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Post by mm67 on Jul 28, 2023 19:25:38 GMT -5
UConn ain't goin' anywhere. It's a big nothing in the middle of a small stare outside any major media markets. UCon has little to zero media presence. Don't know about Boston which is a major media market.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 28, 2023 22:03:34 GMT -5
UConn ain't goin' anywhere. It's a big nothing in the middle of a small stare outside any major media markets. UCon has little to zero media presence. Don't know about Boston which is a major media market. UConn's media presence is much bigger than it should be with ESPN being in state
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Post by HC92 on Jul 29, 2023 7:46:51 GMT -5
UConn ain't goin' anywhere. It's a big nothing in the middle of a small stare outside any major media markets. UCon has little to zero media presence. Don't know about Boston which is a major media market. UConn's media presence is much bigger than it should be with ESPN being in state For what sports do they get a lot of media coverage except for men’s and women’s basketball? And those two win a lot of national titles so it would seem to make sense that they'd be on a lot.
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Post by gks on Jul 29, 2023 9:23:02 GMT -5
Big 12 is sniffing around UConn to strengthen hoops. Football would either be dragged along or stay indy.
West Virginia is doing just fine in the Big 12. So would UConn.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 29, 2023 16:18:50 GMT -5
Big 12 is sniffing around UConn to strengthen hoops. Football would either be dragged along or stay indy.West Virginia is doing just fine in the Big 12. So would UConn. Football would obviously go into the Big 12. They wouldn't need to be "dragged" if invited, trust me. From the Big XII perspective, UConn wouldn't be my first target. Arizona and Utah would be the next two schools I'd be calling. Big XII is clearly looking to become the best basketball conference in the country, so UCONN is enticing but the other two "Four Corner" schools are no slouches either.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 29, 2023 16:20:53 GMT -5
UConn ain't goin' anywhere. It's a big nothing in the middle of a small stare outside any major media markets. UCon has little to zero media presence. Don't know about Boston which is a major media market. UConn's media presence is much bigger than it should be with ESPN being in state In business, you're either growing or you're dying. ESPN definitely in the latter category.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jul 29, 2023 16:24:12 GMT -5
-Currently Big East schools get just shy of $5 million per school. -Only UConn has FBS football to offer from the Big East. There has been some internet chatter regarding Big 12 looking for basketball only members at one point. Any BE school would jump at this offer. Why would a Big East school jump at playing in the Big 12 for basketball only? Would it matter if the Big East said they didn’t want said school for the rest of the sports if they left for basketball? "Basketball only" memberships actually aren't allowed by the NCAA. I think hchoops told me this. I think the internet chatter you are referencing surrounds the topic of Gonzaga being possibly in contention for a Big XII spot. If they joined, they would have to join as an all-sports member. Of course, they'd be the only conference school without a football team.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 29, 2023 20:42:36 GMT -5
UConn's media presence is much bigger than it should be with ESPN being in state In business, you're either growing or you're dying. ESPN definitely in the latter category. There are but still paying huge payouts to conferences/leagues while still having huge carriage fees and espn plus numbers are very good. Disney is likely to sell them off soon too...
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 29, 2023 21:54:51 GMT -5
UConn's media presence is much bigger than it should be with ESPN being in state In business, you're either growing or you're dying. ESPN definitely in the latter category. Are we dying with it? ESPN+ is winning the sports streaming war isn't it?
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 1, 2023 10:42:57 GMT -5
An HC alum in New Zealand can stream HC games on ESPN+ but a kid from Vernon Hill can't listen to HC FB and BB games on free radio and grow into a lifetime Crusader fan. If this HC FB juggernaut isn't on local radio, fat chance any future teams will be.
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Post by HC92 on Aug 1, 2023 10:53:33 GMT -5
An HC alum in New Zealand can stream HC games on ESPN+ but a kid from Vernon Hill can't listen to HC FB and BB games on free radio and grow into a lifetime Crusader fan. If this HC FB juggernaut isn't on local radio, fat chance any future teams will be. I have 4 kids from 12-19. None of them has any idea that local radio exists. Not going to reach the younger generation with local radio. ESPN+ much more likely to be on their device(s) of choice.
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 1, 2023 11:50:58 GMT -5
I wonder what the ESPN+ penetration is in the Worcester metro area (does Worcester have a metro area?) I'll guess 10%.
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Post by HC92 on Aug 1, 2023 12:55:57 GMT -5
I wonder what the ESPN+ penetration is in the Worcester metro area (does Worcester have a metro area?) I'll guess 10%. Maybe, but the ones that would care enough to listen on the radio are in the 10%.
