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auggie22 said:
Nice job!

I saw a breakdown of alumni by state on the UCONN foundation site, on phone else I would link it.
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I saw that too; but, only in a hard copy. Can't find an electronic copy. Overall, I showed a good number of Alumni stretching from Northern VA up through Metro Boston with other smaller pockets in Raleigh, Chicago, Houston, and the SF Bay area.
 
UConnMike04 said:
Assuming you don't attach the part about the B1G being the best fit, is there a way for you to E-Mail this to the Big12 presidents? Or spread it somehow? Phenomenal work!
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Send this by email, tweet, Facebook, registered mail, pony express, drone strike if possible to every B1G, ACC, B12 conference commissioner and school president.
 
Our profile has improved tremendously since the last round of realignment.

The men's basketball program has won another championship and Ollie has proven to be a top 20, if not top 10, coach in college basketball. We have lots of new facilities built or soon to be built. An ice hockey team that is already a top 25 program and trending up. Much more research activity and overall improved academics in basically every way. More alumni graduating each year. A football team that is trending up and a firm commitment from the athletic department to support it.

It's amazing how much has happened in just 2-3 years.
 
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Great work Dooley! I would feel confident if we send Dooley as our chief presenter if we need to do presentations for P5 conferences. We should tweet this info to anyone and everyone that might have a say in conference realignment. Next step is make a list of email addresses/twitter accounts that UCONN fans can contact and send them this link.
 
Awesome write-up Dooley. In my profession this is known as a highly re-usable, digital asset; emphases on the words re-usable and asset. This gets my vote for the most important BY post I've read since first logging on back in 2009.
 
The crazy web people around here need to post that info in all the most important places, like the Texas and OK boards, so their beat writers see it. Tweet out bits and pieces consistently so people continue to be exposed to it.
 
I sent the report to Baylor, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. I couldn't find WVU's athletic director email so I didn't sent it to them. Lets hope they read it!

Edit: I sent it to their school presidents, athletic directors, and people who work in the athletic directors offices so someone will definitely see it.
 
aburks41 said:
I sent the report to Baylor, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. I couldn't find WVU's athletic director email so I didn't sent it to them. Lets hope they read it!

Edit: I sent it to their school presidents, athletic directors, and people who work in the athletic directors offices so someone will definitely see it.
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Post their emails here!
 
Matrim55 said:
Post their emails here!
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chancellor@ku.edu
kuathletics@ku.edu
ad@athletics.utexas.edu
president@utexas.edu
cp@utexas.edu
tthompson@ou.edu
jmeeks@ou.edu
heath_nielson@baylor.edu,
julie_bennett@bayor.edu,
david_kaye@baylor.edu,
zach_peters@baylor.edu
nicholas_joos@baylor.edu

If you look around on the school websites you can send it to more of them. But these were the easiest emails to find just by looking on their websites

I sent them from my @uconn.edu email as well so hopefully that will resonate more than a regular email haha
 
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aburks41 said:
chancellor@ku.edu
kuathletics@ku.edu
ad@athletics.utexas.edu
president@utexas.edu
cp@utexas.edu
tthompson@ou.edu
jmeeks@ou.edu
heath_nielson@baylor.edu,
julie_bennett@bayor.edu,
david_kaye@baylor.edu,
zach_peters@baylor.edu
nicholas_joos@baylor.edu

If you look around on the school websites you can send it to more of them. But these were the easiest emails to find just by looking on their websites

I sent them from my email as well so hopefully that will resonate more than a regular email haha
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Would it surprise you if UConn has already presented this information to every P5 league? If they have not, an email campaign is not going to help. Actually, it won't help either way. I do agree that flooding message boards is the way to go though.
 
Stinger92860 said:
Would it surprise you if UConn has already presented this information to every P5 league? If they have not, an email campaign is not going to help. Actually, it won't help either way. I do agree that flooding message boards is the way to go though.
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how would flooding message boards for these teams have any impact? Fans are not calling the shots here. Athletic directors and school presidents are. If fans were able to decide this then we would be in the ACC already. I know it probably won't help but it won't hurt either. Its better than sitting back and doing nothing while we probably get passed over again for Houston/BYU
 
aburks41 said:
how would flooding message boards for these teams have any impact? Fans are not calling the shots here. Athletic directors and school presidents are. If fans were able to decide this then we would be in the ACC already. I know it probably won't help but it won't hurt either. Its better than sitting back and doing nothing while we probably get passed over again for Houston/BYU
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It was not I who said to do that. I think it's a waste of time.
 
The numbers you are missing at this point are TV ratings for Uconn versus the competition. While the potential household number is impressive, what are the actual ratings Uconn has achieved? Secondarily, what have the national TV numbers been versus the competing schools? Also, historically, what kind of ratings has CFB for the various conferences generated within the potential household markets?

I have searched for some of these but the best you come up with is not worthwhile and certainly not comprehensive enough to analyze (and don't help Uconn at all). Someone with inside access to media should be able to grab those numbers. These are the numbers that will drive expansion. Who adds the most real viewers. Who enhances the current ratings in the new markets the most. These are followed by, can I screw the conference more by adding this team or that team.

I think the potential eyeballs card played very well by RU with B1G may have been a 1 time shot.
 
Great piece, and after I pen you this note, I intend to read it again more closely.

Just wanted to add that the Albany TV market could be added to your listing. I an in Schenectady and make the trek to Rentschler in about two hours, and the XL Center in under two hours. Syracuse is roughly the same distance as Hartford. We get all the TV feeds on UConn games and the UConn women have an enormous following here. The great crowd which the Husky women drew in April to the Albany Regionals included thousands of local fans.

