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Response from UConn AD...

(03-27-2019 07:21 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Response from UConn AD...

UConn stuck longing for the Big East, refusing to move on and build successful programs. Maybe if they didn’t stink they would be on TV.

Most adults and kids stream everything. Pre-school age children can use a tablet to watch a TV show on an app or browse youtube.

Most families already pay for a streaming service or content based app.

(03-27-2019 07:29 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 07:21 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Response from UConn AD...

UConn stuck longing for the Big East, refusing to move on and build successful programs. Maybe if they didn’t stink they would be on TV.

Most adults and kids stream everything. Pre-school age children can use a tablet to watch a TV show on an app or browse youtube.

Most families already pay for a streaming service or content based app.

You have no F'ing clue. Cite your sources.

(03-27-2019 07:21 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Response from UConn AD...

How much does Randy Edsall's contact say he gets every time a football game appears on a traditional television network?

(03-27-2019 07:33 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 07:29 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 07:21 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Response from UConn AD...

UConn stuck longing for the Big East, refusing to move on and build successful programs. Maybe if they didn’t stink they would be on TV.

Most adults and kids stream everything. Pre-school age children can use a tablet to watch a TV show on an app or browse youtube.

Most families already pay for a streaming service or content based app.

You have no F'ing clue. Cite your sources.

Average American streams over 162 GB a month of video services or about 54 hours a month.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cordcut...month/amp/

Maybe it’s biased based on the website title and I really apologize professor dingleberries! I know it is not a published academic study in an esteemed journal you must have been looking for. The article is 9 months old anything else you need professor?

Now I’m trynna argue one way or the other but since you responded like a jack*ss and could of just found this yourself instead here you go.

So, a 12 year deal gets us $7M/year with more basketball games spread over to ESPN+ for $4.99/month. Again, we'll take what we can get but this is a joke compared to the P5. We're $5M+/year above the G4 but still $18M-$30M+/year behind the P5. Tulsa, Tulane, ECU, et al. are poppin' champagne bottles tonight. Our conference situation just sucks gorilla ballz.

Really hope we get an opportunity at a better conference sooner rather than later. Sadly it looks like we are at least 2-3 years away.

There's some kind of look in clause 6 years into the contract. Coincidentally that's about when the next round of realignment should happen. At that point we'll either be in another conference or the AAC will continue to improve and be due for a more substantial pay raise.

(03-27-2019 08:47 PM)The Big O Wrote:  There's some kind of look in clause 6 years into the contract. Coincidentally that's about when the next round of realignment should happen. At that point we'll either be in another conference or the AAC will continue to improve and be due for a more substantial pay raise.

Make no mistake... That clause will be the vehicle of demise for some schools once the smoke settles.

(03-27-2019 08:48 PM)crex043 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 08:47 PM)The Big O Wrote:  There's some kind of look in clause 6 years into the contract. Coincidentally that's about when the next round of realignment should happen. At that point we'll either be in another conference or the AAC will continue to improve and be due for a more substantial pay raise.

Make no mistake... That clause will be the vehicle of demise for some schools once the smoke settles.

Absolutely, but if the AAC is broken up, I don't think UC will be left behind this time. Don't want to turn this into another realignment thread, but I'd put money on the top AAC teams heading to the Big 12. After that, I wouldn't be shocked if another realignment occurs between P5 conferences so teams can have more natural rivals again.

(03-27-2019 09:11 PM)The Big O Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 08:48 PM)crex043 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 08:47 PM)The Big O Wrote:  There's some kind of look in clause 6 years into the contract. Coincidentally that's about when the next round of realignment should happen. At that point we'll either be in another conference or the AAC will continue to improve and be due for a more substantial pay raise.

Make no mistake... That clause will be the vehicle of demise for some schools once the smoke settles.

Absolutely, but if the AAC is broken up, I don't think UC will be left behind this time. Don't want to turn this into another realignment thread, but I'd put money on the top AAC teams heading to the Big 12. After that, I wouldn't be shocked if another realignment occurs between P5 conferences so teams can have more natural rivals again.

I definitely think we are going to see some more major shake ups with the Power 5 conferences in the next ~5 years. I believe most media contracts are up in that time frame and I hope (expect) we will be in a Power 5 Conference once the dust settles next time. We should be at the top of the list for addition from schools currently outside the Power 5.

Is it not strange that Bohn or the UC President has not made any public comment on the Greenbacks New Deal with ESPN? Has anyone in the greater Cincinnati area heard any UC comments about this on any media outlet or in a press release? That is telling if "It's All Quiet on the Clifton Front." What, the annual drama of the status of Mick Cronin maybe front and center?

(03-27-2019 09:11 PM)The Big O Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 08:48 PM)crex043 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 08:47 PM)The Big O Wrote:  There's some kind of look in clause 6 years into the contract. Coincidentally that's about when the next round of realignment should happen. At that point we'll either be in another conference or the AAC will continue to improve and be due for a more substantial pay raise.

Make no mistake... That clause will be the vehicle of demise for some schools once the smoke settles.

Absolutely, but if the AAC is broken up, I don't think UC will be left behind this time. Don't want to turn this into another realignment thread, but I'd put money on the top AAC teams heading to the Big 12. After that, I wouldn't be shocked if another realignment occurs between P5 conferences so teams can have more natural rivals again.

