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UC remains committed to AAC after NCAA decision
UC remains committed to AAC after NCAA decision
Bill Koch, bkoch@enquirer.com 6:55 p.m. EDT August 7, 2014

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Cincinnati athletic director Mike Bohn(Photo: The Enquirer/Joseph Fuqua II)

The University of Cincinnati remains determined to compete at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics, says athletic director Mike Bohn, even though the Bearcats are not a member of one of five power conferences whose 65 members were granted more autonomy to set their own rules Thursday by the NCAA Division I Board of Directors.

The legislation clears the way for the five richest conferences – the Big Ten, Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 and Pac-12 - to provide more benefits to student-athletes, commonly known as the full cost of attendance, forcing schools with more limited financial resources try to keep pace.

Meanwhile, UC remains committed to the American Athletic Conference, which it helped found last year after the Big East broke up. Bohn pointed to the league's success in its first year, with Connecticut winning national titles in both men's and women's basketball and Central Florida upsetting Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl.

"I think (commissioner) Mike Aresco has put together the full cost of attendance commitment of our league and of all the things we're doing that allow us to continue to play at the highest level," Bohn said. "It's incumbent upon Cincinnati and everybody in our league to continue to make the commitment they're making to intercollegiate athletics and continue to grow."

The AAC released a statement Thursday in support of the legislation.

"Our conference membership supports the new governance model and the opportunities it will present to enhance the student-athlete experience and student-athlete welfare," the statement read. "Our presidents and athletic directors are steadfast in their commitment to these ideals and also to providing our student-athletes with the ability to compete at the highest level of collegiate athletics."

While UC fans still hold out hope that a new wave of realignment will eventually land the Bearcats in one of the five power conferences, Bohn said he's not aware of any such movement currently afoot.

"That's why we're focused on doing everything we can to enhance Cincinnati and to enhance the AAC and take advantage of the power demonstrated by our league last year," he said.

"The things we're talking about – building our infrastructure, building our sales, raising more money, enhancing our facilities, working on Fifth Third Arena, working on our non-conference schedules for football and men's basketball - those are all critical pieces to that perception of our league and the University of Cincinnati."

During his first six months at UC, Bohn has restructured the administrative staff while focusing on attracting donors – both individual and corporate – who are not currently engaged with UC athletics.

The school is in the midst of an $86-million renovation to Nippert Stadium, which is scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2015 football season, and is spending $1.3 million to upgrade its men's basketball facilities. Both of those projects are being paid for with private donations. It's also working on a plan to renovate Fifth Third Arena.

According to Bohn, UC has sold all but 400 of the 1,068 club seats that will be part of the new Nippert and 29 of 35 patio suites. Three of the four mini-suites have been sold.

"Last year, athletics raised $30.4 million dollars," Bohn said. "That brings our total raised for Nippert to $48 million. There's terrific progress there. That's a great sense of momentum. We wrapped up our fiscal budget last year with $53 million. We had a balanced budget for the second year in a row and for the second time in a decade. We actually have a small surplus, so that's good news for us."

By contrast, Big Ten member Ohio State generated a surplus of $24 million in 2012-13, according to ESPN, which shows the disparity between schools in the power conferences and those that aren't. Much of that disparity is the result of television money.

But Bohn says that won't deter UC from its goal.

"Our fans want us to compete at the highest level and that's clearly what we're trying to do," Bohn said.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/c.../13745101/
 
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this is a bunch of hs.......if I ever wanted UC to beat tO$$$$$$$U its NOW
 
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"By contrast, Big Ten member Ohio State generated a surplus of $24 million in 2012-13, according to ESPN, which shows the disparity between schools in the power conferences and those that aren't. Much of that disparity is the result of television money."

This wasn't a bad article but why continue to use OSU as an objective standard for comparison? They are not a typical P5 program. They are consistently among the richest of the rich P5 programs.

I'm OK with pointing out the disparity between P5 and G5 overall; that's factual. But almost every other P5 athletic program measured against OSU for revenue will come up short.

To me, it's just the type of nuance in his writing that always leaves me wondering if Bill Koch enjoys demeaning UC.
 
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(08-08-2014 07:23 AM)indycat Wrote:  "By contrast, Big Ten member Ohio State generated a surplus of $24 million in 2012-13, according to ESPN, which shows the disparity between schools in the power conferences and those that aren't. Much of that disparity is the result of television money."

