(02-06-2017 04:33 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Add Army football only, add Wichita and VCU as full members without football ??

I'd be 100% in favor of this.

Of course, if UConn were gone, would those schools want to come to the American?

And, if those schools were coming to the American, would UConn still want to leave?

(02-06-2017 04:07 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  OK, American dudes, who would you replace Connecticut with?

BYU
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Army FB-only
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Old Dominion, UTSA, Delaware

(02-06-2017 04:26 PM)ivet Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:07 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  OK, American dudes, who would you replace Connecticut with?

Raid the A-10. Dayton would be a good choice. They have an FCS football program but their basketball program has been fairly consistent for years.

Dayton
VCU
UMASS

Yeah replace UConn with a team further away - umass

(02-06-2017 03:37 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:32 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:26 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:24 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 02:39 PM)ken d Wrote:  Refresh my memory. Was that the NBE team that has two more national championships in basketball than Oklahoma? The one that's currently a Top 5 team this season?

I have no idea. Don't follow NBE basketball or know the history of those religious schools. But I'm sure they are really great and if you enjoy watching them more power to you.

But dont' be upset that others dont 'share your passion for the NBE schools and teams. The number of people who follow NBE basketball is really small so dont' be surprised when someone points out that the schools, players, coaches, and towns where NBE play are not common knowledge for average americans.

NBS would be a huge mistake for Uconn. Huge. Like marrying your x wife again just to find out she still has all the issues you disliked the first time plus some more.

You think most people know where Baylor or TCU are? But i'm not here to argue with a troll.

Baylor seems to be getting lots of publicity these days so I'd say they are easily more popular than any NBE school but for all the wrong reasons.

The only one trolling here is you, troll. Try to hide your butthurt better next time. Notice you aren't even discussing NBE or UConn. LOL.


All that being said it would be a huge mistake for any AAC school to move to the NBE. It's short sighted and likely to cause long term issues for the AD. UConn needs to focus on getting the FB program back to winning and fans in seat at games. NBE isn't going to fix that.

Yeah I guess no ones talked about Villanova lately.

Keep on trolling though, it just ensures that you'll be booted quicker.

LOL. So I'm going ot get booted becasue I think it's a mistake for UConn to go to the NBE becasue it's not what it once was and most people simply do not follow the teams in the conference like they did when Notre Dame, V-TEch, Miami, Louisville, UConn, Cinci, etc were in the confernce. .

You only wish. Obviously this upsets you but it shouldn't. My opinion is going to be similar to the average american's opinion of the NBE, A-10, or WCC to name a few.

Coastal CArolina won a baseball NC as well but that doesn't mean whatever conference they are in is somehow all the sudden common knowledge for americans. I honestly don't even know what conference they are in if that puts it in perspective and I was at the CWS last year.

Winning is great. You guys love to throw out lots of numbers of ncaa appearances and final fours but in the end that really doesn't change things as far as perception. Coastal Carolina is still Coastal Carolina and their conference is still what is was before the NC. Villanova is no different. IT's great that that hey won a NC. Congratulations and all that but it doesn't mean anything changed as far as the NBE or UConn wanting to join. [/b]

(02-06-2017 03:39 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:29 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:17 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:00 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 11:27 AM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  Could it be you were actually disappointed that Oklahoma lost by a final score of 95-51 to that no-name school? Not bad for a team that has a no-name conference and that no one knows where the school is located.

Nope.

You are a nasty little big 12 t-shirt fan, and you didn't even go to OU. I went to OU by the way. You didn't. I'll be at Bedlam on Sunday if you want to talk in person.

Cheers!

LOL. Now instead of talking about the NBE and UConn you just want to go personal. LOL so desperate. Just like you pm'ing me. You are a complete internet tool BTW. Keep up the fine work.

Actually I did attend OU. Was in a frat and everything. I was there when the Stones came to Norman. Great times. I also have family in Norman, if you pass an Equity Realty sign that's my aunt's business.

But this is about the NBE and UConn so you shoudl probably stop with your insecure attempts to change the subject becasue you are upset that I pointed out the NBE is not as popular as it once was and would be a bad sport for UConn.

