I am sad (and not really surprised) there are people on this board who would be fine with UCONN being a football only member.
I would love to negotiate with most of you people.
Again, if Gonzalez votes for UCONN football only - it’s a fireable offense. Complete lack of fiduciary responsibility.
I don't have any knowledge about the financial side of these things, so someone please enlighten me: how would UConn coming in as football-only negatively impact OU and the MAC? I'd have to imagine simply having the UConn name would add value to the conference, even if it's only through the, uh, less-than-stellar football program. Plus, attendance and fan support for UConn football seems healthy as of late, at least better average game attendance over the past couple seasons than any MAC schools, for whatever that's worth.
UConn football is also no longer the dumpster fire it was just a few years ago. Jim Mora seems to be making headways with the program, getting to a bowl game his first season there in 2022. They regressed a little this season at 3-9, but many of those loses were within one score. It's a far cry from the 1-11 teams from just a few seasons ago. They're certainly putting a more competitive team on the field than UMass right now, that's for sure.