This wasn't a bad article but why continue to use OSU as an objective standard for comparison? They are not a typical P5 program. They are consistently among the richest of the rich P5 programs.

I'm OK with pointing out the disparity between P5 and G5 overall; that's factual. But almost every other P5 athletic program measured against OSU for revenue will come up short.

To me, it's just the type of nuance in his writing that always leaves me wondering if Bill Koch enjoys demeaning UC.

Agreed, why not use Kansas state or North Carolina State. I guess in his mind, he thought it necessary to compare us with the only other Ohio p5.
 
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(08-08-2014 07:23 AM)indycat Wrote:  "By contrast, Big Ten member Ohio State generated a surplus of $24 million in 2012-13, according to ESPN, which shows the disparity between schools in the power conferences and those that aren't. Much of that disparity is the result of television money."

This wasn't a bad article but why continue to use OSU as an objective standard for comparison? They are not a typical P5 program. They are consistently among the richest of the rich P5 programs.

I'm OK with pointing out the disparity between P5 and G5 overall; that's factual. But almost every other P5 athletic program measured against OSU for revenue will come up short.

To me, it's just the type of nuance in his writing that always leaves me wondering if Bill Koch enjoys demeaning UC.

It's just a classic troll tactic. He even says "Big 10 member Ohio State" as if the reason they are so rich is because of the conference and implying that others in the conference are similar. Of course neither are close to accurate, but he doesn't care. It's enough to get people to react, which is his only agenda.
 
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I am no Koch fan. In fairness, however, all the MSM in ths town have a bad habit of comparing us to OSU (in football) and UK (in basketball) when it comes to money, fanbases, travel, etc. The real comparison needs to be with urban research schools with competing pro sports franchises like Pitt, Georgia Tech, Miami, BC, eetc. Until the Cincinnati MSM does this the general public (the sports equivalent of the "low information voter") will continue to buy the story that we are second rate.
 
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(08-08-2014 07:34 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  I am no Koch fan. In fairness, however, all the MSM in ths town have a bad habit of compaing us to OSU (in football) and UK (in basketball) when it comes to money, fanbases, travel, etc. The real comparison needs to be with urban research schools with pro sports like Pitt, Georgia Tech, Miami, BC, eetc. Until the Cincinnati MSM does this the genral public (the sports equivalent of the "low information voter") will continue to buy the story that we are second rate.

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(08-08-2014 07:34 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  I am no Koch fan. In fairness, however, all the MSM in ths town have a bad habit of comparing us to OSU (in football) and UK (in basketball) when it comes to money, fanbases, travel, etc. The real comparison needs to be with urban research schools with competing pro sports franchises like Pitt, Georgia Tech, Miami, BC, eetc. Until the Cincinnati MSM does this the general public (the sports equivalent of the "low information voter") will continue to buy the story that we are second rate.

Very well said; OSU and UK are near the top of the heap respectively in football and basketball revenue yet UC just keeps beating P5 teams on the field and floor on a consistent basis each season. Go Bearcats!
 
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Also, why not point out that power conf schools, such as Maryland and Tenn, were/are in serious financial state. Only a small amount of colleges across P5 / nonP5 generate a profit and a serious profit at that.
 
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(08-08-2014 07:23 AM)indycat Wrote:  [i]

This wasn't a bad article but why continue to use OSU as an objective standard for comparison? They are not a typical P5 program. They are consistently among the richest of the rich P5 programs.

I'm OK with pointing out the disparity between P5 and G5 overall; that's factual. But almost every other P5 athletic program measured against OSU for revenue will come up short.

To me, it's just the type of nuance in his writing that always leaves me wondering if Bill Koch enjoys demeaning UC.

My thoughts exactly. Another terrible article by the Enquirer. The whole point he was trying to make with the article goes out the window because of the comparison he's using. Just terrible journalism again from him.
 
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koch is a loser who hates himself, his job, and his life....he's a miserable little man who enjoys spreading his misery upon others, usually at UC's expense
 
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(08-08-2014 07:25 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  koch is a loser who hates himself, his job, and his life....he's a miserable little man who enjoys spreading his misery upon others, usually at UC's expense

Well said.
 
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The headline cracks me up too: "UC remains committed to AAC..." (until something better comes along and then they'll bail immediately).
 
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(08-09-2014 06:34 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  The headline cracks me up too: "UC remains committed to AAC..." (until something better comes along and then they'll bail immediately).

My thoughts exactly.
 
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