(02-16-2017 12:23 PM)p23570 Wrote:  Another epic fail DR.

Pointing to the TV ratings the UConn WBB program achieves is nothing to laugh at. At the end of the day the school and sport really doesn't matter. That is just a difference is jerseys. If people watch it it's valuable. Doesn't matter if it's porn, WBB, or cat videos.

UConn WBB has value, especially to a conference network.

Keep the stupidity coming DR.

In P conferences basketball of any kind is lucky if it represents 25% of revenue and in most it is more like 20%, and that is for the men's game. The best women's teams don't draw what the men do.

My point here is that if the football program doesn't pay its way into a conference it doesn't matter how great the men's or women's basketball numbers are. You don't screw around with 80% of your budget to augment 20% of it. That's plain stupid!

UConn matters to any basketball conference, but does not meet the Mendoza line for inclusion in any relevant football conference. That's the long and short of this matter. Whether or not a product draws for a conference network, which is even less of a % of the total value of a product and dependent upon subscribers, is irrelevant. If UConn's women draw so much then they should put them on pay per view. But no major conference is going to take Connecticut based upon their prowess in women's basketball. It's a nice plus if they contribute to football.