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Dom I think you nailed it and here's why. Uconn FB sucks blah.... blah..... blah. True it's been a terrible time behind 2 massive HC'ing fails. But you know what Uconn has that most schools won't have if the AD plays their cards right ???? An exclusive TV contract in the largest media market in the country....Schools who want another chance to market their brand in the Northeast can play in linear format in front of " more than 11 million households across the country".......... (Some so- called P-5's .... Duke, NC St., Boston College, Indiana, Purdue, Illinois have already signed on for FB home and homes) If Uconn FB can get respectable again the scheduling opportunities are endless when you add in the NYC/ Tri-state TV exposure you can to sell to opponents for their OOC games.Hey Fella's! I was boarding a flight to Connecticut from Dallas as the news broke.......now here in Glastonbury a couple streets from DH's house and I have to say I LOVE the vibe around town!
As for Football hear me out. I love the independent road. It wONT lose money and we get plenty of teams to play that fill the seats at the Rent and we get more options than you think with H/H's with big programs.
I think [ UCONN going] indy.......puts the power in the school's hands. With SIGNIFICANTLY lower travel costs, better B-Ball rev, better direct access to buy games, etc...... I think you will see a boost to UConn as a whole. I actually think UConn football goes up from here......I really do.
As for BBALL................DAMN HERE WE GO. I expect monster recruiting starting right away with the NYC and North East schedule.....this will blow this back up and make the BE a better conference as well......Anyone see that the American is now C-USA again?
I saw Matt just put this out, I guess great minds think alike.... Dom....:
" The answer needs to be independence. . As Andy Katz mentioned, there will be buy-games, big ones. Think Clemson in 2021 big and that will become a norm. UConn will continue to be able to generate home-and-home series with mid-to-lower tier Power-5 programs like Indiana, Duke, Syracuse and Illinois.
It took a few days and the possibilties are trickling out but as I said above, leverage you own TV deals (SNY ?) for your home games and create your own reality, don't let the Tulane's, Tulsa's etc....dictate the TV contracts you can and can not have. Here's the story :Uconn FB sucks blah.... blah..... blah. True it's been a terrible time behind 2 massive HC'ing fails. But you know what Uconn has that most schools won't have if the AD plays their cards right ???? An exclusive TV contract in the largest media market in the country....Schools who want another chance to market their brand in the Northeast can play in linear format in front of " more than 11 million households across the country".......... (Some so- called P-5's .... Duke, NC St., Boston College, Indiana, Purdue, Illinois have already signed on for FB home and homes) If Uconn FB can get respectable again the scheduling opportunities are endless when you add in the NYC/ Tri-state TV exposure you can to sell to opponents for their OOC games.
Why not score big on BB & FB ? Think big, go independent and control your own schedule, time slots and destiny !
I like the thinking on football being independent but sometimes this stuff sounds better in theory than it works in reality. I do think SNY could be a huge wildcard in this if UConn can continue the relationship with it under the Big East TV package. We haven’t heard anything about that yet.....
from the Courant- SNY president optimistic about UConn BB relationship, open to broadcasting Huskies footballRemember this below from the AAC TV deal thread? Why not score big on BB & FB ? Think big, go independent and control your own schedule, time slots and destiny !
UConn Basketball Scores Big on SNY
NEW YORK - For seven seasons, UConn Basketball has scored on SNY, television home of the Huskies. For the 2018-2019 season, SNY televised more than 300 hours of exclusive UConn basketball programming including 15 women's games and seven men's games - bringing the Huskies into more than 11 million households across the country.