Look, the only way and only time realignment happens is if ESPN can make money on it
If Texas and Oklahoma stay in the Big 12, there is zero reason to expand as evidenced by their last rejection. ESPN would generate nada.
If Texas and Oklahoma leave they probably take Kansas and Oklahoma State with them to the SEC and Big10.
The leftovers are combined with the top AAC teams to form a weakened Big 12. ESPN pays this group about $12m each and pockets $100m a year in savings.

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(03-28-2019 09:50 AM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

Is it not strange that Bohn or the UC President has not made any public comment on the Greenbacks New Deal with ESPN? Has anyone in the greater Cincinnati area heard any UC comments about this on any media outlet or in a press release? That is telling if "It's All Quiet on the Clifton Front." What, the annual drama of the status of Mick Cronin maybe front and center?

Yes I'd like to hear something. The Memphis President and AD have already gone on radio to talk about it (of course). The Tulsa and UConn Presidents/ADs also have commented.

(03-28-2019 09:52 AM)Bearcatdh58 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 09:11 PM)The Big O Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 08:48 PM)crex043 Wrote:  

(03-27-2019 08:47 PM)The Big O Wrote:  There's some kind of look in clause 6 years into the contract. Coincidentally that's about when the next round of realignment should happen. At that point we'll either be in another conference or the AAC will continue to improve and be due for a more substantial pay raise.

Make no mistake... That clause will be the vehicle of demise for some schools once the smoke settles.

Absolutely, but if the AAC is broken up, I don't think UC will be left behind this time. Don't want to turn this into another realignment thread, but I'd put money on the top AAC teams heading to the Big 12. After that, I wouldn't be shocked if another realignment occurs between P5 conferences so teams can have more natural rivals again.

Look, the only way and only time realignment happens is if ESPN can make money on it
If Texas and Oklahoma stay in the Big 12, there is zero reason to expand as evidenced by their last rejection. ESPN would generate nada.
If Texas and Oklahoma leave they probably take Kansas and Oklahoma State with them to the SEC and Big10.
The leftovers are combined with the top AAC teams to form a weakened Big 12. ESPN pays this group about $12m each and pockets $100m a year in savings.

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Bingo! Bongo! That is the reality. If Cincinnati could join a conference that is not watered down then we're really on a level playing field. $12M-$15M would be an increase over our $7M gig but it would pale in comparison to the B1G's $50M+.

(03-27-2019 09:11 PM)The Big O Wrote:  I'd put money on the top AAC teams heading to the Big 12.

This is key. UC needs to make sure its one of the top AAC teams, especially if the next round of realignment only includes 1 or 2 teams. Houston and Orlando's media market dwarf Cincinnati's and those two teams look very attractive on the football and basketball court as well.

Aresco mentioned a new bowl with a P5 opponent will be announced soon as well as a scheduling alliance with a major conference in hoops. My guess is the alliance will be with the Pac12 involving several members of the conference (probably UC, UConn, Houston, Wichita, UCF, etc. but no ECU or Tulsa).

https://969thegame.iheart.com/featured/b...-enormous/

http://millerandmoulton.com/march-28-2019-episode-1433/

(03-28-2019 12:31 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Aresco mentioned a new bowl with a P5 opponent will be announced soon as well as a scheduling alliance with a major conference in hoops. My guess is the alliance will be with the Pac12 involving several members of the conference (probably UC, UConn, Houston, Wichita, UCF, etc. but no ECU or Tulsa).

https://969thegame.iheart.com/featured/b...-enormous/

http://millerandmoulton.com/march-28-2019-episode-1433/

Let's hope both deals get done as building blocks for the perception of the AAC nationally. I was just thinking about a great football season again in 2019 that yields nine or ten wins but no conference title or access bowl. In that case, they wouldn't send UC back to the Military Bowl next year so what's left with a BCS opponent? Birmingham I suppose. And the scheduling alliance in basketball is much needed. UC's holiday tournaments have been decidedly low profile. So a November or December national TV game with a school such as Oregon or Arizona would help.

(03-28-2019 12:31 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Aresco mentioned a new bowl with a P5 opponent will be announced soon as well as a scheduling alliance with a major conference in hoops. My guess is the alliance will be with the Pac12 involving several members of the conference (probably UC, UConn, Houston, Wichita, UCF, etc. but no ECU or Tulsa).

https://969thegame.iheart.com/featured/b...-enormous/

http://millerandmoulton.com/march-28-2019-episode-1433/

It sounds like ESPN is going to help push the AAC to some extent. A Bowl for the AAC champ is likely ESPN’s doing. If a basketball conference challenge ends up happening with say the Pac12 I would think ESPN was a factor in that as well, though probably less so than with the Bowl.

(03-30-2019 10:12 PM)C1ncy4Life Wrote:  

(03-28-2019 12:31 PM)CliftonAve Wrote:  Aresco mentioned a new bowl with a P5 opponent will be announced soon as well as a scheduling alliance with a major conference in hoops. My guess is the alliance will be with the Pac12 involving several members of the conference (probably UC, UConn, Houston, Wichita, UCF, etc. but no ECU or Tulsa).

https://969thegame.iheart.com/featured/b...-enormous/

http://millerandmoulton.com/march-28-2019-episode-1433/

It sounds like ESPN is going to help push the AAC to some extent. A Bowl for the AAC champ is likely ESPN’s doing. If a basketball conference challenge ends up happening with say the Pac12 I would think ESPN was a factor in that as well, though probably less so than with the Bowl.

Wouldn't surprise me if the "major" hoops conference is the Big East. They didn't say "Power".