Connecticut senator issues blunt warning to UConn amid Big 12 rumors

[RandySF]

In what would be one of the most shocking conference realignment moves yet, the Connecticut Huskies have reportedly been in conversations about joining the Big 12 conference in all sports. One of the highest profile UConn fans is not thrilled with the potential move.

Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy quote tweeted an article detailing UConn potentially joining the Big 12, and shared his opinions on X, formerly known as Twitter.

“I’ve always believed UConn should stay in the Big East,” Murphy wrote. “Our athletes and fans have a great regional conference that clearly works for our highest profile sport, basketball. Chasing football relevance is a mistake. We will get burned.”

These are strong words from Murphy, who represents Connecticut in the United States Senate and graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law.



https://clutchpoints.com/uconn-basketball-news-senator-blunt-warning-big-12-rumors

[elleng]

1. ' Chasing football relevance is a mistake. We will get burned."'

[Flatrat]

5. CT is not a football state and never was.

CT is a basketball state, at the college level, and always was.

[3Hotdogs]

6. All's they gotta do is look at Rutgers chasing football dreams.

Rutgers is one big shit show. Millions lost every year to fund losing team after losing team and paying for a stadium with empty seats.

[AverageOldGuy]

2. $$$$$$$

The idea of the college athlete as an amateur has become a joke, a very bad joke.

[RandySF]

7. That idea has been dropped.

The pretense is finally gone.

[dem4decades]

3. They should drop football and bring back a Geology major.

[RandySF]

8. What should be done.

Is allow the football teams form their own conferences so other sports programs can remain constant.

[dem4decades]

9. but other sports and academic classes get dropped because of football, at least at UCONN.

[NNadir]

4. It really, really, really pissed me off when Rutgers did this. One of the things, Phil Murphy promised during...

...his campaign for Governor was that he would work to keep New Jersey's best students in New Jersey.

My son, out of high school, applied to about eight schools; all of them offered him money to go there: Except Rutgers.

He had a full scholarship to a private school rated higher than Rutgers, out of State.

When he finishes his Ph.D. I very much doubt he'll come back to New Jersey.

However, "Big twelve" has a fabulous football stadium, fabulous facilities to pamper our future CTE victims, and a very highly paid football coach, over 6 million dollars a year, enough to fund the full undergraduate tuition for 4 years, for in state students, for about 90 engineers.

Don't go there Connecticut.