(06-27-2019 12:04 PM)Poseidon Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:54 AM)Chappy Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:48 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  @Kendavis55
2m2 minutes ago
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AD David Benedict theells reporters in New York that UConn is committed to Div. I football and he hopes to have a conversation with AAC commissioner Mike Aresco soon. That seems to be the priority now.

Please tell he he's going to ask if the football team can stay.

I think it might be in both party's best interest to have football stay a year or two after the rest of the sports leave. The AAC needs more time to decide wheteher it needs to fill or not. The deadline is tomorrow to fill Uconn's slot for 2020 football even if another team were invited the approval process wouldn't be done in time. Not to mention this would be better for scheduling for all parties involved. Keep them through 2020 and replace them after that.

Lol it's hard for us, impossible for them. They want to keep their sports here for 27 months, ok. Just football? Ah no. Olympics leave they can drag the body bag the BOT put their football in with them. Sorry it's just business.

(06-27-2019 11:48 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  @Kendavis55
2m2 minutes ago
More Ken Davis Retweeted Gavin Keefe
AD David Benedict theells reporters in New York that UConn is committed to Div. I football and he hopes to have a conversation with AAC commissioner Mike Aresco soon. That seems to be the priority now.

Tell UConn no money for football and that they have to do multiple two for ones with AAC basketball teams. Then when they say yes you look down and say well I think I just changed my mind - just to record their reaction. Put it on video stick on the internet it might go viral:-)

I also noted in the BE press release that the year that UConn would join the Big East would be "determined at a later date".

It has been reported that UConn wants to make this move in 2020 but I could see where UConn will be forced to keep all of their sports in the AAC till 2021 or 2022 in order to facilitate the scheduling issues and exit fees.

I imagine that is why he wants to talk to Aresco.

(06-27-2019 12:09 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 12:04 PM)Poseidon Wrote:  I think it might be in both party's best interest to have football stay a year or two after the rest of the sports leave. The AAC needs more time to decide wheteher it needs to fill or not. The deadline is tomorrow to fill Uconn's slot even if another team were invited the approval process wouldn't be done in time. Not to mention this would be better for scheduling for all parties involved. Keep them through 2020 and replace them after that.

what might be the best option for all---is if the exit fee is say 15-16 million---with the stipulation that UConn football can stay in the league through the 2020 football season. That gives the AAC more time to find a replacement and gives UConn a longer runway for setting themselves up for indy play.

If UCONN truly was trying to establish a future as an FBS-Independent in football, I might (probably not — but *Maybe*) see the wisdom in that. But this whole “independent” nonsense is just make-believe.

Football and basketball leave at the same time. Period.

(06-27-2019 12:04 PM)Poseidon Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:54 AM)Chappy Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:48 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  @Kendavis55
2m2 minutes ago
More Ken Davis Retweeted Gavin Keefe
AD David Benedict theells reporters in New York that UConn is committed to Div. I football and he hopes to have a conversation with AAC commissioner Mike Aresco soon. That seems to be the priority now.

Please tell he he's going to ask if the football team can stay.

I think it might be in both party's best interest to have football stay a year or two after the rest of the sports leave. The AAC needs more time to decide wheteher it needs to fill or not. The deadline is tomorrow to fill Uconn's slot for 2020 football even if another team were invited the approval process wouldn't be done in time. Not to mention this would be better for scheduling for all parties involved. Keep them through 2020 and replace them after that.

What deadline?

(06-27-2019 12:18 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 12:09 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 12:04 PM)Poseidon Wrote:  I think it might be in both party's best interest to have football stay a year or two after the rest of the sports leave. The AAC needs more time to decide wheteher it needs to fill or not. The deadline is tomorrow to fill Uconn's slot even if another team were invited the approval process wouldn't be done in time. Not to mention this would be better for scheduling for all parties involved. Keep them through 2020 and replace them after that.

what might be the best option for all---is if the exit fee is say 15-16 million---with the stipulation that UConn football can stay in the league through the 2020 football season. That gives the AAC more time to find a replacement and gives UConn a longer runway for setting themselves up for indy play.

If UCONN truly was trying to establish a future as an FBS-Independent in football, I might (probably not — but *Maybe*) see the wisdom in that. But this whole “independent” nonsense is just make-believe.

Football and basketball leave at the same time. Period.

I tend to agree with you. I think the real plan is to set football up to fail so it can be downgraded or simply cut in a few years.

A few friends work at ESPN and they mentioned that ESPN is not happy about the 11 team idea and that only a few teams interest ESPN as the 12. That UConn football was one of ideas to keep the contract and money the same. Where UConn would get less, because its football only. The other options were Army or BYU but it didn't sound like either was looking to move.

