the back of your hand with a ruler.

As FriarJ warned you, the Catholics run the show now. Instead of manning the Captains cabin, UConn is first mate.

 

[StunningSteve]

The American is most profitable when collecting exit fees from schools dying to escape.

Escape? on a 3 hour tour... a three hour tour...?

 

[JMick]

Lolllllllll

Imagine saying that with a straight face?

 

[HuskyHawk]

Aac contract not changing Because of UConn leaving.

Ha! Oh yes it is. ESPN is going to put the screws to the league because it can. es. Somebody from UConn needed to be on the negotiating team.

 

[uchusky32]

Yea, ESPN mad because they left us out of the ACC. Get tax breaks from our state. And took our SNY money. Yea, I guess they thought we would lay there and just take it.

 

[auror]

Mike Aresco is gangsta. He didn't bat an eye when Boise left, and charted a course for a new brand; which judging by the sharp media increase, worked great. Meanwhile Boise slipped on a banana peel.

He collected the 20 million exit fee from WVU and Boise and SDSU paid entrance and exit fees without ever playing.

UConn is leaving a conference that is about to change significantly with the influx of a billion dollars. So, if its comparing the new Big East to the conference its been playing in, that's a miscalculation. Sampson just got two Top 100s for 2020 (a first in his progression at Houston). The new money will keep creating more separation.

That's why I think that while Aresco would've liked UConn to stay, he's not sweating it. For once in his tenure he is operating from a position of power due to the significant uptick the league is about to have.

Hopefully things work out for UConn. The new big east is operating with somewhat fewer resources than UConn has been used to these past few years (with the war chest that bolstered any conference funds).

It's a dynamic landscape right now and UConn has walked away from a lot of equity that's going to shape the American tomorrow. Throwing in the 10 million dollar exit fee on top of that will hopefully be buffered by some kind of good feeling when FS1 throws their welcome party on Thursday because this is a financial atom bomb (when factoring in even bigger losses in football on top of the abandoned investment).

However, as they say, UConn CAN win the press conference and proceed from ground zero with a marketing campaign.

NBE TV deal is for essentially basketball only, doesn't include T3 rights, is open for re-negotiation 7 years earlier, doesn't make universities pony up for production costs, doesn't put programs behind a paywall, and is still worth 2/3 of the AAC's deal. Lol.

Think about that. How much of the AAC deal is coming from basketball? It has to be significantly less than 4 million since football drives the bus. So UConn just needs to make up $3 mil a year with football + T3 rights, and potentially even less over the back half of the deal when the AAC is still only making $7 million total in the year 2030 and NBE has a new contract.

Plus Big East has way more tourny credits (who knows if we'll see any of the existing creidts, but NBE will definitely earn more going forward as well).

We'll be fine.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Trust me, you'll be thinking Aresco is pretty gangsta too when the Catholics are slapping the back of your hand with a ruler.

As FriarJ warned you, the Catholics run the show now. Instead of manning the Captains cabin, UConn is first mate.

So, to confirm, Jesus is now allowed back in the huddle?

 

[StunningSteve]

Plus Big East has way more tourny credits (who knows if we'll see any of the existing creidts, but NBE will definitely earn more going forward as well).

How many came last year?
As I said, the landscape is dynamic. Everyone bets on their horses, and all we can do is see whose resources yield a greater harvest.

 

[Dove]

lol u are still here?

we flushed y’all down the toilet. get the hint!

and if you think uconn is worse off financially from this move you must have an accounting degree from memphis state.

Stunning Steve is not UConn fan? Seriously?

I'm stunned.