Enjoy your butthurt. Cheers!

Because you are a jerk. You spend your day sh!tting on people who disagree with you. I did PM you when you first joined the board to ask you about your OU experience, OKC etc. as we have something in common and you didn't reply back with anything other than calling me names. Led me to believe you didn't go to OU. You can be a Sooner fan without all the big 12 fanboy crap, mocking people who disagree with you. But continue on...
Cheers!

LOL. You are so butthurt its' not even funny.

I am not mocking anyone. I'm not here talking about OU, that was you. How ironic.

Bringing up OU is simply a knee jerk reaction to butthurt. Happens all the time on these boards. Someone says somethign true and about their team and immediately they resort to insults about the other poster and the school they root for. Its' childish and speaks volumes about the insecure posters who do that.

The NBE is great. It's great BB conference with a great TV contract. But that doesn't mean it's anything more than a regional group of similar schools who have similar AD's and BB programs who compete at a high level. That doesn't mean they are well knowns nationwide like other great BB programs are, even if Villanova won a NC they are not as popular or well known as the blue bloods like KU, Duke, UNC, or even teams like Louisville or UConn who are the newest big brands in basketball. It's just not the same. Would be a bad decision for UConn IMO.

(02-06-2017 04:41 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:37 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:32 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:26 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:24 PM)p23570 Wrote:  I have no idea. Don't follow NBE basketball or know the history of those religious schools. But I'm sure they are really great and if you enjoy watching them more power to you.

But dont' be upset that others dont 'share your passion for the NBE schools and teams. The number of people who follow NBE basketball is really small so dont' be surprised when someone points out that the schools, players, coaches, and towns where NBE play are not common knowledge for average americans.

NBS would be a huge mistake for Uconn. Huge. Like marrying your x wife again just to find out she still has all the issues you disliked the first time plus some more.

You think most people know where Baylor or TCU are? But i'm not here to argue with a troll.

Baylor seems to be getting lots of publicity these days so I'd say they are easily more popular than any NBE school but for all the wrong reasons.

The only one trolling here is you, troll. Try to hide your butthurt better next time. Notice you aren't even discussing NBE or UConn. LOL.


All that being said it would be a huge mistake for any AAC school to move to the NBE. It's short sighted and likely to cause long term issues for the AD. UConn needs to focus on getting the FB program back to winning and fans in seat at games. NBE isn't going to fix that.

Yeah I guess no ones talked about Villanova lately.

Keep on trolling though, it just ensures that you'll be booted quicker.

LOL. So I'm going ot get booted becasue I think it's a mistake for UConn to go to the NBE becasue it's not what it once was and most people simply do not follow the teams in the conference like they did when Notre Dame, V-TEch, Miami, Louisville, UConn, Cinci, etc were in the confernce. .

You only wish. Obviously this upsets you but it shouldn't. My opinion is going to be similar to the average american's opinion of the NBE, A-10, or WCC to name a few.

Coastal CArolina won a baseball NC as well but that doesn't mean whatever conference they are in is somehow all the sudden common knowledge for americans. I honestly don't even know what conference they are in if that puts it in perspective and I was at the CWS last year.

Winning is great. You guys love to throw out lots of numbers of ncaa appearances and final fours but in the end that really doesn't change things as far as perception. Coastal Carolina is still Coastal Carolina and their conference is still what is was before the NC. Villanova is no different. IT's great that that hey won a NC. Congratulations and all that but it doesn't mean anything changed as far as the NBE or UConn wanting to join. [/b]

No, you will be booted because of the way you talk to people, and for your blatant trolling.
Cheers!

(02-06-2017 04:34 PM)Chappy Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:33 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  Add Army football only, add Wichita and VCU as full members without football ??

I'd be 100% in favor of this.

Of course, if UConn were gone, would those schools want to come to the American?

And, if those schools were coming to the American, would UConn still want to leave?

I'm not sure that UConn leaving would drastically change the AAC's appeal. If anything it would shift focus even more to the South and Football.

No way UMass even gets a look IMO. Or the other's mentioned. Gotta get schools with similar athletic focuses and locations. Rice and Southern Miss to name a couple of schools who make sense IMO.

