One of the comments is "UConn does not have the financial resources" - as if we haven't been doing more with less and ignoring that entering a power conference would finally give us financial resources? Not a serious bunch over thereeven bcu fans are starting to see the writing on the wall
Is uConn the Obvious Replacement for BC in the ACC | BC Interruption
I just get this sense it is coming....www.bcinterruption.com
no, not the sharpest tools. but some do acknowledge the advantages that UConn does have
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One other thing regarding resources. IIRC, AD Dave tweeted out a few months back that, Uconn, had a record setting total of around $51 million in donation for athletics, alone, in the last fiscal year.
Sadly this is such a common take about us.There's a Clemson fan on the ACC subreddit I often interact with because the only thing I ever see him comment about is UConn, and how they don't belong in the ACC. His main argument is that UConn Athletics runs a deficit, citing the state subsidies, and that we don't generate the money needed to create value for the ACC
The second paragraph is somewhat confusing. What ancillary benefits could they give? They have gone out of their way to screw UConn for the last decade plus. ESPN could have easily funded UConn to the ACC and told the Conference that it is UConn or no deal. They did not do that and won't do it seems.
I don't fault your logic, but given that Clemson and FSU have veto power over admissionsand that neither one of us have been in favor of us as a admission target in the past, in all likelihood nothing's happening until there are at least some defections from the ACC. Hopefully those two ass hats.
Agree if the invite was today. If the invite was after a significant loss of existing membership, we might have more leverage.
When you say Pitt generated the same payout, I think what you're saying is ESPN agreed to pay a full share for Connecticut or Pittsburgh. Given that the ACC could continue to expand and damage its main rival, which always was the point of expansion, and not dilute its payout, it was easy for the other schools to acquiesce to Boston College's request that UConn not be given an invite.
It also doesn't take into account that, even without a P4 media distribution, Connecticut spends competitively with P4 colleges. It also doesn't take into account that unlike some schools that have made the jump up, Connecticut doesn't need to dramatically upgrade facilities. Think about Rutgers. They had the leverage future payments in order to be even vaguely competitive. The RAC still isn't at the level of a big time university. That's not our situation.
For what it's worth, that deficit represents the state and universities commitment to athletics. It's a badge of honor, not a mark of shame. Even without P4 money, the university of Connecticut is committed to competing in athletics at the highest level and has done so successfully in pretty much every sport.
100%. For fans of a conference that love to talk about how well regarded they are academically, they sure are stupid
If they looked at the big picture, and maybe they will start to, Clemson and FSU should be happy to have UConn. It SHOULD be another win on their football schedules, at least in the short term. And those wins would look much better than beating bcu. They also get the benefit of playing our Olympic sports and recruiting in the Northeast much closer to NYC than su and cuse.
Maybe, but that's not the way they've seen it, at least to date.
Aren’t su and Cuse the same school?
Oh come on zoo, don’t be so exclusionist. Notre Dame has plenty of options…
They CANNOT join the Big or SEC “any time they want.” Neither of them will accept ND as long as they want to be treated differently than other members.
