Kolek planning to go pro
Plus if they leave in 5 years who cares? Take the buyout, distribute the $ among the remaining teams, and go right back to 10 teams exactly where we are now.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
https://the-boneyard.com/threads/uconn-to-the-nbe.144423/From the post, "I know I'll get crucified for this thread, but just passing along something I heard today, because it came from a very credible source. Largest private donor at Providence, directly involved in their athletic department and knows Tranghese well (who he says UConn hired as a consultant at some point) says he's 95%+ sure that UConn will be joining the NBE in 2021..."...andhttps://247sports.com/college/saint-josephs/Board/105444/Contents/U-Conn-back-to-the-BE-132970558/"Rumors persist that they are finalizing a return to the BE to appease Fox sports. 20 game regular season round robin proposed.....The Zags were the first choice, but that proved unworkable."
That was a fun thread to read. Apparently UConn doesn't teach it's students about the sunk cost fallacy or the difference between revenue and profit
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
Yes. Please. 20 game round robin is fantastic.However, they should be forced to stay in the BE for basketball for a minimum of 10 years (without a giant buyout), or drop their football program or make it D2/3.
I've seen nothing to indicate that UConn is dropping football, which gives me no reason to believe they're joining the Big East.
No...and after reading many many psosts from people on this board that do...I have to say I'm MUCH better off, if this is the type of "intelligence" a degree from MU gets you. It sure is on full display I will say that.
I have no problem with them bringing football. I embrace football. In fact....My suggestion is that the Big East Teams create one unified NCAA DIV I football team, financially supported by all of the Big East Teams on equal terms. There are some major logistical issues that would need to be resolved, but I would suggest the following:CENTRAL LOCATION / HOME GAMES: Two Options: (1) The first would be to rotate annually, such that every 10 years, each school would host home games at their campus and provide practice facilities. Obviously, this would require the facilities and abilities to host these games, or maybe not really...maybe there is an advantage in designating the parking lot outside of the engineering building at Providence University as a home field, or President's Park near Georgetown. Imagine Notre Dame having to play on a makeshift field outside of LaLumiere Hall when at Marquette. (2) The second option would be to centralize the home field and practice facilities. I would suggest the BIG EAST purchase land somewhere as close to Notre Dame as possible, because F Notre Dame. Maybe the Lowe's a mile or two away from campus? Creating congestion and traffic gridlock would be a plus. Or, maybe following the Big Ten's lead with conference names that don't add up, the Big East could pick a location on the west coast. STUDENT - ATHLETE DIPLOMAS: I acknowledge that at first blush it would be difficult to determine where someone should get a diploma if they played for the BIG EAST football team. But this is easily resolved. Each year, the starting quarterback throws footballs at targets covered with large paper covers. When the ball busts through the cover, you reach inside and VOILA! You get the diploma. It would be like Punch-A-Bunch on the Price is Right but less exciting.TEAM COLORS: Easily resolved. The Big East already uses a red, white, and blue, color scheme.TEAM NAME: The Big East could ask Tom Crean, as a dear friend of the Big East, to come up with a clever name that would work. Like, the Big East Red. Or the Big East Blue. Or the Big East White. Or something more clever. DECISION MAKING ON HEAD COACHES: Ners. Or a carefully chosen panel of experts from each Big East School's most active message boards.I am sure there are other logistical issues I am missing, such as fight songs, etc.Or, we could just tell UCONN to F off. I don't know.
Losing 40 million a year might be an indication.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
Pretty sure the entire contents of their intro to individual income tax class is "not a dime back"
Listen. They aren't dropping football altogether. If that is stipulated in order to join the Big East you can guarandamntee that they are not joining. Ever.I went to Uconn games as a child when they played UNH, Holy Cross etc as a part of I-AA. They have spent a fortune and have no need to go back to that level - what in the world would make them do that?The state has invested a ton - why call it and go bankrupt now?Uconn football will be fine in the long term. They're never going to be amazing. They have made some atrocious organizational decisions and fans have gotten used to it. They get another Orlovsky for 4 years and that all changes.The state of CT loves Uconn athletics as a whole (similar to UW in WI), and there is negligible desire among residents to cancel Uconn football. There would have to be an uprising. The state can afford it indefinitely.The question is where do they put football. They could go Independent and that wouldn't totally surprise me. They could stay in the AAC for football and some other sports. Why not?It seems like Scoop inevitably goes down this path every time this topic arises, a few times per year. It is a weird duality... A total obsession and nostalgia for Uconn combined with an absolute ultimatum that they slay the football program and form a blood pact with the BE.
Losing money is nothing new for the UConn football program (which lost $8.7 million last year, not $40 million, by the way).Public universities make all their decisions publicly. The university's strategy for football was established as part of the UConn 2000 plan back in 1997, when the governor and board of trustees approved the plan to upgrade the program to Division I-A status.Just this February, UConn's new president Thomas Katsouleas confirmed the university's commitment. Rather than making any cuts, the athletic department received $30 million in institutional support from the state and increased student fees another $8.5 million."I'm committed to football," Katsouleas said. "I think it's part of the identity of who we are as a major, broad-context university and I don't think the savings from cutting it are as great as people think. In fact, it has ancillary value for the other sports and for fundraising overall."Doesn't sound like the administration is rethinking anything, no matter how much money they sink into football.http://www.advance.uconn.edu/1997/971027/fballqa.htmhttp://advance.uconn.edu/1997/971020/10209702.htmhttps://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-huskies/hc-sp-new-uconn-president-football-athletics-20190206-20190206-t5eld6bzxzhh3cocztri3y3vne-story.html
It seems like Scoop inevitably goes down this path every time this topic arises, a few times per year. It is a weird duality... A total obsession and nostalgia for Uconn combined with an absolute ultimatum that they slay the football program and form a blood pact with the BE.
If they joined they would make less money per year and get less exposure than they do now with the espn deal
I go by what the Big East officials, school presidents and athletic directors have said publicly. Here's a quote from conference commissioner Val Ackerman back in November:"We have talked about expansion at board meetings and within our AD group. The school kind of has to be the perfect fit. It's not a casual conversation. It's do they fit, do they share our focus on basketball, do they want to be with us long-term? Because nobody here is going anywhere."UConn isn't focused on basketball. They don't want to be in the Big East long-term. They're not a good fit. Seems pretty simple.https://www.forbes.com/sites/jppelzman/2018/11/14/big-east-still-surviving-and-thriving-without-big-time-football/#6999c20058ac
I'm sorry, you're kidding yourself if you think Uconn isn't focused on basketball.And basically proving my point. I don't get the intense interest alongside some distorted image of our own standing compared to theirs. If they are a pile of doodoo and unbecoming of the prestigious BE, then why do we need to rehash this argument 3-4x yearly? Let them play in the pig pen, that way we don't have to soil our image.
Actually, it’s UConn who is kidding themselves if they think they’re focused on basketball. Otherwise they’d be in the BE by now.
I'm sorry, you're kidding yourself if you think Uconn isn't focused on basketball.