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[USAF Phantom]

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut's athletic department deficit rose to $53 million during the 2022 fiscal year, an increase the school attributed to $13.4 million it was forced to pay former head men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie.

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[HOF Coach]

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut's athletic department deficit rose to $53 million during the 2022 fiscal year, an increase the school attributed to $13.4 million it was forced to pay former head men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie.

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Oh, well... 🤷‍♂️

 

[pittchagg]

Athletic department deficits are Monopoly money. Doesn’t really mean anything at all.

 

[Saboteur II]

Athletic department deficits are Monopoly money. Doesn’t really mean anything at all.

If they keep losing they will collect NIT money.

 

[wbrpanther]

Oh, well... 🤷‍♂️

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut's athletic department deficit rose to $53 million during the 2022 fiscal year, an increase the school attributed to $13.4 million it was forced to pay former head men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie.

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So they were already 40 mill in arrears?

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

So they were already 40 mill in arrears?

They have to be taking a huge bath as a football independent, and one that before this year pretty much didn't win any games.

 

[Franb]

They have to be taking a huge bath as a football independent, and one that before this year pretty much didn't win any games.

This is a good example for the folks who say that Pitt should have stayed in the Big East, primarily for basketball. Pitt likely would be in a similar situation without the ACC conference affiliation.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — The University of Connecticut's athletic department deficit rose to $53 million during the 2022 fiscal year, an increase the school attributed to $13.4 million it was forced to pay former head men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie.

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UConn is a case study in how to ruin an athletic program. Had they ponied up and kept Edsall or just hired a good coach and not Paul Pasqualoni after they won the Big East, they probably keep winning to a degree and would be heading to the Big 12 with Cincy, Houston, and either BYU/UCF. CT is a great market with 3.6 million people and the state essentially borders NYC. But instead the football program went full Majors 2, even worse so they decided that it was dead and wasnt worth fixing so they went Independent to go back to the Big East, a move I totally disagreed with at the time as the American with Cincy, Houston, Memphis, Wichita, etc was sufficient and offered football. They also needed to grow football in the hopes of getting an ACC invite. Teams are going to leave the ACC eventually. If they became Cincinnati, they would have been very attractive to the ACC. Heck, they almost got in over us.

 

[snaphook297]

We really dont know the fiscal health of our sthletic department ?

 

[CaptainMurphy]

UConn is a case study in how to ruin an athletic program. Had they ponied up and kept Edsall or just hired a good coach and not Paul Pasqualoni after they won the Big East, they probably keep winning to a degree and would be heading to the Big 12 with Cincy, Houston, and either BYU/UCF. CT is a great market with 3.6 million people and the state essentially borders NYC. But instead the football program went full Majors 2, even worse so they decided that it was dead and wasnt worth fixing so they went Independent to go back to the Big East, a move I totally disagreed with at the time as the American with Cincy, Houston, Memphis, Wichita, etc was sufficient and offered football. They also needed to grow football in the hopes of getting an ACC invite. Teams are going to leave the ACC eventually. If they became Cincinnati, they would have been very attractive to the ACC. Heck, they almost got in over us.

They also made a mistake building their ugly, MAC level stadium so far away from campus.