Aressco should keep Benedict waiting in his outer office for 4 or 5 hours and then when his secretary calls Benedict o come in for the meeting accidentally called him Mr Arnold. Then tell him no. Put that on video and on the internet.

(06-27-2019 11:35 AM)usffan Wrote:  https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/...578126001/

By the way, this author is a hack:

Quote:If the league doesn't return to 12 teams for the 2020-21 football season, scheduling and the conference championship game become challenges that must be solved. An NCAA bylaw states conferences with fewer than 12 teams must play a round-robin schedule in order to be eligible for a waiver to play a conference title game (see the 10-team Big 12). That scenario would allow the two top nationally-ranked programs, instead of winners from two divisions, to meet in the league's title game, the preferred method by many around the AAC according to the source. But an 11-team conference makes a round-robin slate impossible.

That is just flat out wrong, as has been discussed ad nauseum on here.

USFFan

The Enquirer is a pretty terrible newspaper. Most of their headlines come from their interns scouring social media for trending local tweets. I'm not joking or exaggerating about that either. They laid off most of their actual reporters.

(06-27-2019 11:55 AM)Poseidon Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:35 AM)usffan Wrote:  https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/...578126001/

By the way, this author is a hack:

Quote:If the league doesn't return to 12 teams for the 2020-21 football season, scheduling and the conference championship game become challenges that must be solved. An NCAA bylaw states conferences with fewer than 12 teams must play a round-robin schedule in order to be eligible for a waiver to play a conference title game (see the 10-team Big 12). That scenario would allow the two top nationally-ranked programs, instead of winners from two divisions, to meet in the league's title game, the preferred method by many around the AAC according to the source. But an 11-team conference makes a round-robin slate impossible.

That is just flat out wrong, as has been discussed ad nauseum on here.

USFFan

The Sun Belt has 10 teams two divisions and doesn't play a round robin. I just love it when CFB writers prove they know lessa bout CFB than many message board fans.

If you have 2 divisions, you only have to play RR inside your division.

(06-27-2019 12:21 PM)mike012779 Wrote:  A few friends work at ESPN and they mentioned that ESPN is not happy about the 11 team idea and that only a few teams interest ESPN as the 12. That UConn football was one of ideas to keep the contract and money the same. Where UConn would get less, because its football only. The other options were Army or BYU but it didn't sound like either was looking to move.

A few freinds work at ESPN and they say the Uconn Ad is nuts if we keep uconn for football only. That's what a few freinds say anyway.

(06-27-2019 12:20 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 12:04 PM)Poseidon Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:54 AM)Chappy Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:48 AM)Pony94 Wrote:  @Kendavis55
2m2 minutes ago
More Ken Davis Retweeted Gavin Keefe
AD David Benedict theells reporters in New York that UConn is committed to Div. I football and he hopes to have a conversation with AAC commissioner Mike Aresco soon. That seems to be the priority now.

Please tell he he's going to ask if the football team can stay.

I think it might be in both party's best interest to have football stay a year or two after the rest of the sports leave. The AAC needs more time to decide wheteher it needs to fill or not. The deadline is tomorrow to fill Uconn's slot for 2020 football even if another team were invited the approval process wouldn't be done in time. Not to mention this would be better for scheduling for all parties involved. Keep them through 2020 and replace them after that.

What deadline?

He is probably talking about the fiscal year ending June 30. That's typically the cutoff for counting years in realignment moves.

(06-27-2019 12:26 PM)Tigers2B1 Wrote:  Aressco should keep Benedict waiting in his outer office for 4 or 5 hours and then when his secretary calls Benedict o come in for the meeting accidentally called him Mr Arnold. Then tell him no. Put that on video and on the internet.

Or Aresco could tell Benedict that the clown he hired for his granddaughter's birthday party didn't show and that he would be forever beholding to him if he could stand in. When Benedict puts on the clown makeup and costume take a picture of him -- then tell him 'no' and post the Benedict clown picture on the internet.

(06-27-2019 12:21 PM)mike012779 Wrote:  A few friends work at ESPN and they mentioned that ESPN is not happy about the 11 team idea and that only a few teams interest ESPN as the 12. That UConn football was one of ideas to keep the contract and money the same. Where UConn would get less, because its football only. The other options were Army or BYU but it didn't sound like either was looking to move.

So you think the conference who has repeatedly told UConn they can not be football only is going to pay them 5.5m to go 0-12 and give talking heads the perfect point that the AAC is a low level football league when our champ is competing for a ny6 (or we pray a play off spot) and take the only things of value with to the big east to make 4.5m?

