jim mora's dad was an acclaimed NFL head coach.
Your first point is essentially a straw man. OP only said "concerning," and you created a door to make your own, unrelated point that (s)he really shouldn't be surprised.
Well given that the P5 is a football designation, it’s certainly not happening without a quality football program, right?
Why are you bringing up a $30 million withdrawal fee? We don’t have to spend that until we leave, and even then, only if we leave within six years of joining the big east. If we leave, will be able to make up that $30 million in a single year and still have roughly the same revenue as our current biggest deal. if we leave seven years after we join the biggies the withdrawal fee is only $15 million. And it drops to 10 million shortly there after.
I don't see where more money comes from without joining a conference that can pay it. To join a conference that pays more, we need to leave the Big East. If Mora is looking for investment now, then we need money now, and more than a Big East TV contract can pay.
He doesn’t have an agent
So how much money do you believe should be spent on athletics given that you said we’re already spending too much? What do you feel would be the right number?
This is actually something he should get. Is that what he was asking? Ir was bigger recruiting budget, more Bells and whistles, more big time marketing.
We're pretty much there. Minimum is 6 for men. We're at 7 for men and golf is (almost?) entirely donor-funded at this point. And when we tried to cut a women's sport we got sued for Title IX. Think the sports are stuck where they are
I hope you're right because if it wasn't said with Benedict's agreement, I would be disappointed. Let's not forget that Mora was the one who contacted Benedict about the job, Benedict spent days with him discussing the job, and Mora knew what he was getting into when he took the job.
It was very noticeable how small the UMass roster was. Do they have like 40 guys?
I noticed that too. Didn't seem like the had very many players on their sideline. Like one of their team busses broke down or turned back.
I didn't say we spend too much. That would be an opinion. I said we spend significantly more than we take in. I don't know the exact deficit, but it has been quoted in the thread, it is astronomical, it is not sustainable, and it needs to be made up from... somewhere.
Who do you want the promise from? What we do know is the schools that got the call up to a P5 we're spending more than us on football.
'Mora probably wouldn't be sending this message in such a manner.'
Those are all good points and I think his vision, our vision, is that UCONN Football plays in a power conference like the ACC. That takes winning and it takes money. Maybe he is just reminding people that our .500 record is fine and all but the Husky Revolution takes prolonged and significant investment. We are either 100% committed to it or we aren't. At this point it really is a gamble because no matter how much we spend, we don't know when or if that invitation will be coming. It certainly won't be coming if don't commit to it.
UConn is a football independent. And it earns basketball money. All of the schools you're likely thinking of -- any of the old Big East, Cincy from the AAC, TCU, etc etc etc -- are and were affiliated with conferences when they got invited and make way more than we do. Of course they spend more than we do. We would have made more money from the Big East TV deal that was turned down (and killed the conference) ages ago than we make now. That's a crazy disparity in finances.
