Why would Staples mention CUSA and not Mountain West?
Here is your senator count on the Non P5 side:
Connecticut 2
Hawaii 2
Idaho 2
Let's be fair, you forgot the three northern NE states & RI. They may be important swing votes. Also even if they speak like they are Canadian you can't kick the Dakotas out of the Union. At least not yet.
Talk about reaching for straws! 30 senators from states with no P5 schools. Lets see that only leaves 70 on the other side. FL politicians care for UF & FSU a few UM, the rest don't register on the meter. TX cares about UT & A&M, OH about OSU. CA cares about CAL & UCLA. Even in MA you probably have more pol's with connections to BU, BC and NU than Umass.
Living in Massachusetts, I can guarantee you that Sens. Warren and Markey don't care about BC and I'm sure the same can be said about Syracuse in NY. Oh, by the way, the Senate majority leader is from Nevada, a state with no P5 schools.
And, I am on the boards of 2 non-profits and there are pretty strict rules surrounding pay for non-profits. We can't pay our CEOs anywhere near what college coaches make.
As for Florida, undergrads at USF + UCF > UF + FSU, 87.2k to 64.6k. Don't forget, FIU and FAU have 59.8k undergrads. So, yes, politicians in Florida will care.
Really the state of Ohio would have one representative. Mich twoTalk about reaching for straws! 30 senators from states with no P5 schools. Lets see that only leaves 70 on the other side. FL politicians care for UF & FSU a few UM, the rest don't register on the meter. TX cares about UT & A&M, OH about OSU. CA cares about CAL & UCLA. Even in MA you probably have more pol's with connections to BU, BC and NU than Umass.
Living in Massachusetts, I can guarantee you that Sens. Warren and Markey don't care about BC and I'm sure the same can be said about Syracuse in NY. Oh, by the way, the Senate majority leader is from Nevada, a state with no P5 schools.
And, I am on the boards of 2 non-profits and there are pretty strict rules surrounding pay for non-profits. We can't pay our CEOs anywhere near what college coaches make.
As for Florida, undergrads at USF + UCF > UF + FSU, 87.2k to 64.6k. Don't forget, FIU and FAU have 59.8k undergrads. So, yes, politicians in Florida will care.
Really the state of Ohio would have one representative. Mich two
Indiana possibly 3 North Carolina 4 .Tiny States like Kansas and Oklahoma 2.
The bulk of MAC teams are in the state of Ohio.
Do you think the people of Ohio will be happy with that?
30 senators acting in unison can effectively shut down the US.
This is potentially a political firestorm.
Nothing upspets Americans more than elitism.
Reprensentatives from districts with FSB schools who are excluded won't. be happy campers either. Like almost the entire state of NY.
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Really the state of Ohio would have one representative. Mich two
Indiana possibly 3. Tiny States like Kansas and Oklahoma 2.
The bulk of MAC teams are in the state of Ohio.
Do you think the people of Ohio will be happy with that?
30 senators acting in unison can effectively shut down the US.
This is potentially a political firestorm.
Nothing upspets Americans more than elitism.
Reprensentatives from districts with FSB schools who are excluded won't. be happy campers either.
This is so wrong I don't know where to start.
30 Senators can't do squat, not even have a filibuster if the 70 disagree. Last time I looked it takes 60 for cloture.
Americans get upset with elitism? Wow since when? All of us here on the BY sure have un-American attitudes bragging about UConn's climb to elite status among public universities.
As far as your rep numbers, I have no idea what you are talking about. OH has 2 senators and a bunch of reps. I bet a lot more care about OSU than all of the other schools combined.
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No one is going to get "forced down". The most likely scenario is that a new division will be created and the conferences that have all of its members qualify will be "brought up" to Super FBS (just as the Division I-A and I-AA split occurred).
I still can't believe how puny the contract is. But the idea you brought up about ESPN standing to make a decent profit on it seems to say all that needs to be said. I look forward to the day we land in a conference as a permanent home. Our options are as good as they can get.Also it seems to me that ESPN would be in favor of keeping The American in the game as they stand to make a tidy profit by airing our games given the fact that they are paying us with peanuts, heck they would probably give us a little extra money for the stipend rather then watch us die.
Rumors of our demise are greatly exaggerated.
Whaler spins arguments to fit his "facts".
I count 17 states outside the Cartel. That's 34 senators. And YES ... You better believe that the Florida senators will fight for UCF & USF. And the MAC schools matter ... So you have 2 Ohio Senators looking out. At a certain point, Public Universities simply cannot be cut out. The idea that the Kansas institutions deserve $50m of TV CFB money ... North Dakota has absolutely no access will grate on two. And on & on.
Not a simple deal.
The senate is not going to come riding in as a white knight to save us - it's just not happening. We have had our skulls caved in during the shenanigans thus far and guess what? The senate, our senators, our governor and anyone else you might think would care expended no energy on UConn's behalf.
Forget about North Dakota - the state Kansas is already getting $50M a year in college sports' cash and the state of Connecticut is getting about $1.8M.
Where's your senate, boys?
The senate is not going to come riding in as a white knight to save us - it's just not happening. We have had our skulls caved in during the shenanigans thus far and guess what? The senate, our senators, our governor and anyone else you might think would care expended no energy on UConn's behalf.
Forget about North Dakota - the state Kansas is already getting $50M a year in college sports' cash and the state of Connecticut is getting about $1.8M.
The state of Ohio,one of the best football areas in the country will get 25 million. Kansas with 2mm people and a terrible football tradition gets double. That certainly should be brought up to Ohio residents.
Currently there is an illusion from the have nots that they can advance,with the break away all hope is dashed. The removal of hope is a game changer.
In a divided Senate 5 senators acting together could screw things up .
Where's your senate, boys?
Whaler spins arguments to fit his "facts".
I count 17 states outside the Cartel. That's 34 senators. And YES ... You better believe that the Florida senators will fight for UCF & USF. And the MAC schools matter ... So you have 2 Ohio Senators looking out. At a certain point, Public Universities simply cannot be cut out. The idea that the Kansas institutions deserve $50m of TV CFB money ... North Dakota has absolutely no access will grate on two. And on & on.
Not a simple deal.
There is no help coming from the government.
Move on.
Exactly the idea that Congress is going to 'fix' this is insane.