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KL's avatar

Uconn? There has got to be a better option.

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Brian M's avatar

"UConn is a football powerhouse" said no one ever. That reminds me of when I was in Minnesota and the B1G picked up Rutgers. It was like WHAT?! Who knew they even played football in New Jersey. We were all told is was for access to the NYC TV market. Okay, but does that market even care about Rutgers football (probably not). UConn would be the same twisted logic. Can't these folks do better? Be patient. Add the basketball schools and meet the NCAA conference requirements and then build back football as opportunities develop, not out of desperation

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Mike's avatar

Rutgers was all about the Big Ten Network subscriber fees. That was back when cable TV was at peak subscribership, and having a Big Ten team in the NYC market meant the network could charge about 10x the fee that they did when NYC was out of market. Also, the conference owned a bigger share of BTN at the time than they do now (51% vs 39% after they sold a piece off to FOX several years ago).

IтАЩm sure the Big Ten raked in a lot more cash with that decision, but fast forward to now in the era of cord-cutting and it hasnтАЩt aged quite so well.

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