(02-06-2017 04:51 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:41 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:37 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:32 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:26 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  You think most people know where Baylor or TCU are? But i'm not here to argue with a troll.

Baylor seems to be getting lots of publicity these days so I'd say they are easily more popular than any NBE school but for all the wrong reasons.

The only one trolling here is you, troll. Try to hide your butthurt better next time. Notice you aren't even discussing NBE or UConn. LOL.


All that being said it would be a huge mistake for any AAC school to move to the NBE. It's short sighted and likely to cause long term issues for the AD. UConn needs to focus on getting the FB program back to winning and fans in seat at games. NBE isn't going to fix that.

Yeah I guess no ones talked about Villanova lately.

Keep on trolling though, it just ensures that you'll be booted quicker.

LOL. So I'm going ot get booted becasue I think it's a mistake for UConn to go to the NBE becasue it's not what it once was and most people simply do not follow the teams in the conference like they did when Notre Dame, V-TEch, Miami, Louisville, UConn, Cinci, etc were in the confernce. .

You only wish. Obviously this upsets you but it shouldn't. My opinion is going to be similar to the average american's opinion of the NBE, A-10, or WCC to name a few.

Coastal CArolina won a baseball NC as well but that doesn't mean whatever conference they are in is somehow all the sudden common knowledge for americans. I honestly don't even know what conference they are in if that puts it in perspective and I was at the CWS last year.

Winning is great. You guys love to throw out lots of numbers of ncaa appearances and final fours but in the end that really doesn't change things as far as perception. Coastal Carolina is still Coastal Carolina and their conference is still what is was before the NC. Villanova is no different. IT's great that that hey won a NC. Congratulations and all that but it doesn't mean anything changed as far as the NBE or UConn wanting to join. [/b]

No, you will be booted because of the way you talk to people, and for your blatant trolling.
Cheers!

Notice you are not even talking about the NBE or UConn, you are just trolling at this point and have been the whole thread. Try to stay on topic next time.

Cheers

(02-06-2017 04:34 PM)Chappy Wrote:  if UConn were gone, would those schools want to come to the American?

And, if those schools were coming to the American, would UConn still want to leave?

I assume the perceived value for UConn switching to the Big East is to be with long time rivals, in a conference at least as good as the AAC (if not better). So even if Wichita and VCU made the AAC (with UConn) equal to the Big East, I'm assuming UConn still switches.

Guessing even without UConn, the AAC would be an upgrade for Wichita. Not sure on VCU, but perhaps still yes ... and maybe more so a chance to be with more public schools instead of private?

(02-06-2017 04:56 PM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:34 PM)Chappy Wrote:  if UConn were gone, would those schools want to come to the American?

And, if those schools were coming to the American, would UConn still want to leave?

I assume the perceived value for UConn switching to the Big East is to be with long time rivals, in a conference at least as good as the AAC (if not better). So even if Wichita and VCU made the AAC (with UConn) equal to the Big East, I'm assuming UConn still switches.

Guessing even without UConn, the AAC would be an upgrade for Wichita. Not sure on VCU, but perhaps still yes ... and maybe more so a chance to be with more public schools instead of private?

I got caught up with the troll. I'm back. If Uconn gets a Big East invite they take it. I'd prefer that the AAC stays at 11 in football and 10 in basketball if they leave.
Cheers!

(02-06-2017 04:17 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  UConn just has a difficult situation. I am sure there are fans sitting in the stands moaning they would rather see Providence, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Syracuse, and BC than Tulane, Tulsa, and UCF.

Well tough that ship has sailed. They aren't getting the band back together.

Absent membership in the Big 10 or ACC, UConn's bread and butter (and everything else in the pantry and fridge) is built on selling tickets, local sponsorships and donations and conference affiliation is irrelevant to the Huskies unless it starts impact ticket sales, sponsorships and donations. There are only five conferences that distribute enough revenue to truly make a difference in the UConn budget.

I'll buy the idea of UConn ditching AAC for something that isn't P5 when I start reading about UConn's budget woes created by fan indifference to the UConn schedule.

That's already happening. Attendances for football and basketball are way down from the Big East days.