We are close to l million people in the two hour traveling range to Hartford. I am sure SU includes our area in their viewing range, and they certainly have a considerable fan base here. But the fact is Albany is equidistant to both cities.
 
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06029 said:
The numbers you are missing at this point are TV ratings for Uconn versus the competition. While the potential household number is impressive, what are the actual ratings Uconn has achieved? Secondarily, what have the national TV numbers been versus the competing schools? Also, historically, what kind of ratings has CFB for the various conferences generated within the potential household markets?

I have searched for some of these but the best you come up with is not worthwhile and certainly not comprehensive enough to analyze (and don't help Uconn at all). Someone with inside access to media should be able to grab those numbers. These are the numbers that will drive expansion. Who adds the most real viewers. Who enhances the current ratings in the new markets the most. These are followed by, can I screw the conference more by adding this team or that team.

I think the potential eyeballs card played very well by RU with B1G may have been a 1 time shot.
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It's not what their ratings have been, it's what they could be vs Big 12 competition. Texas, OK Baylor, TCU etc would get more fringe UConn fans watching them then vs AAC competition.
 
06029 said:
The numbers you are missing at this point are TV ratings for Uconn versus the competition. While the potential household number is impressive, what are the actual ratings Uconn has achieved? Secondarily, what have the national TV numbers been versus the competing schools? Also, historically, what kind of ratings has CFB for the various conferences generated within the potential household markets?

I have searched for some of these but the best you come up with is not worthwhile and certainly not comprehensive enough to analyze (and don't help Uconn at all). Someone with inside access to media should be able to grab those numbers. These are the numbers that will drive expansion. Who adds the most real viewers. Who enhances the current ratings in the new markets the most. These are followed by, can I screw the conference more by adding this team or that team.

I think the potential eyeballs card played very well by RU with B1G may have been a 1 time shot.
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Remember, it's not just how many eyeballs UConn can bring in a vacuum. It's how many eyeballs can they gain by delivering all of their content to this region - someone in Enfield watching Texas-Oklahoma counts just as much. It's making their total pie bigger.
 
Hey Dooley, my friend just sent me this email back. I XXX'ed out the name of his contact.

"Hey buddy, this is impressive stuff. I sent this to (I'm almost certain you met him at a game here in Austin). He is very tight with Chip and is the best portal of entry. He'll see it makes the rounds to AD Perrin and Prez. Fenves. He's an engineer who loves STEM. Horns and Huskies. I like the way that sounds!"

I've been to several baseball, basketball and football games with him in Austin. I saw Ricky Williams score 5 TD's vs Rice. And several UT baseball games. That's big time down there. I remember going to a UConn v UT basketball game in Austin in 2001 when Caron Butler and Taliek Brown were Freshmen. He and his wife came up to Gampel to see UConn v UT with my wife and me a few years ago.

He'll get this disseminated. Can't hurt.
 
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Very cool read. Like to see endowment added to the academics portion, see that thrown around a lot in CR talk.
 
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Slasher said:
Very cool read. Like to see endowment added to the academics portion, see that thrown around a lot in CR talk.
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As a flagship state university, UConn has the equivalent of a multi-billion dollar endowment. That won't mean much compared to Texas, but not many private schools can compare favorably.
 
DudeOfCT said:
As a flagship state university, UConn has the equivalent of a multi-billion dollar endowment. That won't mean much compared to Texas, but not many private schools can compare favorably.
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Texas' isn't ordinary, it's 2nd or 3rd best in the country. I'd guess most B12 teams are between 500M and 1.5B.
 
Well done. THis is great to throw around as well:
(A recent market study of the Hartford Market done by Stafford Sports. Lots about UConn. Pages 45-98

http://www.courant.com/real-estate/hc-pdf-hartford-stadium-study-20150219-htmlstory.html

^^^Better to be seen on a PC

STAFFORD SPORTS
Stafford Sports is an independent, nationally recognized company that provides expert consulting and advisory services for sports, entertainment and public assembly venues. Stafford’s Principals have conducted market studies that have led to the successful development of high-profile arenas including the AT&T Center, BB&T Center, Cedar Park Center, Intrust Bank Arena, Moda Center, Oracle Arena, Quicken Loans Arena and the Wells Fargo Center.

Doozies like:
635,000 people aged 20-59 (prime ticket buying age) within 30 minutes of XL
1,600,000 people aged 20-59 within 60 minutes of XL
172,000(35%) within 30 miles makes >100k
416,000(33%) within 60 miles makes >100k
16 Fortune 500 companies in CT
Lots of others….

Page 72 on talks a little more about UConn and other major arenas hosting college sports

I'm sure there is some more info in there you can add…
 
DudeOfCT said:
I posted a link on shaggytexas.
http://www.shaggytexas.com/board/showthread.php/108844-Realignment-talk-not-going-away/page987

I'll be interested to see what they say.
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Here are two things to note from the immediate responses:
1) Saying UConn has 4 national championships in basketball and football might be a bit misleading.
2) The folks in Texas probably don't understand that CT and NYC share a culture in a way that, say, Philadelphia and NYC do not share a culture. Focusing on distance from NYC leaves that fact out.
 
Just to add a couple more numbers: The UConn-Depaul women's basketball game was the third highest rated CBB game so far this season on FS1. The audience was almost 2.5 times greater than the average Big East men's game. And I don't think they were tuning in to see Depaul.
 
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