This is correct. And Miami football actually did exactly what they said they would do. In the Big East they felt they needed to win at all costs due to the way the Big East distributed money. In the ACC they got a guaranteed equal payout. So they cleaned up their act largely
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I'm not a fan of this move. I don't like the geography, the absence of historical rivalries, the long delay for football to join.
Sources: UConn, Big 12 in serious negotiations about Huskies joining as newest expansion member
In the latest version of the deal, UConn would join the conference as a member in all sports except football starting, at latest, in 2026.sports.yahoo.com
Disagree. You take the bird in hand because there’s no guarantee they’ll get an ACC invite if FSU and/or Clemson leave. They may instead backfill with a southern AAC school (like SMU) or or one of the PAC 2. You can’t take that chance & pass on the guaranteed opportunity to get in the 3rd best conference that preserves both your basketball & football programs long term.
I must have missed where the ACC commissioner is pitching us to their presidents.
This. So we have no conversation with the ACC. There is the hope that maybe at some point in the future something shakes loose in the ACC, while that something (at least according to everything out there) also moves some of the other schools people want us to play out of the ACC (UNC for example). We can get more money now, in a conference that is better for many sports. All reasons to hold out hope for a conference that has never even shown interest to turn down a commissioner who clearly wants us. Got it.
Oh nice....
they're already a powerhouse basketball conference, better than the Big East.
Problem is that the ACC is never logical when it comes to UConn. They will take Tulane and USF before UConn.
Then what? What those teams leave for the Big 12?
This isn't a serious comment.
Yes.
At this point I’m convinced you people can’t comprehend revenue sharing and its implications.
The lack of foresight from so many people, especially national media members who cover the sport, is pretty unbelievable. I'm not sure these people could make a plan of what to make for dinner before they go to the grocery store.
Also one year the power conferences will make their own basketball tourney and have their own selection criteria that may or may not involve the small conferences in some lessor form. Never underestimate their ability to hog everything they can
We can debate whether it would be a good move for the football and baseball fans. The reality is that it should be a good move for both programs, the athletic department as a whole and the school (which in all candor is how we should look at this).
The end game is both the football and basketball money, and they don't care about any of the little guys. Big time betting has taken over college sports and they don't need the little guys upsets to have people watch.
You’re right, I don’t understand how revenue sharing is going to work. It seems to me that for basketball to get more money, either UConn basketball would have to make more in the B12 or basketball would share in (distant future) football money. I’m not sure either will happen.
You're moving to the best basketball conference in the nation, how's that not helpful to basketball?
About $20 million in revenue will go to players. It's essentially a salary cap on revenue. How that is divided is yet to be seen.
OK, but that doesn’t answer whether basketball will actually get more money in the B12 or whether the difference will go to football.
Do you even realize if we don't get into the B12, the future of UConn basketball is in jeopardy?
The athletic department gets more money. They don't write a check to the basketball team or the football team. The athletic department gets the money and uses it to help fund all athletic operations.
Yes it does. Because to be competitive you're going to have to spend the max level of cash. Big XII money helps us get to that level of spending. Otherwise we have to ask the state and donors for more money to hit the cap.