(02-06-2017 04:48 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:39 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:29 PM)p23570 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:17 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 03:00 PM)p23570 Wrote:  Nope.

You are a nasty little big 12 t-shirt fan, and you didn't even go to OU. I went to OU by the way. You didn't. I'll be at Bedlam on Sunday if you want to talk in person.

Cheers!

LOL. Now instead of talking about the NBE and UConn you just want to go personal. LOL so desperate. Just like you pm'ing me. You are a complete internet tool BTW. Keep up the fine work.

Actually I did attend OU. Was in a frat and everything. I was there when the Stones came to Norman. Great times. I also have family in Norman, if you pass an Equity Realty sign that's my aunt's business.

But this is about the NBE and UConn so you shoudl probably stop with your insecure attempts to change the subject becasue you are upset that I pointed out the NBE is not as popular as it once was and would be a bad sport for UConn.

Enjoy your butthurt. Cheers!

Because you are a jerk. You spend your day sh!tting on people who disagree with you. I did PM you when you first joined the board to ask you about your OU experience, OKC etc. as we have something in common and you didn't reply back with anything other than calling me names. Led me to believe you didn't go to OU. You can be a Sooner fan without all the big 12 fanboy crap, mocking people who disagree with you. But continue on...
Cheers!

LOL. You are so butthurt its' not even funny.

I am not mocking anyone. I'm not here talking about OU, that was you. How ironic.

Bringing up OU is simply a knee jerk reaction to butthurt. Happens all the time on these boards. Someone says somethign true and about their team and immediately they resort to insults about the other poster and the school they root for. Its' childish and speaks volumes about the insecure posters who do that.

The NBE is great. It's great BB conference with a great TV contract. But that doesn't mean it's anything more than a regional group of similar schools who have similar AD's and BB programs who compete at a high level. That doesn't mean they are well knowns nationwide like other great BB programs are, even if Villanova won a NC they are not as popular or well known as the blue bloods like KU, Duke, UNC, or even teams like Louisville or UConn who are the newest big brands in basketball. It's just not the same. Would be a bad decision for UConn IMO.

You think Louisville basketball is some type of new kid on the block? You are either joking or trolling (I'd pick the latter)

If I were UConn's BOR, I would go to the Big East for all sports but football if a few criteria are met:
1. The double round-robin stays in place and we play 20 conference games.
2. UConn gets to keep their Tier 3 rights.
3. Football stays in the AAC or goes independent (more on that later).
4. FOX agrees to show around 6 UConn NBE games on big FOX (it will help their ratings anyway).

As far as going independent, there are a few issues:
1. Scheduling (it is hard to schedule the second half of the season).
2. Finding any bowl tie-in.

As far as scheduling, I believe it is doable. The more teams that go independent, the better for independents. With that said, I could see Navy leaving the AAC as well as it would have enough opponents if it scheduled P5 schools the first four to five weeks to fill out its schedule with Army, ND, AF, FCS, UConn, BYU, UMass, maybe NMSU.

Whether or not Navy goes back to being independent, UConn could make it if FOX helped out a tad. As far as a potential schedule:
1. @Kentucky
2. Illinois (UConn is considered P5 for them)
3. @Indiana (ditto)
4. WVU
5. @Rutgers
6. Cincy (they could do basketball/football series)
7. FCS
8. @Army
9. BYU
10. @UMass
11. BC
12. NMSU/Navy

(02-06-2017 05:22 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:17 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  UConn just has a difficult situation. I am sure there are fans sitting in the stands moaning they would rather see Providence, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Syracuse, and BC than Tulane, Tulsa, and UCF.

Well tough that ship has sailed. They aren't getting the band back together.

Absent membership in the Big 10 or ACC, UConn's bread and butter (and everything else in the pantry and fridge) is built on selling tickets, local sponsorships and donations and conference affiliation is irrelevant to the Huskies unless it starts impact ticket sales, sponsorships and donations. There are only five conferences that distribute enough revenue to truly make a difference in the UConn budget.

I'll buy the idea of UConn ditching AAC for something that isn't P5 when I start reading about UConn's budget woes created by fan indifference to the UConn schedule.

