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I tend to agree. Both the PAC and B1G are anti-Union.
B1G is anti-union? UConn is anti-union!
I tend to agree. Both the PAC and B1G are anti-Union.
This is a small town politician trying to make a name for himself by forcing UConn to swallow a poison pill.
... unless they're not, then neither are we!B1G is anti-union? UConn is anti-union!
Personally, I think the adminstration was to blame. IRC they asked for the state to pay for the Rent, Shenkman and Burton in one fell swoop. Had it just been the stadium, it might have passed, even though, as we know from reading the football board, that trying to fit 50,000 people in Storrs would result in an universe ending paradox.A small-minded Connecticut state politician trying to make a name for himself by forcing UConn to do something? Never! Now, can someone please give me directions to that 50K football stadium that was supposed to be built in Storrs in the late 90's? What!? It's in East Hartford and only seats 40K! How did that happen?
it was a "tongue-in-cheek" comment...but I could argue that my NFL team has yet to figure out how to put together a proper depth chart or draft the right talent (also tongue-in-cheek)How do all the other pro leagues with player's unions figure out a depth chart?
Personally, I think the adminstration was to blame. IRC they asked for the state to pay for the Rent, Shenkman and Burton in one fell swoop. Had it just been the stadium, it might have passed, even though, as we know from reading the football board, that trying to fit 50,000 people in Storrs would result in an universe ending paradox.
So a student would have to receive 90% of tuition while the P5 wants to provide full cost. UCONN is expected to match the P5. Where's the rub?
Does anyone know what football revenue was last year?
If I read this correctly, football revenue would have to be about...?:
85 players x 400% x $10,000 = $ 3,400,000 - using in-state TUITION
85 players x 400% x $30,000 = $10,200,000 - using out-of-state TUITION
85 players x 400% x $25,000 = $ 8,500,000 - using in-state TOTAL COSTS
85 players x 400% x $45,000 = $15,300,000 - using out-of-state TOTAL COSTS
So a student would have to receive 90% of tuition while the P5 wants to provide full cost. UCONN is expected to match the P5. Where's the rub?
Does anyone know what football revenue was last year?
If I read this correctly, football revenue would have to be about...?:
85 players x 400% x $10,000 = $ 3,400,000 - using in-state TUITION
85 players x 400% x $30,000 = $10,200,000 - using out-of-state TUITION
85 players x 400% x $25,000 = $ 8,500,000 - using in-state TOTAL COSTS
85 players x 400% x $45,000 = $15,300,000 - using out-of-state TOTAL COSTS
When Ryan Boatright drives into the lane, the state will require two state troopers to sit in their cars courtside.
http://adimeback.com/proposed-bill-would-allow-for-unionization-of-uconn-athletes/
"The bill, submitted by State Representative Matt Lesser (D-Middletown), applies only to public universities in the state, including UConn. The text of the law can be found here, but the key passage states that the student would have to receive a scholarship for no less than 90% of the cost of tuition, that the scholarship is “materially related to the student’s participation in athletics,” and that the revenues for the athletic program in which the student participates, when divided by the number of students expected to participate in that athletic program, be more than four-hundred percent of the cost of the scholarship. In other words, this only applies to athletes participating in “revenue sports,” which means football and men’s basketball at most schools, though a cursory look at the revenue for UConn’s women’s basketball team indicates that they would also qualify."
This is a small town politician trying to make a name for himself by forcing UConn to swallow a poison pill.
It would flat be the end of us.
No P5 conference would ever consider a singularly-unionized school and endure the slings and arrows of union-busting rhetoric every time they time they sent a program into Connecticut. Our out of conference opportunities would dry up overnight and we'd be a pariah.
Other than that, I think it's a good idea.
It won't happen. Does that mean we're in?If UConn does unionize its players, you can kiss any chance of joining a P5 Conference goodbye.
I was actually looking at another line, the southern border of Virginia as a line of demarcation. Take that line and head west. UVa. Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas to B1G. Nothing too far south, nice clean lines, puts B1G at 18 teams. SEC gets everything south of the line, no (little) overlap, and never gonna happen. Looks cool on a map though...B1G likes the Union but has already gone south of the M-D line with Maryland.