(12-16-2014 06:23 PM)mtmedlin Wrote: There is sooo much in there that can be attacked and you are really extrapolating value without taking in other factors. I am not in the mood for another pissing match but lets leave it as this. If Uconn was as valuable to the Big 10 as you state, then you would have been added already.
Also, Uconn has good academics but you dont qualify for Big 10 admission since EVERY team was an AAU institution upon acceptance.
One, you don't have to attack anything; you can just state it simply.
Two, you don't have to give a thorough analysis. If you take issue, then give one example of my poor analysis.
Three, stating facts isn't a pissing match. I was just stating how much the UConn television market already PULLS for SNY, quite apart from any other conference. In other words, this is a done deal. it has already happened.
Your argument about UConn "would have been added already" if it had value just seems like a post hoc fallacy to me. Rutgers wasn't added, until it was. Etc. Suddenly it was worth $40m. There are reasons UConn was out of the ACC that go well beyond market value.
As for the B1G, I never said UConn should be in it. There are lots of reasons why the B1G wouldn't want to add UConn. Not only that, but the B1G already is on track for $40m. It doesn't need UConn to add any value. The B1G can do what it wants.
As for the AAU, I'd say Uconn is well on the road, billions in research are pouring into the school. But regardless, Michigan and Wisconsin were the bigwigs that conspired to kick Nebraska out of the AAU or whole year before NU was added to the B1G. And when questioned about the process of adding NU, the former Pres. of Wisky said the AAU was not discussed. Of course it wasn't. Why would it be? She was in the process of evicting Nebraska from the AAU long before it became a B1G candidate.
Nebraska had bigtime football. The B1G would grab FSU if it could, regardless of lack of AAU.
The only reason I responded at all in this thread was regarding the contention that all AAC schools could not add $$ to conferences looking to expand.
So tell me just in one instance where my post was incorrect.