Conference Realignment..?

[InfiniteJ]

I'm wondering if UConn comes as a package deal with either Colorado or Gonzaga.

[MICHHAWK]

uconn seems like a really weird fit for the BIG 12.

[InfiniteJ]

uconn seems like a really weird fit for the BIG 12.

I agree, but it sounds like they're really wanting to get they're football program into a legitimate P5 conference.

[KUTradition]

uconn and ‘zags?

pass

[pdub]

At this point, geography is out the door, the whole system is fucked.
UConn is 3 hours away from me.
Whatever, i'll go if KU plays there.

[Arjhawk]

Yeah, when they call and ask me my opinion, I'm a solid NO on UCONN and Gonzaga

[Sparko]

But UCONN and Gonzaga point to the increasing importance of basketball. And I think it wise to finally leverage some of that money. KUBB over a season is viewed by more people than most SEC FB teams

[ChalkRocker]

Big 12 will be fine, imo.

Regardless, so will KU.

[InfiniteJ]

I guess there could be some talk about the Big XII spinning basketball and football into two different TV/media contracts.

[Sparko]

I guess there could be some talk about the Big XII spinning basketball and football into two different TV/media contracts.

The commissioner is a thought leader that way

[ramjet]

This is not anything new. The key is in our media rights deal. Any school we add gets 31.7 million as long as they are coming from a power five conf. Just waiting for Pac 12 to announce their new deal which they of course do not want to do because if its less than that then poof four corners schools all gone.
The longer the Pac 12 drags this out the more likely they coming.

Talking heads on Denver sports radio say the Pac 12 media deal negotiations are is deep pucky and that Colorado will bolt to the Big 12 any day now and ASU and UofA will follow quickly

[KUTradition]

the four corners schools >>>> uconn+zags

[hartjack8]

We are not adding Uconn and Zags....that would be just taking KU money and giving it to them. This is not about basketball at all it is 100% a FOOTBALL thing.

So in the world of college sports the NCAA gets all the money over a BILLION dollars for the NCAA basketball tourney. However in Football the College Football playoffs money 100% goes to schools. Next year the Football playoffs are expanding to 12 teams. Next year the B12 will not have UT and OU. If we happen to find a defense by next year we very well could be in these playoffs.

KU with a Football team in the playoffs and a brand new Football stadium would be a very attractive add to SEC or B10. Somewhere in the future Whatever conferences that exist are going to wake up and walk from the NCAA. They are then going to have their own Basketball Tourney and they going to get all the money from that tourney.

[Sparko]

We are not adding Uconn and Zags....that would be just taking KU money and giving it to them. This is not about basketball at all it is 100% a FOOTBALL thing.

So in the world of college sports the NCAA gets all the money over a BILLION dollars for the NCAA basketball tourney. However in Football the College Football playoffs money 100% goes to schools. Next year the Football playoffs are expanding to 12 teams. Next year the B12 will not have UT and OU. If we happen to find a defense by next year we very well could be in these playoffs.

KU with a Football team in the playoffs and a brand new Football stadium would be a very attractive add to SEC or B10. Somewhere in the future Whatever conferences that exist are going to wake up and walk from the NCAA. They are then going to have their own Basketball Tourney and they going to get all the money from that tourney.

I think some cool heads are considering stripping the NCAA of its money monopoly on basketball. The concept was something Phogg Allen negotiated, and man do they owe the historic basketball schools money.

[surly]

uconn seems like a really weird fit for the BIG 12.

uconn has always made sense to me. rival for wvu and 'nati. basketball blue blood. and a football program that was not long ago playing in major bowls. all they need is a platform. cu, uofa, uconn and maybe san diego state, another solid hoops school, unpretentious, southern california, and a sparklingly new football stadium.

[NewtonHawk11]

Exactly what happened when they left to go to Pac12. Colorado is coming. Who is coming with them is the question. I ultimately think it'll be Utah for their most natural rival and the 2 Arizona schools because they've seemed to have been pissed off with the Pac 12 lately.

https://go.boarddocs.com/co/cu/Board.ns ... DT42757B5E

[surly]

2021 denver post article seems now to have foreshadowed cu's return.

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/11/13/c ... mike-bohn/

While the Buffs’ cash flow had climbed for 13 years, the jumps aren’t nearly as high as those seen by the Big 12 schools they used to compete against. Former CU rivals such as Iowa State and Kansas State received $38.2 million to $42 million in revenue from the Big 12 for the 2019 fiscal year, compared to the $32.2 million the Pac-12 distributed to the Buffs, based on tax filings acquired by USA Today.

[MICHHAWK]

our new commissioner is going to take us to the top. the big 10 and the sec are gonna be eating our dust.

[twocoach]

uconn seems like a really weird fit for the BIG 12.

uconn has always made sense to me. rival for wvu and 'nati. basketball blue blood. and a football program that was not long ago playing in major bowls. all they need is a platform. cu, uofa, uconn and maybe san diego state, another solid hoops school, unpretentious, southern california, and a sparklingly new football stadium.

UConn isn't a rival for WVU or Cincinnati, that's just dumb. You need a bit more than "they are all east of the Mississippi River and in the Eastern time zone" to make a rivalry.

[surly]

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