That's already happening. Attendances for football and basketball are way down from the Big East days.

Its down because they are losing. It was fine before that.

Look, UConn isn't leaving anytime soon. First, there is an AAC realignment fund filled with exit fees and left behind NCAA credits that ensures that UConn gets 10 million a year from the AAC. So, despite the better BE media deal, UConn makes more money in the AAC. So, UConn isn't going anywhere until that fund is exhausted.

Secondly, it will cost them a 10 million exit fee to leave. By the time the AAC Realignment fund is exhausted, the current AAC deal will be about to expire. So, UConn will likely hang around because the new deal will likely pay more and will probably return lucrative UConn Womens basketball right to UConn.

So, in the final analysis, I doubt the Big East is going to work. UConn isn't going to leave the AAC for anything less than a P5.

(02-06-2017 06:01 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 05:22 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:17 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  UConn just has a difficult situation. I am sure there are fans sitting in the stands moaning they would rather see Providence, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Syracuse, and BC than Tulane, Tulsa, and UCF.

Well tough that ship has sailed. They aren't getting the band back together.

Absent membership in the Big 10 or ACC, UConn's bread and butter (and everything else in the pantry and fridge) is built on selling tickets, local sponsorships and donations and conference affiliation is irrelevant to the Huskies unless it starts impact ticket sales, sponsorships and donations. There are only five conferences that distribute enough revenue to truly make a difference in the UConn budget.

I'll buy the idea of UConn ditching AAC for something that isn't P5 when I start reading about UConn's budget woes created by fan indifference to the UConn schedule.

That's already happening. Attendances for football and basketball are way down from the Big East days.

Its down because they are losing. It was fine before that.

Look, UConn isn't leaving anytime soon. First, there is an AAC realignment fund filled with exit fees and left behind NCAA credits that ensures that UConn gets 10 million a year from the AAC. So, despite the better BE media deal, UConn makes more money in the AAC. So, UConn isn't going anywhere until that fund is exhausted.

Secondly, it will cost them a 10 million exit fee to leave. By the time the AAC Realignment fund is exhausted, the current AAC deal will be about to expire. So, UConn will likely hang around because the new deal will likely pay more and will probably return lucrative UConn Womens basketball right to UConn.

So, in the final analysis, I doubt the Big East is going to work. UConn isn't going to leave the AAC for anything less than a P5.

UConn likely wouldn't leave next year, when the BE exit fees dry up, but two or three years down the road. As far as the $10 million exit fee, they would pay that off theoretically in a year or two if they get anywhere near their worth from SNY. I for one don't believe the AAC is getting a massive rights fee bump. It is not a power conference in either major sport and has been a disappointment as a whole in basketball (which does believe it or not does matter). The NBE would probably get a bump if UConn and only UConn is added and they go to 20 games, and UConn plays 5-8 games on big FOX. As it is Villanova, Georgetown, St. John's, etc. gets quite a bit more in TV money from just basketball than UConn does from both basketball and football.
On top of that, UConn will get better attendances if they are 10-12 in the NBE as opposed to 10-12 in the AAC.

(02-06-2017 05:42 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  If I were UConn's BOR, I would go to the Big East for all sports but football if a few criteria are met:
1. The double round-robin stays in place and we play 20 conference games.
2. UConn gets to keep their Tier 3 rights.
3. Football stays in the AAC or goes independent (more on that later).
4. FOX agrees to show around 6 UConn NBE games on big FOX (it will help their ratings anyway).

As far as going independent, there are a few issues:
1. Scheduling (it is hard to schedule the second half of the season).
2. Finding any bowl tie-in.

As far as scheduling, I believe it is doable. The more teams that go independent, the better for independents. With that said, I could see Navy leaving the AAC as well as it would have enough opponents if it scheduled P5 schools the first four to five weeks to fill out its schedule with Army, ND, AF, FCS, UConn, BYU, UMass, maybe NMSU.

