UConn to Big XII Imminent?

[AZHuskiePop]

With the House settlement - which only really considered revenue-generating sports football and basketball - there will be a huge reshuffling of college athletics and it might be a mess.

It should have just split into 2 separate worlds - Revenue vs Non Revenue....and not at the conference level but the sport level.

Revenue sports pay players, and non-revenue dont. Revenue sports get a large share of the funding..... non-revenue self-fund or play at a club level. etc.

This mess may benefit non power conference...

How the power conferences will interact with non-power conferences will be interesting. For example, take baseball - in the non-power conferences, you don't have to abide by the roster limit but CAN give a higher about of scholarships. So, say a Virginia, has to limit its baseball roster to 34 but UConn doesn't have to... the Huskies can give 34 scholarships but can have 50 players.

There may also be a redistribution of players and more parity in non-revenue sports. 64 teams in D1 lacrosse have no limit on roster size, 11 that have D1 football teams have to limit the roster to 48. Average roster size is between 48 to 60 - UVA 53, ND 60, Maryland 52, etc. Just off of those three teams alone that 21 players that will be "cut" to accommodate the roster limit, where will they go? To the other 64 teams with no limits.

The average lacrosse player get $5K athletic money and the rest is academics and tuition. Some non power league schools with keep operating lacrosse with no impact while the P2 lacrosse scools may be hampered by this ruling.

It will be interesting how this plays out..and if changes are again made.

My concern is for the kids not at the top
I had a grandnephew who completed a 4 years degree a a very prestigious non D1 school on a football scholarship he had no illusions of professionalism. . But he is in a different world than he ever dreamed possible. He was an honor student
I have another grandnephew playing Hockey for a prestigious large school
My nephew his father made the socio economic jump on his football ability again to a smaller school . Both those guys are 6’3 250. snd OL like there uncle
i have a grandniece whose 5’11“ senior wing on a top prep school with D1 offers .
Those are life changing for those kids anyone who screws that up should be drawn and quartered

 

[giddyup]

Sounds like a crappy deal with UConn football out until 2031. All in or no deal.

 

[LBird33]

Including one saying that UConn coach Bobby Hurley is OK with the move.

Guy wins two National Championships and still overshadowed by his brother lol

 

[Blue Idiaco]

if this actually happens, Dan Hurley not only delivered the school two national championships (so far), but saved the athletic department

 

[AllHusky]

So Zanetto does have real sources. I hope this happens and we can put all this nonsense behind us but the deal has to work for us too. I'm tired of UConn bringing so much to everyone else while UConn gets screwed.

I posted somewhere that he gets a statue in front of Gampel if he’s right

 

[ninety-nine]

Sources: UConn in early talks for joining Big 12

Just to be thorough. ESPN is reporting it now.

 

[AllHusky]

However, if this is a no go, it will forever be known as getting Zanetto’d

 

[Stinger92860]

True, by 2031 who knows what the landscape will look like.

worry about that later, you take this offer

 

[UConnMike04]

This feels “different” than last year. While I love the Big East and local rivals, this is a move we NEED to make. Stability, $$$, great basketball, etc.

While football in ‘31 would be tough to take (I’d rather it be ‘28/29 season - maybe with a partial share and next media contract in ‘31 we get a full share), we can hopefully have a scheduling agreement until then.

Plus - we can laugh at Syracuse and BC sweating it out when the ACC implodes.

 

[metsfan2323]

worry about that later, you take this offer

The thing that bothers me is there is no building process in major sports anymore, every player is a free agent at the end of each season, we won't necessarily be in a better position in 2031 than we would be in 2026 or 2027. They should just add us.

Unless we are telling them we can't ramp up football until they give us a full share, which might be possible.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

The thing that bothers me is there is no building process in major sports anymore, every player is a free agent at the end of each season, we won't necessarily be in a better position in 2031 than we would be in 2026 or 2027. They should just add us.

Unless we are telling them we can't ramp up football until they give us a full share, which might be possible.

I believe 2031 would be the start time because it’s when the new Big 12 contract begins and the current schools don’t want their current payout diluted by UConn.

 

[Redding Husky]

UConn is “revenue neutral”? That’s ok, not great.

 

[Kolumbo]

I believe Kansas is one of the overlooked gems in CR, perhaps just my opinion. Kansas and Arizona wanting UConn in the conference should offset any football schools worrying about UConn Football. I could see that being the last hurdle, how soon will UConn Football get a full share. It won't be a deal breaker, but UConn has more hand than others think, and should play that hand to the fullest.

 

[Redding Husky]

I would think the Big 12 would wait for the ACC to fall apart and look at the fire sale.

 

[UConn Dan]

ESPN and AP articles pouring some cold water on it happening anytime soon if at all

 

[Redding Husky]

The Big 12 has legitimate concerns about our football program. If this 2031 thing is correct, they’re giving us 7 years to get our act together. The power conference train leaves in 2031. Hopefully we’re on it.

 

[buddy]

For us old farts 2031 is too long…

That's okay. At least we will die knowing UConn has a home in the P3

 

[UConn Dan]

Dom Amore: UConn to the Big 12 rumor mill is reignited with men’s basketball seen as the jewel

Rumors about the Big 12 Conference making another play for UConn athletics are heating up again but much would have to happen before the Huskies’ athletic department moves.

www.courant.com

 

[Redding Husky]

ESPN and AP articles pouring some cold water on it happening anytime soon if at all

As a regular fan with zero connections, I give it a 20% chance of happening.

 

[Redding Husky]

I believe 2031 would be the start time because it’s when the new Big 12 contract begins and the current schools don’t want their current payout diluted by UConn.

I saw one report that said UConn is “revenue neutral” for the Big 12.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

The geography will be much better when Cuse BC and Pitt follow us.


Where do we think the on campus stadium goes?

 

[WestCoastHusky]

ESPN and AP articles pouring some cold water on it happening anytime soon if at all

This could be a negotiation tactic since ESPN will be footing a big part of the bill to bring the Huskies on. They are trying to get UCONN to take less. ESPN being a slime should not be anything new.

 

[UConn Dan]

 

[JMick]

Did he read my post or am I speaking the stadium into existence

 

[CL82]

Tbh one of the best reasons to get into the Big XII before an ACC collapse would be to have a no vote against BC when the ACC crumbles

Haha, not gonna lie, I was thinking the same thing.