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The Clampetts of D1 athleticsRutgers hit the powerball mega and all lotteries combined.
The Clampetts of D1 athleticsRutgers hit the powerball mega and all lotteries combined.
With the money that will be on the table, Clemson, FSU, UNC and probably Miami are looking to bolt. The GOR will be a negotiated exit payment. Cuse, BC, Pitt, Ga Tech, NC State, Wake will have to pick up the pieces, but it will be a second tier conference. Not sure what happens to Va Tech and UVA. The SEC and the B1g have expanded to take in the marquee names and will continue to do so.They have a GOR. It's going to be more difficult. However, I could see ND bolting as their TV contract for football is separate.
There will be two conferences with a significant if not insurmountable financial advantage. In the age of NIL that just about assures them an enormous advantage in attracting and retaining the best talent. This is professional athletics in every sense. Regularly putting kids on an aircraft to travel up to 3,000 miles to play games has nothing to do with the "college experience" and to the extent academics has meant anything recently it most certainly means nothing now. This is 40 or so programs playing at an elite level that the rest of college athletics can not. Why they would agree to continue oversight by the NCAA is beyond me.
Kids won't "regularly" be traveling 3k miles. Even when they do travel, this isn't the 1970's. They have laptops, tablets, cell phones and ebooks and can do some reading and basic coursework while flying (Even wihtout wifi onboard).
Part of college is prepping you for "real life" and plenty of current workers travel and have to get work don on the fly (Nice pun Chin).
My primary point being that all of this is being done with little consideration for the student athlete........and as these athletic departments essentially become pro franchises these kids will be professional athletes with little if any regard for academics.
........and yeah, I get that aircraft have wifi........
Shoot for the stars…..Football gets respectable, men’s hoops make a couple of nice tourney runs, women’s hoops stays on track, new president gets UConn into AAU. Then the B1G decides they want to fully conquer NYC and New England. Don’t get me wrong, I would take ACC leftovers, but you have to dream B1G.Would love if UCONN can get into a regional conference for all sports, including football.
Leftovers from ACC would be perfect.
Definitely possible.Shoot for the stars…..Football gets respectable, men’s hoops make a couple of nice tourney runs, women’s hoops stays on track, new president gets UConn into AAU. Then the B1G decides they want to fully conquer NYC and New England. Don’t get me wrong, I would take ACC leftovers, but you have to dream B1G.
If enough dominoes fall, we will be in the ACC. It won't take a miracle.UConn isn't getting an invite anywhere that is attractive. They will stay independent. JMHO.
Would BC, Pitt, Syracuse or VT would be more attractive to B1G than UConn? An argument could be made for UConn.Some fans of the ACC pending junior league teams like BC, Syracuse, Pitt and VTech are already crying that they should be part of a B1G northeast division like the old Big East with PSU and Rutgers. The irony is too rich for words.
Remember the word I used was attractive. A far flung ACC patched together as a salvage project would not be too attractive.If enough dominoes fall, we will be in the ACC. It won't take a miracle.
The B1G would extend an invite even if we were not yet in the AAU, on the understanding that eventually we would be. If UConn football see’s a a long overdue resurgence under Mora, then add two of the best (historically speaking) basketball programs in the country and Penders baseball crew, the academic standing of the school, then I think the B1G seriously looks at inviting UConn. If Mora can manage anything close to a 500 season, the ball starts rolling.Shoot for the stars…..Football gets respectable, men’s hoops make a couple of nice tourney runs, women’s hoops stays on track, new president gets UConn into AAU. Then the B1G decides they want to fully conquer NYC and New England. Don’t get me wrong, I would take ACC leftovers, but you have to dream B1G.
We are not worth $100 million per year. Washington and Oregon aren't even worth that.The B1G would extend an invite even if we were not yet in the AAU, on the understanding that eventually we would be. If UConn football see’s a a long overdue resurgence under Mora, then add two of the best (historically speaking) basketball programs in the country and Penders baseball crew, the academic standing of the school, then I think the B1G seriously looks at inviting UConn. If Mora can manage anything close to a 500 season, the ball starts rolling.
Agreed....but the ACC will look like the old Big East by that point.If enough dominoes fall, we will be in the ACC. It won't take a miracle.
We are worth that much if we are in the B1G. MSG basketball on the Big Ten Network, mens and womens, you do realize that recruiting for Mora, Hurley and Geno becomes 10 times easier. Ticket sales for women’s games alone throughout the B1G would see a huge increase. UConn has many friends in the B1G.We are not worth $100 million per year. Washington and Oregon aren't even worth that.
This why tiered payouts will be the norm in the not too distant future. What are we worth? 20-25M? Or more?We are not worth $100 million per year. Washington and Oregon aren't even worth that.
I don't see the SEC or Big 10 going past 20. My bet is that 4 schools + ND leave the ACC. It would basically be the old Big East + Ga Tech, VaTech, Duke, NC State, Wake. Not playing against Clemson, UNC, Miami, or Florida State is not going to hurt my feelings.Agreed....but the ACC will look like the old Big East by that point.
By the time UConn gets an invite....FSU, Clemson, Miami, North Carolina will definitely be gone. Some combination of NC State, Duke, Virginia, Louisville might be gone. Of course ND will have ended the play 5 ACC teams commitment.
Still probably better than being independent....but it won't be anything near what the ACC is today.
I know that sounds pessimistic...but it's hard to be optimistic with anything regarding conference realignment and UConn.
Unlikely. European soccer leagues have already figured this out. The EPL makes more because every club gets the same base amount. However, there is a % determined by performance, which we may see going forward.This why tiered payouts will be the norm in the not too distant future. What are we worth? 20-25M? Or more?