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Post by mm67 on Aug 1, 2023 13:05:10 GMT -5
More concerned about a broader exposure.
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Post by alum on Aug 1, 2023 13:09:46 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Aug 1, 2023 13:33:49 GMT -5
That's about 14% with steady growth. Impressive. I watch HC and the UFC and not much else. For the past year I've had a promotion with my credit card that made the bundle less expensive than ESPN+ alone. I might keep that for Hulu. If anyone has Hulu I can recommend "The Quiet Girl" if you need a good tug of the heart strings.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 1, 2023 17:31:33 GMT -5
Since it is bundled in many packages, I wonder how many of those 25.3 million customers are "active" users? My guess would be 25 percent at most.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Aug 1, 2023 22:42:21 GMT -5
West Virginia is doing just fine in the Big 12. So would UConn. West Virginia averaged 47,658 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $22.2 million. Its stadium is bought and paid for. Connecticut averaged 22,095 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $18.4 million. UConn does not own its stadium and carries a $53 million deficit. WVU will sell tickets no matter the opponent or the record. How many fans of the Nutmeg State will be paying $80-100 a seat when the 2-8 Huskies play BYU?
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Post by sader1970 on Aug 2, 2023 4:25:46 GMT -5
Depends on how many Mormons there are in Connecticut? Just guessing.😉
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Aug 2, 2023 5:30:59 GMT -5
West Virginia is doing just fine in the Big 12. So would UConn. West Virginia averaged 47,658 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $22.2 million. Its stadium is bought and paid for. Connecticut averaged 22,095 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $18.4 million. UConn does not own its stadium and carries a $53 million deficit. WVU will sell tickets no matter the opponent or the record. How many fans of the Nutmeg State will be paying $80-100 a seat when the 2-8 Huskies play BYU?Hopefully more than the 9,000 fans who went to the UMass-BYU game in Amherst a few years ago. Holy Cross-Georgetown in Worcester that same day drew a couple hundred more. Seriously.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Aug 2, 2023 5:37:26 GMT -5
West Virginia is in a great spot right now. In a league that's, at the moment, on the rise. Finally has a couple of other schools on the same side of the Mississippi River in its conference starting next year. Ironically, WVU will find itself in much better shape than all of the schools in the league it was left out of during expansion, the ACC. Despite longtime rivalries with Pitt, Syracuse and Virginia Tech, West Virginia never got a sniff from the ACC -- a league it would've killed to join up until this year. And now the Mountaineers are getting the last laugh. Great for the people of West Virginia.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 2, 2023 8:15:47 GMT -5
West Virginia is doing just fine in the Big 12. So would UConn. West Virginia averaged 47,658 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $22.2 million. Its stadium is bought and paid for. Connecticut averaged 22,095 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $18.4 million. UConn does not own its stadium and carries a $53 million deficit. WVU will sell tickets no matter the opponent or the record. How many fans of the Nutmeg State will be paying $80-100 a seat when the 2-8 Huskies play BYU? UConn doesn't OWN the stadium but the state of Connecticut owns the stadium.
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Post by hchoops on Aug 2, 2023 8:31:05 GMT -5
West Virginia is in a great spot right now. In a league that's, at the moment, on the rise. Finally has a couple of other schools on the same side of the Mississippi River in its conference starting next year. Ironically, WVU will find itself in much better shape than all of the schools in the league it was left out of during expansion, the ACC. Despite longtime rivalries with Pitt, Syracuse and Virginia Tech, West Virginia never got a sniff from the ACC -- a league it would've killed to join up until this year. And now the Mountaineers are getting the last laugh. Great for the people of West Virginia. Maybe not the Mountaineer hoops fans these days
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Post by gks on Aug 2, 2023 9:18:51 GMT -5
West Virginia is doing just fine in the Big 12. So would UConn. West Virginia averaged 47,658 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $22.2 million. Its stadium is bought and paid for. Connecticut averaged 22,095 per game in 2022 with a football budget of $18.4 million. UConn does not own its stadium and carries a $53 million deficit. WVU will sell tickets no matter the opponent or the record. How many fans of the Nutmeg State will be paying $80-100 a seat when the 2-8 Huskies play BYU? You're forgetting the big, fat check that UConn would be getting from being a Big 12 member. They wouldn't join B12 for free.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Aug 2, 2023 9:31:32 GMT -5
You're forgetting the big, fat check that UConn would be getting from being a Big 12 member. They wouldn't join B12 for free. Not forgetting it, but Fox has already said it won't pay a full share to any Big 12 expansion target outside of the Power 5.
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