06-25-2019, 09:40 AM | #1 |
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UConn and AAC realignment?
What do we do when Uconn is out? Add a team? Stand pat? Add more than one team? Who would it be? Football and basketball? Boise or BYU? Army or Air Force? Find a football team and a BB team?
Will anyone join? What makes the AAC stronger? Will future alignment ever really happen with so many tech companies like Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook bidding to cover sports in the future? If the AAC (or UC) can partner with the right tech company we may not need to join the power conferences although I would prefer it for SOS reasons. Will tech companies bid on covering a single team? Would Alabama make more as a sole entity than they would sharing conference money? Will that break up the current power conference media structure? Here is a snippet from a conversation about realignment regarding big tech written about 1 year ago. Big tech has a lot more money to work with. Again, back to my friend at Amazon. “We’re still seven or eight years away,” he said, “but if we had to restructure the landscape today, we would not start by negotiating with a conference. We don’t care about the SEC, Big 12 of Big 10 as a whole. In our opinion, those entities are not our focus. “Instead, we would want to identify 30 or 40 teams that command the biggest audience. That may be by reputation or location, but generally we all know that there are members in every one of these conferences that frankly don’t move the needle. “We would not want to pay for broadcast rights for a team with a fraction of the audience when we could use most of our available cash to tie down high profile teams. UC would likely benefit in a situation like this over bottom feeding P5 teams. But we have to remain relevant and posture for 5 years from now. |
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06-25-2019, 10:31 AM | #3 | |
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We, as a university, need to be studying this big tech phenomenon and finally get on the forefront rather than being the one left behind the 8 ball. |
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The problem is the scheduling. Part of the reason we share the pie with Tulane, ECU, Tulsa, etc. is because we don't have to "buy" those games. It can get quite difficult and expensive to fill out an entire FB or CBB schedule. Part of the reason that UCONN is f***ed in two years. |
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06-26-2019, 08:00 AM | #5 |
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I am honestly not all that upset about UConn leaving. Its baffling that they just finished a $10m renovation on a new football locker room only to basically say screw football. Not to mention the $10m buyout they have to pay the American. Does playing St. Johns, providence, Creighton, even Georgetown improve the UConn brand that much? Hell no. Villanova is the one shining star in this wannabe big east. The big east now is a shell of what it was years ago. Football is horrible and brings nothing to the American and UConn will go independent most likely and that will kill the program. If you are not a service academy or Notre Dame going independent is a death wish. Look at the disarray Umass is in. You have to schedule all 12 games and good luck getting any decent team to come play you at home. Either way good riddance and I think VCU or Dayton would be my first choices for basketball to fill the spot... as for football I wouldn't fill the spot unless the ESPN deal requires 12 teams.
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06-26-2019, 12:15 PM | #7 |
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Reading stuff from "The Boneyard" (UCONN's basketball message board) and their fans really are delusional. How can any of the UCONN faithful be excited about this??? They're killing their athletic department. Where is all this money for exit fees and such coming from? I thought they've been operating over budget for the last few years... Am I missing something? They haven't been relevant in any sport in the last 5 years (besides women's bball).
If this was the ACC or the old Big East it's a no brainer. Now? It looks desperate. Hopefully the don't become too "big time" to schedule us a home and home every year. |
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