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Message: [QUOTE="ScottVib, post: 5070766, member: 694"] In the last year with a full conference distribution (2017-2018) the difference in the losses from football relative to men's basketball was 3.5M... which corresponded to the difference in the cost of the scholarships that UConn charged the athletic department for those two sports. With a conference home, football losses dramatically decrease (and at least for that year, were attributable to the cost of scholarships, not a real expenditure). To be clear I'm a fan of all UConn sports, I wouldn't be in favor of sacrificing any of them for the benefit of another. I do think that UConn made the right (albeit unusual) choice to leave the AAC when it did and Men's Basketball has definitely benefited from the move. That said, I don't think that any of the people in power for college athletics holds the Big East as a must keep/must save/must have. That's part of why the TV rights deal got split so many different ways to come up with the money that they did get. The fact that the Big East teams did not get the benefit of the doubt when compared to the MWC schools is alarming, at least it should be for those who feel like the league's perception will save the Big East when the power schools look to further their own interests... because ultimately no one is worried about saving the MWC. [/QUOTE]