Financially UCONN has a budget deficit of 53 million, not counting if they have to buyout of the Big East, does not sound to stable an Athletic Department!!!HoustonWave wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 6:08 pm"Why not us?" There is one big reason it won't be us for the Big 12--and that reason is Brett Yormark. He has made it clear he is striving to build a coast-to-coast conference, and we doing nothing to help him do that--what we thought was a geographic advantage has suddenly become a geographic disadvantage. Secondly, it's becoming increasingly clear that he's a basketball-phile, which is wholly consistent with his past. It's becoming evident that Brett Yormark's arrival at the Big 12 has closed the door for us. If Yormark had been Commish before the Big 12's latest expansion, I'm not sure UH would have been invited, though their basketball success might have done the trick--but I'm pretty confident UConn would have been the preferable invite if Yormark had been calling the shots.Greeniegb wrote: ↑Fri May 19, 2023 1:46 pm UConn to the Big 12, why not us??? Come on Hunter B12 eyeing improving Basketball Standing!!! UConn is no comparison to us in football.
Big 12 continues to eye expansion with new potential target emerging
According to Russ Steinberg of Boardroom, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark recently visited UConn to meet with the university’s administration. The conversations at this point were considered “very exploratory”.
This is not the first time that UConn and the Big 12 have been brought up together this week. Earlier this week, Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated listed UConn among the schools that the Big 12 was considering when it came to further conference expansion. He also listed Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah, San Diego State, and UNLV among those that the conference was targeting.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/bi ... b0a2&ei=27
While UConn’s move from the AAC to the Big East in 2020 has seen its football and basketball programs move in the right direction, the Big 12 would provide a significant increase in payout money to an athletic department that had a $53 million budget deficit 2022. The Big East’s current deal pays each school a little more than $4 million per year while the Big 12 is set to give out upwards of $20 million per year.