Yeah that's not happening. In fact pretty sure UConn has two options, stay two years all sports or pay about 12-16m. The AAC AD's have a contract and no longer care what happens to UConn.

(06-27-2019 12:36 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 12:21 PM)mike012779 Wrote:  A few friends work at ESPN and they mentioned that ESPN is not happy about the 11 team idea and that only a few teams interest ESPN as the 12. That UConn football was one of ideas to keep the contract and money the same. Where UConn would get less, because its football only. The other options were Army or BYU but it didn't sound like either was looking to move.

So you think the conference who has repeatedly told UConn they can not be football only is going to pay them 5.5m to go 0-12 and give talking heads the perfect point that the AAC is a low level football league when our champ is competing for a ny6 (or we pray a play off spot) and take the only things of value with to the big east to make 4.5m?

Yeah that's not happening. In fact pretty sure UConn has two options, stay two years all sports or pay about 12-16m. The AAC AD's have a contract and no longer care what happens to UConn.

That is what i don't understand when i keep seeing UCONN fans saying "oh we will negotiate it lower". How? You have a written contract signed by your school that is being 100% violated by one side of the party? What grounds are you going to negotiate (or sue) to get it lower? There is zero incentive or benefit that can be given to the other schools to give them a reason to accept anything less than what the contract calls out.

(06-27-2019 12:02 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 11:35 AM)usffan Wrote:  https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/...578126001/

By the way, this author is a hack:

Quote:If the league doesn't return to 12 teams for the 2020-21 football season, scheduling and the conference championship game become challenges that must be solved. An NCAA bylaw states conferences with fewer than 12 teams must play a round-robin schedule in order to be eligible for a waiver to play a conference title game (see the 10-team Big 12). That scenario would allow the two top nationally-ranked programs, instead of winners from two divisions, to meet in the league's title game, the preferred method by many around the AAC according to the source. But an 11-team conference makes a round-robin slate impossible.

That is just flat out wrong, as has been discussed ad nauseum on here.

USFFan

Yup--thats not correct. An 11 team conference can use unbalanced divisions to hold a CCG---but it causes some teams to either have to play 1 more or one less conference game than the rest of the league---which creates a whole different problem for some of the schools.

Welcome to the Cincinnati Enquirer gentlemen. Don't trust them as a reliable source.

(06-27-2019 12:43 PM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 12:36 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(06-27-2019 12:21 PM)mike012779 Wrote:  A few friends work at ESPN and they mentioned that ESPN is not happy about the 11 team idea and that only a few teams interest ESPN as the 12. That UConn football was one of ideas to keep the contract and money the same. Where UConn would get less, because its football only. The other options were Army or BYU but it didn't sound like either was looking to move.

So you think the conference who has repeatedly told UConn they can not be football only is going to pay them 5.5m to go 0-12 and give talking heads the perfect point that the AAC is a low level football league when our champ is competing for a ny6 (or we pray a play off spot) and take the only things of value with to the big east to make 4.5m?

Yeah that's not happening. In fact pretty sure UConn has two options, stay two years all sports or pay about 12-16m. The AAC AD's have a contract and no longer care what happens to UConn.

That is what i don't understand when i keep seeing UCONN fans saying "oh we will negotiate it lower". How? You have a written contract signed by your school that is being 100% violated by one side of the party? What grounds are you going to negotiate (or sue) to get it lower? There is zero incentive or benefit that can be given to the other schools to give them a reason to accept anything less than what the contract calls out.

Just as some of their delusional fans think the conference is what brought down their program.

Benedict is going to try and say:

1. Let our football stay in AAC for 2020 (and maybe 2021) while the other sports leave for the BE in 2020. UConn football will leave in 2021 (or maybe 2022).
2. You keep our share of the football portion of TV money while UConn plays football in the AAC.
3. Apply #2 as a credit on UConn's buyout.

(06-27-2019 12:56 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  Benedict is going to try and say:

1. Let our football stay in AAC for 2020 (and maybe 2021) while the other sports leave for the BE in 2020. UConn football will leave in 2021 (or maybe 2022).
2. You keep our share of the football portion of TV money while UConn plays football in the AAC.
3. Apply #2 as a credit on UConn's buyout.

Might consider that minus #3

Just depends what espn says

(06-27-2019 12:56 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  Benedict is going to try and say:

1. Let our football stay in AAC for 2020 (and maybe 2021) while the other sports leave for the BE in 2020. UConn football will leave in 2021 (or maybe 2022).
2. You keep our share of the football portion of TV money while UConn plays football in the AAC.
3. Apply #2 as a credit on UConn's buyout.

Sounds about right....

Pimpin the football program...send it out as a whore to pay off the debts.

Then when your done with the whore kick her to the curb.