Now I understand the Big East Love

[wildcatknh]

People are looking at UConn as the Big East example, but they are the exception because they actually have football. They would not gain an advantage, even if there was one.

What about schools like St. John’s and Georgetown, where basketball is the main sport because they don’t have a football squad?

What’s the bottom line for those schools?

True, UConn plays football, but is an Independent school in football. They have only been D1 FBS in football for a few years now and are not even remotely as prominent or financially profitable as the P4 football programs of the SEC, B1G, etc. Any revenue that UConn football brings in ... especially as an Independent with no conference payouts ... is not anywhere close to that of P4 schools. Their athletics revenue will still be much closer to the rest of the Big East than it will be to an SEC or B1G school.

EDIT: I think the main reason that so many people use UConn for comparison is that they're the only public Big East school ... and therefore the only one with publicly available and easily attainable financial statements.

 

[bucsrule8872]

True, UConn plays football, but is an Independent school in football. They have only been D1 FBS in football for a few years now and are not even remotely as prominent or financially profitable as the P4 football programs of the SEC, B1G, etc. Any revenue that UConn football brings in ... especially as an Independent with no conference payouts ... is not anywhere close to that of P4 schools. Their athletics revenue will still be much closer to the rest of the Big East than it will be to an SEC or B1G school.

EDIT: I think the main reason that so many people use UConn for comparison is that they're the only public Big East school ... and therefore the only one with publicly available and easily attainable financial statements.

UConn should just drop football and be like the other Big East schools. The Big East also should try to convince Duke to leave the ACC and drop their football program as well.

I think Duke is a much better fit as a Big East school (being private and basketball driven) than an ACC school.

 

[Digger-Cat]

True, UConn plays football, but is an Independent school in football. They have only been D1 FBS in football for a few years now and are not even remotely as prominent or financially profitable as the P4 football programs of the SEC, B1G, etc. Any revenue that UConn football brings in ... especially as an Independent with no conference payouts ... is not anywhere close to that of P4 schools. Their athletics revenue will still be much closer to the rest of the Big East than it will be to an SEC or B1G school.

EDIT: I think the main reason that so many people use UConn for comparison is that they're the only public Big East school ... and therefore the only one with publicly available and easily attainable financial statements.

Actually, I think a lot of people are bringing up UConn, becauae the last thing we want to see, is UConn get any kind of advantage. Since '99, they have been on a tear.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm about ready for them to go away.