Whether or not Navy goes back to being independent, UConn could make it if FOX helped out a tad. As far as a potential schedule:
1. @Kentucky
2. Illinois (UConn is considered P5 for them)
3. @Indiana (ditto)
4. WVU
5. @Rutgers
6. Cincy (they could do basketball/football series)
7. FCS
8. @Army
9. BYU
10. @UMass
11. BC
12. NMSU/Navy

Why would the BE or Fox agree to those demands? UConn fans say how much their T3 rights are worth then if UConn keeps them what value would they bring to the BE? Also Fox only has so many OTA slots available. Why would they give the majority of them to UConn? Why would the rest of the schools agree to that? Why would Fox agree to pigeon hole themselves like that especially if UConn struggles in the league?

LOL UConn.

(02-06-2017 04:31 PM)ChrisLords Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:29 PM)ken d Wrote:  Does anybody know how much of their Women's BB revenue UConn shares with the AAC?

Since the AAC contract is for all sports, they share all of it.

Ouch. That means UConn WBB is losing even more money than they used to. Last thing I read they were losing more than $2MM a year even though they were pulling in millions from their media rights. If they are now only getting to keep less than 10% of those it sounds like they'd be better off without the AAC.

IIRC, their women's TV deal was more lucrative for them than the AAC all sports deal is.

(02-06-2017 06:45 PM)RutgersGuy Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 05:42 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  If I were UConn's BOR, I would go to the Big East for all sports but football if a few criteria are met:
1. The double round-robin stays in place and we play 20 conference games.
2. UConn gets to keep their Tier 3 rights.
3. Football stays in the AAC or goes independent (more on that later).
4. FOX agrees to show around 6 UConn NBE games on big FOX (it will help their ratings anyway).

As far as going independent, there are a few issues:
1. Scheduling (it is hard to schedule the second half of the season).
2. Finding any bowl tie-in.

As far as scheduling, I believe it is doable. The more teams that go independent, the better for independents. With that said, I could see Navy leaving the AAC as well as it would have enough opponents if it scheduled P5 schools the first four to five weeks to fill out its schedule with Army, ND, AF, FCS, UConn, BYU, UMass, maybe NMSU.

Whether or not Navy goes back to being independent, UConn could make it if FOX helped out a tad. As far as a potential schedule:
1. @Kentucky
2. Illinois (UConn is considered P5 for them)
3. @Indiana (ditto)
4. WVU
5. @Rutgers
6. Cincy (they could do basketball/football series)
7. FCS
8. @Army
9. BYU
10. @UMass
11. BC
12. NMSU/Navy

Why would the BE or Fox agree to those demands? UConn fans say how much their T3 rights are worth then if UConn keeps them what value would they bring to the BE? Also Fox only has so many OTA slots available. Why would they give the majority of them to UConn? Why would the rest of the schools agree to that? Why would Fox agree to pigeon hole themselves like that especially if UConn struggles in the league?

Going to 20 games increases volume as far as conference games=more viewers. Even if UConn keeps Tier 3 rights, there are plenty of MBB and WBB that are considered Tier 1 or 2 with ESPN/CBSSports now that would go to FOX. FOX already showed a UConn game this year and UConn is not even in the conference. They would put UConn on FOX because they bring in viewers, would be the flagship of the conference, and FOX doesn't have that much going on in January and February on Saturdays.

(02-06-2017 06:51 PM)ken d Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:31 PM)ChrisLords Wrote:  

(02-06-2017 04:29 PM)ken d Wrote:  Does anybody know how much of their Women's BB revenue UConn shares with the AAC?

Since the AAC contract is for all sports, they share all of it.

Ouch. That means UConn WBB is losing even more money than they used to. Last thing I read they were losing more than $2MM a year even though they were pulling in millions from their media rights. If they are now only getting to keep less than 10% of those it sounds like they'd be better off without the AAC.

IIRC, their women's TV deal was more lucrative for them than the AAC all sports deal is.

Ouch if it wasn't for the fact that Uconn, USF and Cincinnati were given the money that the New Big East had to pay the AAC when they took their basketball schools and name and left. The AAC wisely didn't allow Uconn to get this legacy money up front. They get a portion every year until it's gone. That's what's keeping Uconn in the AAC despite the fact that their women's basketball team made more money in the old Big East than their entire media cut for all sports including football in the AAC. If Uconn was paid upfront, they'd have taken the money and ran.
Cheers!