Thamel : Big East Could Grow To 14 Team Fb And 18 Team Bb

[upstater]

No women's sports, including basketball, are profitable at UConn, again highlighting the importance of a successful football program.

http://www2.indystar.com/NCAA_financial_reports/expense_stat/show?school_id=26

In 2004-2005, women's bball was profitable.

 

[upstater]

Rutgers University entered the 1976 Final Four undefeated. Seton Hall was a blown call from possibly winning the 1989 National Championship.

When Louisiana-Monroe is playing in the Rose Bowl, let me know.

76 and 89 were eons ago. Agreed that cinderella is not going to play in the BCS CG.
But, outside of Butler and Memphis, no non-BCS school has made it to the bball CG since Seton Hall.

 

[Rumrunner]

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/20...in-red-as-salaries-break-college-budgets.html

In 2010 it wasn't.

http://www2.indystar.com/NCAA_financial_reports/expense_stat/show?school_id=26

In 2004-2005, women's bball was profitable.

 

[upstater]

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/20...in-red-as-salaries-break-college-budgets.html

In 2010 it wasn't.

The revenue difference between 2010 and 2004 is roughly the shortfall for UConn last year, but if you click on the link, you'll see that certain things aren't logged under women's basketball, such as % of concessions and programs, etc. Which, themselves alone, probably makeup for the shortfall and help UConn break even--whereas in past years, they were profitable.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This is really shortsighted thinking. Long term, it's still football that makes the most money and calls the shots. As upstater said, when UConn wasn't even in the Big East & the MBB team was coming off a title, football still nearly made equal ticket revenue. That says it all.

Equal revenue with 50X the expense. How many more scholarships for FB? Coaches? Facilities? Football costs a ton. Most D1A football schools lose money.

 

[upstater]

Equal revenue with 50X the expense. How many more scholarships for FB? Coaches? Facilities? Football costs a ton. Most D1A football schools lose money.

The fact that UConn has to subsidize sports right now (while the TV contracts for the big BCS conferences allow schools to either stop subsidizing sports or else ramp up spending) means that eventually, UConn will not have the money to go toe-to-toe with big schools in basketball. The profit from basketball will be rerouted to other sports as long as Title 9 is around. And if football isn't helping with TV contracts, then UConn basketball will be in the position that say Butler or Gonzaga are in right now.

 

[Excalibur]

I see no logical reason why any of our old conference mates and non traditional bcs football powers (like a UVA or wake or northwestern or vandy) and maybe the next tier up too wouldn't give us home and homes straight away.

There will likely be more conference games for the others, meaning fewer spots available for OOC games. We're not getting home and homes.