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(04-11-2018 10:53 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-11-2018 10:33 AM)Bearcat 1985 Wrote:  

(04-11-2018 08:46 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  

(04-11-2018 08:36 AM)Bearcat 1985 Wrote:  The Plain Dealer has been pushing this for a few years now. UC doesn't look great, but the subsidy is under 50% of the budget now. I've long maintained that subsidies are eventually going to become an issue in the legislature, particularly if they become linked with high tuition in the eyes of the public.

http://www.cleveland.com/expo/erry-2018/...ports.html

Maybe someone in the legislature should pull a Orrin Hatch and aid UC's cause to get into a power conference. An additional $30M in media revenue, a larger share of the CFP money and shares of larger bowl and NCAAT money would go a long way into reducing the amount of subsidies burdened on the university.

Two thoughts. Utah didn't have a bcs/p5 school at the time and Hatch''s grandstanding and antitrust talk had zip to do with Utah threading the needle. The PAC needed a regional partner and potential rival to come in with Colorado. That determined Utah''s good fortune more than a hundred politicians.

You know, in looking that move over again, I'm shocked the Utah was picked instead of BYU there...BYU would've made far more sense.

Utah is a public university that is far easier to work with. This alone made them far more desirable than BYU. Additionally, Utah had played for a National Championship in basketball in the prior 15 years and won a BCS game in football. Good athletic success combined with a much easier school to work with made them a far more desirable school.