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Hell yeah, any times?FWIW I went on stubhub and they're showing both St. John's and Marquette at XL
Hell yeah, any times?FWIW I went on stubhub and they're showing both St. John's and Marquette at XL
Hell yeah, any times?
Good Luck!eh, that doesn't hold any water. They've run specials at The Rent in the Big East days.
Make it so.Nah all home games have TBD next too it. I would take it all with a grain of salt as it has every single OOC home game in Storrs at the moment.
Not an argument for or against the organization, but aren't they a non-profit?I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the Wolfpack pays significantly less for the use of the XL than Connecticut does.
As far as I am aware the CDRA has never shown a profit in any venture it was involved in. That's a pretty telling indictment of them and probably the most salient of the many reasons why the agency should be disbanded.
Even diverting an estimated $7 1/2 million dollars a year from the University, the CDRA's shows a multi million dollar loss every year. How is that acceptable?
They are supposedly waiting on the conference to announce tip times. Which makes no sense since the conference doesnt control the OOC tip times.I mean it can't take more than a few days to decide what venue the games are at...right?
That would close about 1/5th of the deficit with no apparent downside.I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the Wolfpack pays significantly less for the use of the XL than Connecticut does.
As far as I am aware the CDRA has never shown a profit in any venture it was involved in. That's a pretty telling indictment of them and probably the most salient of the many reasons why the agency should be disbanded.
Even diverting an estimated $7 1/2 million dollars a year from the University, the CDRA's shows a multi million dollar loss every year. How is that acceptable?
Not a non profit from an employee compensation viewpoint - lolNot an argument for or against the organization, but aren't they a non-profit?
Don't know, but it's not particularly relevant. And the point is that the organization even with the university as a captive tenant that gets charged above market lease rates, shows a multi million dollar loss every year.Not an argument for or against the organization, but aren't they a non-profit?
Keep in mind that the deficit this year since it is no longer including replenishing the pension fund and does not include Ollies settlement will likely be about 23 million. So 7 1/2 million is roughly 1/3 of that.That would close about 1/5th of the deficit with no apparent downside.
Good points.Keep in mind that the deficit this year since it is no longer including replenishing the pension fund and does not include Ollies settlement will likely be about 23 million. So 7 1/2 million is roughly 1/3 of that.
#8 should have happened years ago.I have said it time and again: we can schedule 7 P5 opponents in our OOC. They don't all have to be bruisers, but it allows us to at least have two home OOC games against high level competition.
Example for 24/25 going forward:
1. Yale (H)- the administration needs to stop balking on this game: it's good for the state, and Yale is a solid, recognizable opponent
2. Michigan State (A)- Gavitt game (we need to be in this year every year if it is extended (looks like it will be)
3. Harvard (H)- another local game against a team people have heard of; one of the better programs traditionally in the Ivy League
4. MTE #1
5. MTE #2
6. MTE #3
7. Princeton (H)- another local Ivy team that is solid
8. Syracuse (H)- we should be playing them home and home every year
9. Boston College (A)- another local P5 and scheduling them could help us get them to schedule us again home and home in football
10. Kansas (H)- Big East/Big 12 challenge: this better be happening next year or our administration got played
11. Norfolk State (H)- if we are going to play an HBCU, we better play one of the better ones
This is a doable schedule that gives us two OOC home games: Kansas and Syracuse. One game each for the XL Center and Gampel.
I hope we get a charity scrimmage against Yale or Harvard next month. We scrimmage Harvard every year anyhow, why not invite the public and raise some money for Maui?1. Yale (H)- the administration needs to stop balking on this game: it's good for the state, and Yale is a solid, recognizable opponent
entirely possible. however, they are and have been involved in helping finance some successful ventures. Parkville Market among them.Just a guess, their goal is to pay their politically connected employees,
Same night as UConn/Nova, so seems like that may be an XL game
Nailed it.I have us at 14-1 in the first 15 with that schedule.