Yep. You're correct that they're cutting other sports to keep FB and BB.

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May 26, 2020
2:11:54pm

displacedute All-American

But FB isn't making money and they've been burning money for a decade now trying to fix it.

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The nightmare that is UConn athletics, especially football

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

5/26/20 11:19am

Survival of the fittest. There's a few dozen schools who need to drop sports.

byubyu

5/26/20 11:21am

the tone of the article is weird. I agree that Edsall is a clown coach, but

cwilke1

5/26/20 12:54pm

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puntersarepeople

5/26/20 11:25am

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puntersarepeople

5/26/20 11:33am

BYU is mentioned in the article

RC Vikings

5/26/20 11:26am

Lol. "maybe" is a bit optimistic.

Bert609

5/26/20 11:28am

Crazy. They wouldn't drop Men's and Women's Basketball though, would they?

durandal

5/26/20 11:29am

No. They are dropping down to the minimum number of sports to qualify for the FBS. Down from 24 to 16.

YIsForBrigham

5/26/20 11:33am

That’s where they need to put their focus.

Brigham

5/26/20 11:43am

Wow. Crazy that you could go from BCS bowl team to the situation they have now so quickly.

YIsForBrigham

5/26/20 11:29am

But when the whole Big12 thing was happening people kept selling UCONN as if they brought something to the table because

YIsForBrigham

5/26/20 11:32am

Cal is in that same situation right now with money and sports.

Lance71

5/26/20 3:55pm

Except Cal has the Pax12 $

CougarMike

5/26/20 6:26pm

Yes. Pretty well established how much football means to Universities.

Lance71

5/26/20 9:36pm

I mean, sure, they're technically a BCS bowl team.

displacedute

5/26/20 12:13pm

I wish more programs dropped more sports. Bring it down to a more

SouthernBlueBlood

5/26/20 11:34am

Those contract details are crazy

Gustav

5/26/20 11:35am

the bonus details are funny and Edsall is a clown, but those amounts are

cwilke1

5/26/20 12:49pm

Microcosm of ADs all over the country.

ag4cougs

5/26/20 11:40am

UConn should already be in the ACC

CaliWG

5/26/20 11:42am

Football is king. UConn doesn't have that.

LiveCoug

5/26/20 11:56am

Duke, Arizona, Kentucky, Indiana, Kansas, etc. are in the same boat

CaliWG

5/26/20 11:58am

Sure, but they have history and have been in major conferences forever

LiveCoug

5/26/20 12:02pm

Did the 2020 All-Indy Schedule just get even thinner?

Coooooogs

5/26/20 11:50am

Still more likely to be added to the Big-12 than BYU.

OPINIONS

5/26/20 12:22pm

I think they've firmly hitched their wagon to the Big East.

LiveCoug

5/26/20 12:24pm

UCONN dropping football? Why yes AAC, BYU would be interested in a spot.

SJS

5/26/20 12:56pm

Lol. A: no we're not interested. B: UConn already left AAC

LiveCoug

5/26/20 1:05pm

So where’s my thumbs down then?

SJS

5/26/20 1:08pm

Also they aren't dropping football.

YIsForBrigham

5/26/20 1:24pm

I feel like Creed in The Office: "What's this all been about then?"

SJS

5/26/20 1:26pm

They are about to drop sports that no one cares about that don't make money.

LiveCoug

5/26/20 1:28pm

According to the article, Football cost them $13 million more than it earned.

displacedute

5/26/20 1:36pm

Right. also in the article: UCONN should drop to the FCS where costs are lower and they could actually compete

YIsForBrigham

5/26/20 1:40pm

Right. You're not wrong, they're keeping football.

displacedute

5/26/20 1:50pm

at least there is a chance to make money in football or to break even. Do the

cwilke1

5/26/20 2:06pm

No, but if you take a 20 year view of UCONN football

displacedute

5/26/20 2:12pm

Oh yeah good point. They are actually cutting sports in order to afford a losing, money pit football program. They arent

YIsForBrigham

5/26/20 2:10pm

Yep. You're correct that they're cutting other sports to keep FB and BB.

displacedute

5/26/20 2:11pm

That's looking at football without any of the affects football has on the rest

Lance71

5/26/20 4:01pm

You think a team with a comb. 20-65 record is driving a bunch of applications?

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