UConn, Army cancel four future football games, reschedule two other contests (FBS Schedules)

[uconnyankee]

Last year Mora was banging the drum about NIL. I can guarantee he'll be banging on about conference affiliation this season with the new CFP and once they start losing out to UMass on recruits.

People should realize that just joining a conference isn’t as easy as UConn saying ‘we choose you’…

Conferences aren’t so eager to take just football, and UConn isn’t parking their BB programs into Sunbelt conference (or any other G5 league).

UConn is gonna have to dangle something as a carrot to entice a league to take FB only.

And maybe they get BE to subsidize it too. Without UConn BB, big East is not a power conference. It’s decent, but they lose a huge piece of their media value.

I think once the playoff model is determined, the ACC is raided and final P4 slots are set, UConn will push for some finality to its conference alignment. With so many unknown variables likely to be solved in next couple years that will impact UConn, best option is probably independent FB and BE for everything else until it isn’t.

 

[Bongo Fury]

I heard on the radio that there is talk about changes to the NCAA tournament with expansion, eliminating conference tournaments and more bids for power conferences? That’d be a tough blow to the Big East.

 

[UConnJim]

I heard on the radio that there is talk about changes to the NCAA tournament with expansion, eliminating conference tournaments and more bids for power conferences? That’d be a tough blow to the Big East.

I'm skeptical about eliminating conference tournaments as they bring in revenues from TV media rights, sponsorships, and ticket sales. Do you think a basketball media contract would remain flat without a conference tournament? Then again, this is the NCAA so who knows.

 

[BugsyCT]

Conferences aren’t so eager to take just football, and UConn isn’t parking their BB programs into Sunbelt conference (or any other G5 league).

UConn is gonna have to dangle something as a carrot to entice a league to take FB only.

The only carrot we have to dangle for a FB-only invite to any G5 would be to schedule a bunch of MBB & WBB games with that conference, but I don't think the hoops side would want to do anything to hurt their stock again, so I dunno.

 

[Patman]

I will admit my UMass comment was dumb. But the idea of losing a recruit because we aren't in a conference is a reality and one Mora has mentioned. That was where I was trying to go with my comment. Just used the wrong way to say it.

We were all kids. We didn't know much about the world.

I don't forgive kids thinking it's cool to torture people and stuff... you know that's wrong... but some coach selling championship dreams. You don't know that's wrong... despite it being very wrong in umass's world.

 

[Patman]

The only carrot we have to dangle for a FB-only invite to any G5 would be to schedule a bunch of MBB & WBB games with that conference, but I don't think the hoops side would want to do anything to hurt their stock again, so I dunno.

We were doing it under randy 1.0. I have no problem with such dangles because basketball always has quota fill games. Also when you look at non-conf so many are one for one swappable