We should just become Independents

[JumpinJack5]

I'm tired of putting up with this realignment. We should just become Independents so that we wouldn't have to worry about this!

 

[shezi]

wow i like ,its so intrusted.

 

[ralph1950]

Think before you post. UC would lose $$ millions as an independent. Should UC remain in the Big East because no current ACC teams leave, UC will still get at least $10 million a year from the Big East TV contract. The Big East football champ will be in a BCS bowl 8 out of 10 years based on past history.

UC basketball will still be playing UConn, Memphis, Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette. A basketball only conference would cost these schools millions in lost revenue and they know it, that is why they will not leave the Big East.

The A-10's brand new TV contract gets each school $350,000 per year. Georgetown, etc. will get about $2 million each per year from the Big East TV deal. Regular season college basketball is not worth much to TV, college basketball is a year end tournament sport.

 

[Hicks' Guns]

Think before you post. UC would lose $$ millions as an independent. Should UC remain in the Big East because no current ACC teams leave, UC will still get at least $10 million a year from the Big East TV contract. The Big East football champ will be in a BCS bowl 8 out of 10 years based on past history.

UC basketball will still be playing UConn, Memphis, Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette. A basketball only conference would cost these schools millions in lost revenue and they know it, that is why they will not leave the Big East.

The A-10's brand new TV contract gets each school $350,000 per year. Georgetown, etc. will get about $2 million each per year from the Big East TV deal. Regular season college basketball is not worth much to TV, college basketball is a year end tournament sport.

Do we still really think the TV contract will net UC $10 million a year? I'm basing this on memory so I could be wrong, but wasn't the contract that the Big East turned down worth $11 per year when we had Pitt, Syracuse, Louisville, Buttgers, etc. in the league. If that's true, I have a heard time that our TV deal only sunk by $1M per year per team.

 

[User Name:]

Do we still really think the TV contract will net UC $10 million a year?

I don't think so. Whatever projections of revenue the BE had before Rutgers and UL left should be discarded. Especially with the new playoff format coming which will essentially exclude Big East members from BCS bowls

The Big East isn't stable right now. UC and UConn have made it known they want out. Adding Memphis, SMU, Houston, East Carolina, Tulane, Boise State(maybe), SDSU(maybe) and Navy would be a tough sell to networks.

Now if they add BYU, it could change but most likely that won't happen

 

[JasonS]

Do we still really think the TV contract will net UC $10 million a year? I'm basing this on memory so I could be wrong, but wasn't the contract that the Big East turned down worth $11 per year when we had Pitt, Syracuse, Louisville, Buttgers, etc. in the league. If that's true, I have a heard time that our TV deal only sunk by $1M per year per team.

Ralph is crazy with his thinking about how much the conference is going to make. That said, there is no chance UC makes even close to that amount (whatever it is) as an independent. You have to have a good TV deal to make it as an independent. That is why you only see ND and BYU pulling that off.

 

[JumpinJack5]

Think before you post. UC would lose $$ millions as an independent. Should UC remain in the Big East because no current ACC teams leave, UC will still get at least $10 million a year from the Big East TV contract. The Big East football champ will be in a BCS bowl 8 out of 10 years based on past history.

UC basketball will still be playing UConn, Memphis, Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette. A basketball only conference would cost these schools millions in lost revenue and they know it, that is why they will not leave the Big East.

The A-10's brand new TV contract gets each school $350,000 per year. Georgetown, etc. will get about $2 million each per year from the Big East TV deal. Regular season college basketball is not worth much to TV, college basketball is a year end tournament sport.

Calm down, Ralphy, just a little humor. We all need a laugh during this horrible time in which UC is being ostracized. I know this would hurt us since we don't have a big brand.